Syrian regime forces captured the village of Tel Hadya in the northern province of Aleppo on Friday, Reuters said, in the latest territorial gains reported against insurgents in the area. The reported advance brought pro-government forces closer to the main highway that links...

Kurdish forces entered the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar Friday after cutting it off from east and west in an offensive against ISIS militants that could provide critical momentum in efforts to defeat the extremist group. A Reuters correspondent saw hundreds of Kurdish peshmerga fighters...

The United States Thursday carried out an airstrike in Syria targeting the ISIS militant known as "Jihadi John," who participated in gruesome videos showing the killings of American and British hostages, officials said. One U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the strike...

(Middle East Eye)- Two Syrian women were refused visas on Tuesday to visit the UK, where they were scheduled to speak about Syrian female activists who are working as doctors, journalists and rebel fighters in the war-torn country. The pair are among five Syrian activists who star in a new...