A former diplomat has criticized the new working definition of Islamophobia outlined by a parliamentary group on British Muslims last month. In a report by think tank Policy Exchange, titled ‘Defining Islamophobia’, Sir John Jenkins is critical of the definition and questioned the...

Defense Secretary James Mattis resigned Thursday on the heels of President Donald Trump's plans to withdraw troops from Syria, citing irreconcilable policy differences in a move that took Washington by surprise. "Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are...

Syrian Kurdish forces said Thursday they will keep fighting Daesh (ISIS) in eastern Syria unless they come under Turkish attack, after their U.S. allies announced their withdrawal. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stressed they would freeze operations if Turkey attacked, as widely...

U.S. President Donald Trump's order to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria also signifies an end to the U.S. air campaign against Daesh (ISIS), U.S. officials told Reuters Thursday, speaking on condition of anonymity. Trump's surprise decision Wednesday to completely withdraw U.S. troops...