At least nine people were killed on Wednesday afternoon by shelling of the US-backed Kurdish fighters in the northern town of al-Bab, according to opposition activists. Zaman al-Wasl reporter said nine died and 31 were wounded in the town that controlled by Turkey-backed opposition forces....

 Turkey said Wednesday it launched deadly strikes against Kurdish targets in Iraq and Syria, where Kurd forces have been left reeling from the largest Islamic State group attack in nearly three years. The raids on Tuesday night targeted shelters, tunnels, caves, ammunition depots,...

The boy had dark brown hair coated in white dust, and on his chin were the wispy beginnings of a beard. On Sunday, his body and that of another youth were found lying on a dirt road behind the prison in northeastern Syria where a Kurdish-led force, backed by the U.S. military, fought for...

Iraqi airstrikes killed nine suspected Islamic State fighters, including four Lebanese, in retaliation for an IS attack on Iraqi army barracks earlier this month, officials said Sunday. IS gunmen in Iraq broke into a barracks in the mountainous al-Azim district outside the town of Baqouba on...