US jets carried out airstrikes against Iran-backed groups in Syria's eastern Deir ez-Zor province, which is the scene of a clashes between Arab tribes and the US-backed Kurdish fighters, according to local sources. Sources told Anadolu Agency, on condition of anonymity, that Iran-backed...

Cyprus police arrested 13 people after a mob smashed storefronts and set numerous trash bins on fire during an anti-immigration march in the coastal resort city of Limassol, authorities said Saturday. Police said five people reported that they had been assaulted during Friday night’s march...

Greek firefighters rescued a group of 25 migrants trapped in a forest in northeastern Greece Friday as flames from a massive wildfire burning for two weeks approached, authorities said. The fire department said the group became trapped in the forest between two villages in the Evros region,...

 Al-Qaida-linked fighters attacked an army position in northwest Syria on Friday, killing at least nine government soldiers and wounding others, opposition activists said. There was no immediate word from the government. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an...