WASHINGTON (AP) — The case of Mehdi Nemmouche haunts U.S. intelligence officials. Nemmouche is a Frenchman who authorities say spent 11 months fighting with the Islamic State group in Syria before returning to Europe to act out his rage. On May 24, prosecutors say, he...

(AFP)- Syrian government forces on Friday bombarded the Jubar eastern district of Damascus in a fierce offensive aimed at wresting control of the key sector back from rebels, multiple reports said. Jubar has been in insurgent hands for a year, and is strategic because it provides...

Iran is now in the final months of extended negotiations with   Western countries on the future of its nuclear programme; talks that could reshape the geopolitical equation in the Middle East. But as the violence continues to smolder in neighbouring Iraq and Syria, and...

The United Nations confirmed that an armed group captured 43 UN peacekeepers on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights on Thursday, saying it was doing everything to secure their release. "Forty-three peacekeepers from the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) were...