PERGAMOS, Cyprus (AP) — Authorities at a British military base on Cyprus have hired 50% more customs officers and procured detection equipment to better thwart illegal immigration from the breakaway north of the ethnically split island. The addition of 24 new officers and four SUVs — two...

IDLIB, Syria — The owner of the well-known @MzmjerSh Twitter account of a jihadist from Syria revealed in a thread June 22 that Ahrar al-Sham is experiencing major defections within its ranks.  @MzmjerSh focuses on jihadist affairs and the man behind it is believed to be a former...

A camp in northeast Syria housing Islamic State group relatives saw at least eight murders last month, Kurdish forces said Tuesday, the latest of dozens of such killings since January. Kurdish forces have struggled to maintain security inside the sprawling tent city of Al-Hol, which is...

  A Syrian army officer was killed when an unidentified armed group stormed a military post near the Lebanese border early Tuesday, according to Zaman al-Wasl reporter.   Two more Fourth Division forces were wounded in the attack in the village of Kfeir Yabous in the northern...