Syria's foreign minister said on Friday it was too early to hold another United Nations-backed peace conference on Syria, indicating the dim prospects for diplomacy as a U.N. envoy wraps up three months of consultations on the war. Walid al-Moualem also reiterated his...

Turkish warplanes pounded Islamic State targets in Syria and police detained hundreds of suspected militants across Turkey on Friday, a sign that Ankara may have shed its hesitancy in taking a front-line role against jihadist fighters. Turkey has long been a reluctant partner in...

Two people were killed and seven others wounded after a gunman opened fire inside a cinema in Louisiana before taking his own life Thursday night, according to U.S. media reports. Police said the shooter was a 58-year-old white male, but did not release any further details about his identity....

Southern Front rebels and al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate announced Thursday a fierce offensive on Syrian regime forces in the major southern city of Daraa, saying their aim was to "purify" the area. Operation "Storm of Truth" was announced on Twitter by the Southern Front, an alliance of rebel...