The Islamic State group has executed 16 Iraqi traders taking food from the city of Baiji to the government-controlled western city of Haditha, officials said Sunday. "Daesh executed 16 Haditha traders last night," the mayor of the city, Abdelhakim al-Jughaifi, told AFP by phone. "The victims...

The Syrian air force on Sunday extended its intense aerial campaign against rebel-held areas in Syria, conducting a series of airstrikes on Aleppo, Daraa and Hama that killed 15 people, activists said. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said at least 6 victims including a woman and a child...

Syrian army commander came under attack by Ahrar al-Sham Sunday, when an explosive device was detonated near his car in al-Diwaniyah neighborhood of Damascus, killing him and 7 of his escorts, the Islamist group said in statement. Ahrar al-Sham said Brigadier General, Bassam Mehanna al-Ali, and...

OPEC is unlikely to change its production ceiling when the group meets in June, Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said Sunday, according to the semi-official Mehr news agency. "Lowering OPEC's production ceiling requires consensus between all members ... under current conditions it seems...