Jets from a Saudi-led coalition targeted rebel Houthi positions in Yemen's Red Sea port of Hodeida early on Tuesday, port officials said, destroying cranes and warehouses at a main import hub for critical aid supplies to the country's north. There were also clashes further south...

A fighter proclaiming allegiance to Islamic State has appeared in a video urging fellow Turks to rebel against "infidel" President Tayyip Erdogan and help conquer Istanbul, highlighting the threat the NATO member faces as it battles the radical insurgents. Turkey has been in a heightened...

  A senior commander in the al-Qaeda-linked group Nusra Front was killed  on Monday  in southern city of Daraa by unidentified gunmen, activists said. Ahmed Mohamed al-Falouji, Nusra's security official in Daraa, was assassinated by unknown group broke into a...

The UN Security Council Monday backed a push for Syrian peace talks as the death toll in government air strikes on a rebel-held town outside Damascus neared 100, sparking global outrage. It came just hours after UN officials expressed horror over Sunday's deadly raids on Douma, among the...