ISIS attacked the Syrian army near the city of Palmyra Thursday, killing dozens of soldiers and advancing to within 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) of the city, an activist group said. The Syrian army, backed by Russian jets, recaptured Palmyra, the site of a Roman-era city and spectacular ruins,...

The Syrian army's advance in Aleppo slowed on Thursday but a victory was still firmly in sight after President Bashar Assad vowed that retaking the nation's second city would change the course of the six-year civil war in his favor. Lightning gains in recent days in which government forces...

Egyptian police Thursday arrested the son of former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi on charges linked to a protest against his father's ouster that resulted in hundreds of deaths, officials said. Osama Morsi's lawyer Abdel Moneim Abdel Maksoud said police arrested him at his home in the...

 Italy's president began talks with political leaders on Thursday to seek a way out of the political crisis caused by the resignation of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Sergio Mattarella, a 75-year-old former politician and constitutional court judge, must decide if someone can lead Italy...