U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces were celebrating in northeastern Syria on Wednesday night after the force said it had seized control of the Gweiran Prison from Islamic State militants. But on Thursday, it emerged fighting was again ongoing and the U.S-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)...

Air strikes last week on a detention centre in Yemen killed around 90 people and wounded more than 200, the Houthi administration's Health Minister said on Tuesday, providing an updated toll after rescue efforts concluded, Reuters reports. The United Nations said, on Saturday, that at least...

Thousands of Syrians have been displaced as a result of ongoing fighting between Islamic State fighters and U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters, following a raid on a prison in Hassakeh where militants were being held. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said about 45,000 people have reportedly...

CAIRO (AP) — Twice in the past week, Yemen’s rebels have launched attacks with missiles and drones on the United Arab Emirates, a major escalation for one of the world’s most protracted conflicts. The attacks underscore how the war that has ground on for over seven years in the corner...