Fierce fighting and heavy bombardment saw more than 10,000 people flee rebel-held areas of the battleground Syrian city of Aleppo since midnight, activists said Sunday. "More than 10,000 people have fled remaining rebel-held southeastern districts of Aleppo city since midnight due to heavy...

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has arrived in Baghdad to meet with American commanders and Iraqi leaders and to assess progress in the fight to retake the northern city of Mosul ISIS. The unannounced visit Sunday came as Iraqi security forces have been slowed in their nearly two-month-old...

Turkey declared a one-day morning Sunday after twin blasts ripped through the heart of Istanbul following a football match killing 29 people, mainly police, and wounding 166, the state-run Anadolu news agency said. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim also ordered flags to fly at half mast after a...

Islamic State militants on Saturday captured most of Palmyra after breaking through regime army defenses and securing the heights around the ancient city in eastern Syria following a surprise assault, a monitoring group and rebels said. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...