Libyan Forces are poised to retake the the city of Sirte from Islamic State group fighters after six months of fighting.  Remaining IS militants in the city are positioned in a small area measuring 0.4km in the Giza neighbourhood, US and Libyan officials say.  Losing Sirte will...

The United Nations warned Sunday that time was "running out" for efforts to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe in Syria's war-battered Aleppo, as fresh fighting there killed at least eight schoolchildren. US President Barack Obama urged greater efforts to end the violence when he met Russian...

Iraqi troops on Sunday fortified their positions in Mosul neighborhoods retaken from the Islamic State group as their advance toward the city center was slowed by sniper fire and suicide bombings, as well as concern over the safety of civilians. "The biggest hindrance to us is the civilians,...

(Al Jazeera)- Saudi Arabia has denied that the Arab coalition it spearheads violated a 48-hour ceasefire by launching air strikes against the Houthi rebels in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. Major-General Ahmed Asseri, the coalition spokesman, told Al Jazeera on Sunday from Riyadh the air raids...