An al-Qaeda-linked group said three militants killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces last week were its members, and that their presence there showed that the Islamist network had taken root in the occupied Palestinian territory.  ...

  Syria’s Democratic Union Party, the country’s most powerful Kurdish group, hopes to create an autonomous Kurdish region in a federal Syria, its chief, Salih Muslim, told AFP in an interview.   Speaking during a visit to France, he confirmed that...

The U.S. government has begun outfitting a ship in its reserve ready force with equipment to enable it to destroy some of Syria's chemical weapons at sea in the event Washington is asked to assist in the effort, a defense official said on Sunday, according to Rreuters. The Maritime...

 Syrian activists say a new government helicopter strike on a rebel-held town near the northern city of Aleppo has killed 20 people, activists said. Sunday's attack is the second reported air attack in as many days on al-Bab, located east of Aleppo, Syria's largest city. On...