Daesh (ISIS) launched a deadly counter-offensive Wednesday to repel US-backed forces advancing on a final militant-held pocket of eastern Syria, a monitor said. The Daesh militants managed to take hostage several dozen fighters from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, according to the...

The fiancee of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Tuesday asked President Donald Trump to help uncover what happened to the Riyadh critic who she said had "been fighting for his principles". Hatice Cengiz made the appeal in an opinion piece for The Washington Post newspaper,...

Egypt says its security forces have killed 10 militants in a shootout in the city of el-Arish in the turbulent northern Sinai Peninsula. A statement Tuesday by the Interior Ministry said the shootout took place on a deserted farm used by the militants as a hideout. It did not say when...

The Syrian regime has announced an amnesty for men who deserted the army or have avoided military service, giving them several months to report for duty without facing punishment, it said Tuesday. The fear of conscription, and potential punishment for ducking it or for desertion, is...