Syrian raids hit Red Cross hospital in the neighborhood of al-Sakhour in Aleppo, leaving four wounded, activists said Tuesday. The barrel-bomb attack on the only active hospital in the eastern district of Aleppo has left  major damage as big part of the building had turned to rubble,...

Southern Front rebels on Tuesday have attacked an Islamic State-affiliated group in Quneitra countryside, killing dozens, activists said. On Monday, Jaysh al-Jihad, an Islamist group that pledged allegiance to ISIS, had ambushed fighters of Suyouf al-Haq brigade near the Occupied Golan...

Ultra-radical Islamic State insurgents have killed at least 2,154 people off the battlefield in Syria since the end of June when the group declared a caliphate in territory it controls, a Syrian human rights monitor said on Tuesday. The killings of mostly Syrians included deaths by beheading,...

The Nigerian army said Tuesday that at least 200 girls and 93 women have been rescued from the notorious Sambisa forest, a Boko Haram stronghold. "Troops this afternoon rescued 200 girls and 93 women from Sambisa forest," the defense headquarters said on Twitter. "We cannot confirm if the...