Syria regime forces have seized dozens of towns and villages in northwest Syria from their jihadist rivals following days of violent clashes, a war monitor said Sunday. The fresh advances in Idlib province bring regime loyalists closer to capturing one of the largest urban centres in...

A former beauty queen has been jailed for sending £35 to Islamist fighters in Syria. Amaani Noor “married” a man she had never met over the internet and was planning to join him when she was arrested. The 21-year-old was found guilty of funding terrorism after a court heard she...

The United States is “very concerned” about the intensification of the conflict in Libya, with a rising number of reported Russian mercenaries supporting Khalifa Haftar’s forces on the ground turning the conflict into a bloodier one, a senior State Department official said on Saturday....

Tens of thousands of civilians are fleeing bombardment in Syria's Idlib region, the UN said, as fighting flares in the jihadist bastion fuelling an already dire humanitarian situation. The Idlib region, which is home to some three million people including many displaced by Syria's civil...