The Paris terror attacks are likely to galvanize a stronger global military response to Islamic State, after a U.S.-led air war that has lasted more than a year has failed to contain a group now proving itself to be a growing worldwide threat. The United States, long accused of...

Syria's al Qaeda offshoot, the Nusra Front, said on Saturday it had captured three Lebanese Hezbollah fighters in northern Syria. Scores of Hezbollah fighters have been killed battling rebels on behalf of Syrian President Bashar al Assad, but relatively few have been taken captive....

The death toll from two blasts that hit the Lebanese capital Beirut have risen to 43 on Friday as condemnations began to pour in from around the world. The Lebanese military said two suicide bombers were behind the attack that happened Thursday, adding that a third bomber was found dead at the...

(Reuters)- Syrian regime troops backed by Lebanon's Hezbollah Thursday took control of the key rebel-held town of Al-Hader, south of Aleppo city, a military source told AFP.  "Syrian troops and allied forces have full control of Al-Hader," the source said of the town, which is around 10...