Three suspected al-Qaeda members were killed overnight in what local officials believed was a U.S. drone strike in southern Yemen. Residents and local officials said Friday the attack took place in Mozno in al-Wadie district of Abyan province. The three killed included the local leader of...

Syrian engineers worked on Tuesday to open spillways and ease pressure on a major dam across the Euphrates River, amid a pause in a U.S.-backed assault to capture it from ISIS, a Reuters witness said. The Tabqa dam is a key strategic target in the military campaign to isolate and capture the...

Iran's president met Russia's prime minister on Monday in a bid to develop a warming relationship that has been greatly strengthened by both sides' involvement on the same side of the war in Syria. Beginning a visit to Moscow, President Hassan Rouhani told Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev: "I...

A non-profit organization that tracks civilian casualties caused by airstrikes in the Middle East said it has shifted nearly all of its resources to track a surge of claims regarding U.S.-led strikes in Syria and Iraq. The group, called Airwars.org, had been tracking deaths caused by both...