Civilians were "likely" killed in a US commando raid in Yemen over the weekend and children may have been among the dead, the US military's Central Command said. The January 29 raid against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has garnered wide attention because a Navy SEAL was also killed and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army on Wednesday took two villages from ISIS in the eastern countryside of Aleppo and its main stronghold of al-Bab, local reporter said. The capture of Abu al-Randain and al-Ghouz villages will halt regime advance west of ISIS-held town of al-Bab....

In the midst of a furious Middle East war nearly 70 years ago, a group of Israeli and Egyptian officers put down their guns, ate lunch together and discussed the prospects for peace in the region, according to a documentary film that premiered in New York last month. The group included two...

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday urged Russia to use its influence with pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine to halt what he called the worst upsurge in fighting in a long time. "We call on Russia to use its considerable influence with the rebels to bring the violence to an end,"...