Syrian regime soldiers taken prisoner by Turkish-allied Syrian National Army would "have their status settled on Wednesday" and be released soon, Russia's RT Arabic-language service reported on Tuesday. Eighteen soldiers were captured after heavy clashes on Tuesday...

United Arab Emirates said Wednesday that its Aden-based troops have returned home and handed over control to Saudi Arabia, according to a statement published by the state news agency WAM. The statement further added that UAE will continue fighting "terrorist organizations" in other southern...

Islamic State (IS) group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was found and killed over the weekend in northern Syria just a few miles from the Turkish border in a US raid that evaded the Turkey’s Incirlik base, in a sign of the increasing distrust between US and Turkish militaries. The...

Libya’s internationally recognized government on Tuesday reopened Mitiga, Tripoli’s only functioning airport, after almost two months of closure, and flights will resume within two weeks, the transportation minister said. The airport had been shut since Sept. 1 after being repeatedly...