Syrian troops and allied militia have pushed back ISIS militants and U.S-backed opposition fighters, gaining control of a large swath of territory in the country's strategic southern desert, the government-controlled media and a war monitor said Saturday. With the new advances, the...

( Foreign Policy )- The United States’ coalition partners in the war against the Islamic State are responsible for at least 80 confirmed civilian deaths from airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, according to U.S. military officials. Yet none of their 12 allies will publicly concede any role in those...

The alleged hack on Qatar’s state news agency may have lasted just four hours, but the impact on already tense ties between Gulf rivals could last a lot longer.  Doha launched an inquiry and went into damage control after accusing hackers of publishing false remarks attributed to Emir...

The U.N. human rights chief called on all air forces operating in Syria Friday to take greater care to distinguish between legitimate military targets and civilians in their escalating air strikes especially in the northeast against ISIS. "The rising toll of civilian deaths and injuries...