(Reuters) - Militant Islamist fighters held a parade in Syria's northern Raqqa province to celebrate their declaration of an Islamic "caliphate" after the group captured territory in neighboring Iraq , a monitoring service said. The Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot...

  (Reuters) - Iraqi troops battled to dislodge an al Qaeda splinter group from the city of Tikrit on Monday after its leader was declared caliph of a new Islamic state in lands seized this month across a swathe of Iraq and Syria . Alarming regional and world powers,...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is concerned that battle-hardened militants who have spent time in Syria and Iraq could present a rising threat to U.S. security because they would be able to enter the country without visas on European passports. "They're gaining...

An airstrike in the northern Syrian province of Idlib killed 30 people, including 3 children, on Sunday as Regime’s helicopter gunships pounded a rebel-held town of Salqeen, activist said. The attack struck the town main market at sunset while people...