Dozens of people, mostly children were hospitalized following an alleged chlorine bomb attack by Bashar al-Assad’s army on opposition-held Idlib in northwestern Syria, medical sources said Tuesday. "The casualties are unfortunately mostly women and children. Luckily, there have...

 Islamic State has published a video purporting to show the beheading of three Kurdish peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq by militants who threatened to kill "dozens" more of those being held captive. The six-minute clip, which appeared timed to coincide with celebrations...

The United Nations said on Thursday Islamic State forces may have committed genocide in trying to wipe out the Yazidi minority in Iraq as well as war crimes against civilians including children. In a report based on interviews with more than 100 alleged victims and witnesses, the...

At least 5 people were killed, one family, in chlorine gas bombs on eastern Syrian town of Sarmin in Idlib province late Monday, local activists reported. Medics told Zaman al-Wasl that 75 suffocation cases were recorded amid lack of Ambulatory...