The U.S. bombing campaign against Islamic State rebels surged in July as Kurdish fighters pushed into territory held by the militant group in Syria and Iraqi forces prepared an offensive to retake strategic northwestern cities, Pentagon figures showed. The U.S. military spent an average of $4.6...

The spokesman of Egypt's armed forces says a military aircraft crashed near the border with Libya because of a technical failure while on a counterterrorism mission, killing four crew members and wounding two. Brig. Gen. Mohamed Samir says on his Facebook page that the aircraft crashed Thursday...

   At least 5 ISIS fighters and 4 rebels have been killed late on Monday after clashes in Marea town in the northern countryside of Aleppo, local reporter said. Marea is the hometown of the late prominent rebel commander, Abdulkader Saleh, who was killed in November 2013,...

Islamic State fighters on Sunday have seized control of a border  town with Turkey in northern countryside of Aleppo, an advance may hinder Turkish efforts set up its planned buffer zone. The new capture of Om Hosh town, 15 km (10 miles) west of the Turkish border, has followed a fierce...