The Syrian regime army said Monday Daesh (ISIS) militants had been cleared from a rugged area in southeastern Syria, where they had been holding out for months against a campaign to defeat them. In a statement, Syria's army high command said it had taken full control of the Tulul...

Protesters angry over high fuel prices blocked access to fuel depots and stopped traffic on major roads on Monday after the government refused to back down on fuel taxes after a weekend of demonstrations across France. More than 400 people were injured during the "yellow vest" protests which...

Clashes on Sunday between Turkish-backed rebel factions vying for influence in the northern Syrian town of Afrin left 25 fighters dead, a war monitor said. Turkish troops and allied rebel groups seized the Afrin region from Kurdish forces in March after a two-month air and ground offensive....

Iraqi officials said five people were killed in a car bomb blast in the city of Tikrit Sunday, the latest security breach to rattle the country in recent weeks. Sixteen others were wounded in the blast that set fires on both sides of a commercial street in the heart of the city, according to...