(The Daily Star)- Demonstrators in north Lebanon Friday called for the expulsion of the Syrian, Iranian and Russian ambassadors to the country over the developments in the Syrian city of Aleppo, while mosques in the south performed absentee funeral prayers for those who were killed in the...

ISIS fighters have stepped up counterattacks on Iraqi forces in Mosul amid bad weather as the U.S.-backed offensive to capture their last major city stronghold in Iraq enters its third month. With cloudy skies hampering coalition air surveillance, the militants carried out attacks in three...

(The Daily Star)- “Keep your headphones in so we can communicate,” Jesse Rosenfeld shouted into the microphone. “If people decide they hate the press we’re going to have to get the f---k out of here.” “Freelancer on the Front Lines,” a new documentary by Santiago Bertolino released...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry accused the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of carrying out "nothing short of a massacre" in Aleppo, where thousands were evacuated on Thursday from the last rebel bastion in a city besieged for years. Kerry, speaking at a news briefing, said...