BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamist militants holding 19 Lebanese soldiers seized during an incursion into Lebanon said on Friday they had demanded the release of Islamist prisoners in exchange for letting their captives go. Two commanders close to the group holding the soldiers,...

The Islamic state is preparing to overrun Tabqa military airport near Raqa city, a day after seizing control of Regime’s military base, Brigade 93, sources say. Islamic State's momentum has raised fears amid Syrian armed opposition and the...

(AFP)- At least 27 Syrian regime forces have been killed in a jihadist assault on a military base in the northern province of Raqa, a monitoring group told Agence France-Presse on Thursday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 14 jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq...

LABWEH, Lebanon (AP) — Militants from Syria who overran a Lebanese border town mostly withdrew back across the rugged hills separating the two countries as a cease-fire appeared to hold Thursday, allowing Lebanese troops to free seven fellow soldiers and ambulances to evacuate...