KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The number of civilians killed and wounded in the war in Afghanistan declined last year, but the number of deaths from airstrikes was on the rise, according to a new United Nations report released on Thursday. The total number of civilian casualties decreased...

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday that the United States and Turkey, NATO allies, would press on with their collaboration over Syria despite their areas of difference. "I believe we are finding common ground and there are areas of uncommon ground, where sometimes war just gives...

Rome, Italy - Six and a half years into the ongoing bloodshed in Syria, General Issam Zahreddine, infamous for overseeing the suffocating three-year siege of Deir Az Zor, was killed by a landmine. He died in October 2017, when his vehicle hit an explosive in Hawija Saqr during the...

Qatar Airways’ chief executive said Tuesday the carrier will post a loss this year because four other Arab countries have severed land, air and sea links with Qatar. Akbar al-Baker said that the boycott on Qatar’s flagship airline flying to neighboring Saudi Arabia, the United Arab...