Russian women who were held in Kurdish-controlled camps in Syria as Daesh (ISIS) supporters have recorded emotional appeals to President Vladimir Putin to help them return home. The audio recordings released by RBK news website late Saturday were provided by Chechen rights ombudswoman Kheda...

Daesh (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is believed to have been killed in a U.S. military operation in Syria, sources in Syria, Iraq and Iran said Sunday, as U.S. President Donald Trump prepared to make a "major statement" at the White House. A U.S. official, speaking on condition of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A suspected Turkish force has made an overnight air drop in Idlib countryside, tracking Hurras al-Din group, the new al-Qaeda branch in Syria, local reporter said. The helicopter-borne raid has been chasing a convoy for Hurras al-Din fighters near the village...

It's one of the iconic images of Lebanon's protests: the tears of a soldier torn between his duty and a loving crowd -- the same dilemma now facing the national army. An unprecedented, cross-sectarian protest movement demanding the removal of an entrenched political elite has paralysed the...