Iraqi security forces, backed by the U.S.-led international coalition and tribal fighters, killed 38 Daesh militants Wednesday in Anbar province in western Iraq, security sources said. In the first operation, the army targeted Daesh (the Arabic acronym for...

Iran was to hold a memorial service on Tuesday for seven Afghans killed fighting alongside the forces of its close ally Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Iranian media reported. Among the dead was the commander of Afghan volunteer unit the...

(Reuters) - The United States and its allies staged 12 air strikes on Islamic State targets in  Iraq  and Syria in a 24-hour period, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement on Wednesday. Three strikes near Kobani, Syria, hit a tactical unit and...

The U.S. and Iranian foreign ministers began a third day of talks over Iran's nuclear program on Wednesday, just hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had warned that the deal being negotiated was a serious mistake. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and...