Armed U.S. troops are on the ground near Marawi City in the southern Philippines, but are not involved in fighting Islamist militants who have held parts of the city for more than three weeks, a Philippines military spokesman said. "There are some U.S. personnel who are operating equipment...

Human Rights Watch says the U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS in Syria and Iraq is endangering civilians by using artillery-delivered white phosphorous. Steve Goose, the arms director for the New-York-based rights group, says in a statement Wednesday that "no matter how white phosphorus" is...

By Ethar Abdul Haq (Zaman Al Wasl) Syrians know by virtue of their engagement with the army, Baath Party and media institutions in their country that Saudi Arabia and the Saudis were always within the al-Assad regime’s target circle. For the head of the regime, Saudi Arabia is the head of...

A group of Syrian doctors based in rebel-held provinces said on Tuesday that aid had dropped markedly over the last two months because donors were losing interest, a factor that will make it harder for them to handle government assaults. Tens of thousands of displaced Syrians have found...