Britain and Russia remain divided over the role of Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian conflict, despite a new pledge to find a solution to the war and counter the rise of Daesh. British Prime Minister David Cameron and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone on Monday following...

Iraqi forces have launched a counter-offensive to retake areas of Anbar province recently captured by fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Al Jazeera's Imran Khan, reporting from Baghdad, said on Tuesday that the first city likely to face an assault from the Iraqi...

A spokesman for the Iraqi government says U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has been given "incorrect information" following his criticism of its security forces over the fall of Ramadi to ISIS. Saad al-Hadithi said Monday that the Iraqi government was surprised by Carter saying Iraqi forces...

 Hezbollah will not allow a single jihadi to remain on the outskirts of Lebanon's northeastern border town of Arsal, party chief Hasan Nasrallah said Sunday, vowing to push on with the Qalamoun offensive until the frontier with Syria is secure. Ignoring calls by his political rivals to...