On the walls of a former ISIS-run jail, Syrian detainees whiled away endless months by scrawling phrases and poems, praying for freedom or bidding farewell to loved ones. One former prisoner of the extremists, Khalifah al-Khidr, returned to his cell in Al-Bab's jail two weeks after the...

An Afghan official says at least eight members of the security forces have been killed by two other policemen in southern Zabul province. Gul Islam Seyal, spokesman for the provincial governor, said Saturday that both attackers fled the area after attacking their colleagues late Friday...

ISIS has released dozens of prisoners held in jails in the districts of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul that remain under its control, residents said Saturday. The release of the prisoners Friday is another sign that the militants are being overwhelmed by the U.S.-backed Iraqi offensive...

Syrian President Bashar Assad said he yet to see "anything concrete" from U.S. President Donald Trump over his vow to defeat ISIS and called U.S. forces deployed in Syria "invaders" because they were there without government permission. Assad, in an interview with Chinese TV station Phoenix,...