Several hard-line Syrian rebel groups pushed a new offensive against government forces in northwestern Syria on Thursday, less than a month after seizing control of the provincial capital there. The conservative Islamic factions, including the al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front, are...

Syrian rebels' seizure of the main frontier crossing with Jordan has dealt a heavy blow to the Damascus government's efforts to revive a once thriving export trade crippled by civil war, and is also hurting businesses across the region. Western-backed mainstream insurgents took control...

Leaders of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will meet in the Saudi capital on May 5 for a consultative meeting that is likely to focus on regional security concerns, including the situation in Yemen and Iran’s Middle East ambitions. The meeting comes about a week before...

At least 15 young Western women who joined Islamic State and married jihadi fighters are now widows after the militant group suffered losses in clashes in Syria and Iraq, according to researchers who closely monitor Islamist radicals online. The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD)...