(AFP)- The advance of Islamic State (IS) jihadists through Syria's Kurdish areas has thrown a serious obstacle in the way of efforts to make peace between Turkey and Kurdish militants, just when an end was in sight to a 30-year insurgency. The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party...

LIMASSOL, Cyprus (AP) — A cruise ship picked up hundreds of people, apparently refugees who fled Syria, who were stranded aboard a small boat off Cyprus on Thursday, officials said. The Cypriot Defense Ministry the 345 people, including 52 children, would arrive at the...

"ISIS has been trained by Iran's Revolutionary Guard," claims late Syrian rebel leader. Just hours before an explosion wiped out the entire leadership of one of the most powerful rebel groups in Syria, the head of Ahrar Al-Sham Brigade spent four hours talking to Yvonne...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Thursday it is too early to say that the U.S.-led coalition was "winning" against the Islamic State, pointing to the group's continued access to financing, volunteers and weapons even after bombings in Syria and Iraq....