U.S. President Barack Obama will overhaul Washington's approach to supporting Syrian rebel forces following this year's deeply troubled launch of a U.S. military training program, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Friday. Carter hinted the new approach would focus more on enabling forces...

Islamic State fighters have seized Syrian villages on the outskirts of Aleppo from rival insurgent fighters, a monitoring group said on Friday, despite Russian air strikes that Moscow says have targeted the militant group. Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps said separately one of...

Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its contribution to building democracy after the Jasmine Revolution in 2011, the Nobel Committee said. The quartet is made up of the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT), the Tunisian Confederation of...

A car bomb exploded Thursday in a rebel-held town in the northern province of Aleppo, killing at least ten people and leaving dozens wounded, a monitor group said. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said at least 10 civilians have lost their lives when a rigged car exploded in a marketplace in...