ISIS militants pushed through a gap in the Iraqi army frontline Thursday to capture a northern village, local sources said, demonstrating the group's continued reach after a major defeat in the west. The dawn attacks on Tal Kusaiba, around 35 km (20 miles) east of Tikrit, killed the police...

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria said after meeting representatives of the United States, Russia and other major powers on Wednesday that Syria peace talks were still planned to start in Geneva on Jan. 25. Staffan de Mistura told reporters they had discussed access to...

At least 15 Yemeni civilians were killed in an airstrike by a Saudi-led military coalition outside the capital, residents said Wednesday, as prospects for a new round of U.N.-sponsored talks to end the war in Yemen dimmed. A spokesman for the coalition said the reports of the...

Syria’s regime army and allied forces Tuesday took full control from rebel groups of the strategic town of Salma, in the northwestern province of Latakia, state television reported. In a breaking news flash, the channel said the army, backed by the pro-government National Defense Forces...