The Islamic State group was manufacturing weapons in and around Mosul on an industrial scale with products largely purchased in bulk from Turkey, according to a report published by an arms research group Wednesday. The findings show that IS maintained a "robust and reliable" supply chain...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) stands ready to act as a neutral intermediary in an evacuation from eastern Aleppo being negotiated by various parties, a spokeswoman told Reuters Tuesday. ICRC spokeswoman Krista Armstrong said in Geneva: "At the moment, the different...

Saudi Arabia's top religious body Tuesday condemned what it said were "criminal massacres" by the Syrian government against civilians in Aleppo and called on the Islamic world to help save fellow Muslims. The appeal came after the United Nations said it had reports that Syrian soldiers and...

(The Daily Star)- Relatives of nine Lebanese servicemen taken hostage by Daesh (ISIS) have completed DNA tests, local media reported Tuesday. Results of will be compared with unidentified bodies found by the Syrian army in an area liberated form Daesh control, said a source quoted by the...