Almost 80 percent of Russia's declared targets in Syria have been in areas not held by Islamic State, a Reuters analysis of Russian Defence Ministry data shows, undermining Moscow's assertions that its aim is to defeat the group. The majority of strikes, according to the...

Lebanese politician Wiam Wahhab said in a tweet he wrote Wednesday that Qatar will be targeted in what appears to be a reaction to Qatar’s foreign minister stating that the Gulf country could possibly intervene militarily in Syria.  “If Qatar implements its military threats in Syria,...

 The Balkans faced a growing backlog of migrants Monday, thousands building up on cold, wet borders after the closure of Hungary's southern frontier diverted them to Slovenia. In desperate scenes, several thousand people, many of them Syrians fleeing war, spent the night on the muddy...

The young man scratched his beard and shrugged, dismissing President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's call to vote in parliamentary elections on Sunday: "I'm boycotting. They didn't respect my choice the first time so what's the point?" Egypt has had no parliament since June 2012, when a...