When the armed opposition in Syrian realized that there would not be a serious military support by the so-called “Friends of Syria” countries, they started to rely on themselves to produce arms locally, rebel commander said....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday that while al Qaeda's Pakistan-based "core organization" had been severely degraded, affiliates of the militant group in Africa and the Middle East were becoming more "operationally autonomous" and aggressive. The...

Syria's air force killed at least 18 people Wednesday, including 10 children, in the latest strike on the battered city of Aleppo, as civilians continue to bear the brunt of the civil war. The air strikes came a day after at least 100 people, including some 80 civilians, died...

MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities have arrested a French-Algerian man suspected of participating in terrorist activity in Syria and helping Europeans enter the country to join jihadist groups. Spain's Interior Ministry says Abdelmalek Tanem was detained in the southeastern region...