A suicide bomb claimed by ISIS killed at least seven people, including two police, when it exploded on Monday near a Shiite Muslim procession in a northern Baghdad neighborhood, police and medical sources said. The explosion in Shaab, which the sources said left 23 wounded, was one of a...

Islam Army denied reports saying regime forces have been making gains in territory it controls east Damascus. The key rebel group operating in the embattled Eastern Ghouta suburbs and in the eastern Qalamoun region said in press statement it has killed 24 regime troops northeast the capital on...

A new mass grave found Friday in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor that has contained 40 bodies for men from al-Sheitaat tribe who revolted against the Islamic State in July 2014. The Syrian Justice Center for Human Rights said the one-year-old grave had included corpses of 40 people, mostly...

A major earthquake struck the remote Afghan northeast on Monday, killing more than 200 people in Afghanistan and nearby northern Pakistan, injuring hundreds and sending shock waves as far as New Delhi, officials said. The death toll could climb in coming days because communications were...