(Reuters) - American forces have begun advising Iraqi troops in the western Anbar province, the top U.S. general told Reuters, in a faster-than-expected expansion of an operation that is central to its campaign against Islamic State. General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the...

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia , the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain agreed on Sunday to return their ambassadors to Qatar, signaling an end to an eight-month rift over Doha's support for Islamist groups. The announcement was made by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and came...

(AFP)- The US-led coalition against the Islamic State jihadist group carried out a series of air strikes overnight in the embattled Syrian town of Kobane, a monitor and activists said Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported intensifying clashes between...

(Anadolu News Agency)- Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has expressed disappointment over talks at the weekend's G20 summit in Australia for only superficially touching upon the recent refugee crisis coming from Syria. "Unfortunately, the refugee issue has not...