Iraqi security forces on Tuesday recaptured a large area on the southwestern side of Ramadi from the Islamic State group, which overran the city in May, officials said. Retaking the Al-Tameem area from IS is a significant victory for Iraqi forces, who have been fighting for months to secure...

Three-day conference gets under way in Saudi capital Riyadh without Kurdish groups, which are holding their own meeting. Saudi Arabia is  hosting a three-day meeting in Riyadh to try to unite the Syrian opposition before potential talks with the government of President Bashar al-Assad....

  Al Jazeera cameraman Zakaria Ibrahim has died six days after he was injured by shrapnel while covering a Syrian army bombardment in the province of Homs. Ibrahim, who died from his injuries on Monday, was in the village of Teldo to report on what was expected to be a...

At least six children died and eight other people rescued on Tuesday after a boat carrying migrants bound for Greece capsized off Turkey's western coast near the city of Izmir, local media reported. Responding to a distress signal sent at midnight on Monday, the Turkish coastguard extended a...