Islamic State fighters abducted 295 former Iraqi Security Forces members near the militant stronghold of Mosul and also forced 1,500 families to retreat with them from Hammam al Alil town, the United Nations human rights organization said on Tuesday. The abductions took place last week as...

(The Daily Star)- Yemeni troops backed by a Saudi-led coalition airstrike killed six suspected Al-Qaeda fighters outside the southeastern port city of Mukalla Tuesday, a security official said. Mukalla was the most populous Yemeni city under Al-Qaeda control until government troops and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 11 people, including 3 children and 2 women, have been killed in regime air strikes on the northern town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province, volunteer rescuing group said Tuesday. The Civil Defense said tens more were wounded in the attack on the southern...

Syrian government forces were battling rebels for control of a strategically significant district of Aleppo on Tuesday, in what could be the most important advance in the divided city by Damascus and its allies in several weeks. Combatant sources gave differing accounts of the situation in...