WASHINGTON (AP) — Dusty and remote, the Syrian city of Kobani has become an unlikely spoil in the war against Islamic State militants — and far more of a strategic prize than the United States wants to admit. Perched on Turkey's border, the city of about 60,000 has...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The barrage of U.S. cruise missiles last month aimed at an al-Qaida cell in northern Syria cell killed just one or two key militants, according to American intelligence officials who say the group of veteran fighters is still believed to be plotting attacks...

(NOW)- Twenty-four hours after the Brital Mountains attack, the Al-Nusra Front – Al-Qaeda in Syria – published a video showing the various stages of a military operation that targeted a Hezbollah position...

Two weeks after US warplanes began bombing Islamic State (Isis) positions in Syria, the Pentagon leadership has yet to make critical decisions about building the proxy rebel force central to its plan for taking territory away from the jihadist army. US...