Three Minnesota men were convicted on Friday of conspiring to commit murder in Syria on behalf of the Islamic State militant group, the U.S. Justice Department said. Jurors convicted Guled Omar, 21, Abdirahman Daud and Mohamed Farah, both 22, on multiple counts in Minnesota federal court. All...

An offensive by U.S.-backed fighters in Syria to clear a strip of land along the Turkish border would free up to 40,000 civilians from Islamic State control if successful, the U.S. military said on Friday in its first briefing on the operation. The assault around the Syrian city of Manbij,...

( Gazeta - Russia Beyond The Headlines)- The countries that use Russia’s most mass-produced second-generation main battle tank – the T-72 – should not worry about what to do with aging equipment and the transition of military operations from the field to urban conditions. The creators...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- An alliance of rebel factions took a village and military depots from regime forces in the southern countryside of Aleppo, rebel source said Friday. The Conquest Army, including fighters from Ahrar la-Sham and Nusra Front, seized control of Ma'rata and ammunition depots near...