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US offers $10 million reward for Syria Nusra Front leader

The Trump administration is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information about the whereabouts of the military leader of Syria's al-Qaeda affiliated Nusra Front. The State Department says the reward will be paid for information "leading to the identification or location" of Abu...

U.S. decision to arm Syrian Kurds threatens Turkey

Turkey urged the United States on Wednesday to reverse a decision to arm Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State (IS) in Syria, saying every weapon supplied to the YPG militia constituted "a threat to Turkey". The angry reply came a week before President Tayyip Erdogan is due in Washington for...

Gunfire in flashpoint Saudi Shiite town

Gunfire sounded in a flashpoint Saudi Arabian town Wednesday as authorities moved on a neighborhood slated for redevelopment, residents said. The Shiite town of Awamiya, on the Gulf coast, has seen repeated security incidents in recent years. Pictures purportedly from the scene...

Muslim leaders invited to summit with Trump

King Abdullah II of Jordan, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Niger's Mahamadou Issoufou are among leaders invited by Saudi King Salman for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. The Arab-Islamic-American Summit will be among a series of talks expected to be held in Riyadh on...