(Reuters) - The Lebanese army advanced on Monday into a border town attacked by Islamists at the weekend in the most serious spillover of the three-year-old Syrian civil war into Lebanon, and the Beirut government said the deadly assault would not go unpunished. With army...

(Zaman Alwasl)- At least 7 people belong to the same family were killed east Hama province when fighters of al-Qaeda splinter group stormed their village near al-Salamiyah city on Sunday, a monitoring group said. The Islamic State fighters have attacked...

(Al Jazeera)- Israel has announced it will be holding its fire in parts of Gaza for seven hours on Monday, amid world outrage over a deadly  strike on a UN school entrance in the Palestinian territory. The limited and unilateral truce came after world powers fiercely...

BAGHDAD, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Islamic State Sunni insurgents have captured the northern Iraqi town of Zumar and a nearby oil field after a battle with Kurdish forces who had control of the area, witnesses said on Sunday. Islamic State, which staged a lightning advance through...