Fifty inmates and 12 police died in a prison escape organized by Islamic State, Iraqi officials said on Saturday, while supporters of the group acknowledged it staged the breakout but gave different details. After a riot erupted, dozens of prisoners escaped from the Al-Khalis...

Turkey on Friday denied it had struck a secret new pact with Saudi Arabia to back Islamist rebels in Syria in a drive to bring down Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Reports have suggested that Riyadh and Ankara agreed a special pact to militarily and financially support...

(IANS/EFE) Nearly 25 percent of all violent deaths occur in countries that constitute only 4 percent of the world's total population, with countries such as Syria, Honduras and Venezuela suffering the worst rates, according to a UNDP report. The 2015 United Nations Development...

(AP) — Syrian rebels on Friday voiced deep reservations about a U.S. program to train moderate rebels that American and Jordanian officials say has kicked off in Jordan, dismissing it as a drop in the ocean that would not change realities on the ground. U.S. officials say the...