Soldiers allied to the Western-backed Somali government said they killed seven insurgents from a faction loyal to ISIS in a clash in northern Somalia Saturday. The soldiers from the semi-autonomous region of Puntland are part of a force headed to the port town of Qandala, which has been...

The U.N. envoy for Syria said Saturday he hoped "some type of formula" could be found to avoid a "terrible battle" in Aleppo, where government forces and their allies are gaining ground in an attack aimed at taking back the whole city from rebels. Staffan de Mistura, speaking at a Rome...

Syrian regime forces have captured 60 percent of the area previously held by rebels in eastern Aleppo after gaining new ground on the city's eastern edge, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday. At least seven plumes of smoke were seen rising from rebel-held areas of the city...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday Moscow was ready for talks with the United States about a complete withdrawal of all rebels from Syria's eastern Aleppo. Syrian regime forces have captured 60 percent of the area previously held by rebels in eastern Aleppo after gaining...