They are fighting the world's most feared jihadists, but hundreds of Arab female fighters battling the Islamic State group in Syria are also confronting the disapproval of their relatives and society. "I braved my tribal clan, my father, my mother. Now I'm braving the enemy," says...

At least five people were killed and 19 wounded on Friday, in two suicide bombings that hit an Iraqi army position and a restaurant in eastern Mosul, a medical source said. A man believed to belong to ISIS blew himself up inside the Sayidati al-Jamila ("My Fair Lady") restaurant at...

The Kremlin said Friday that Turkey had provided Russian forces with the target location for airstrikes in Syria that accidentally killed three Turkish troops. "The situation is obvious, unfortunately. Our military while launching strikes on terrorists followed coordinates that were given to...

Russia intervened to halt a clash between Syrian government forces and Turkey-backed Syrian rebels in northern Syria, sources on both sides said on Friday, the first confrontation between them as both sides fight Islamic State in the area. Islamic State is under attack from separate...