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...

A convoy of 50 aid trucks heading for the besieged Syrian town of Madaya set off from Damascus on Thursday, a Reuters witness said. The convoy is the second this week to the town near the Lebanese border, where thousands are trapped and local doctors say some have starved to death.

  (ZamanAl Wasl)- Syrian rebels have recaptured on Thursday all checkpoints they lost to favor of regime forces the day before in the southern countryside of Aleppo province. Field source told Zaman al Wasl that rebels have recaptured al-Hersh district...

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...