U.S. backed Syrian forces repelled a major counter-attack by ISIS militants holding out at the country's largest dam and in the nearby town of Tabqa, the group and activists said Sunday. The dam is a key strategic target in the military campaign to isolate and capture the Syrian city of...

A senior United Nations refugee official on Sunday called on Gulf Arab states to give more to help Syrians displaced by six years of civil war, saying she saw little sign that the crisis would end any time soon. Speaking during a visit to Kuwait to sign a $10 million aid agreement for Syrian...

 France's polling commission has issued a warning over a Russian news report suggesting conservative candidate Francois Fillon leads the race for the presidency - something which contradicts the findings of mainstream opinion pollsters. The cautionary note from the watchdog on...

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says there's no question Russia was involved in the U.S. presidential election and that the actions of the Kremlin will be addressed after the investigations are completed. "We don't want any country involved in our elections, ever," Nikki Haley said...