Civilians are fleeing from one part of opposition-held eastern Aleppo to another amid a flurry of attacks by the Syrian regime, according to a local civil defense official. "Those we save today are killed tomorrow," Ammar Assalmo, an Aleppo-based civil defense official, told Anadolu Agency....

(Los Angeles Times)- He was a committed activist, as well as a “real funny guy,” according to his colleagues on the front lines in northern Syria. To his comrades in arms, he was a good fighter, one who said he feared cameras more than bullets. And to friends at home in Northern...

Islamic State is likely to launch more attacks in Europe, the EU police agency Europol warned on Friday, with several dozen militants already in place and more possibly arriving as IS faces setbacks in Syria and Iraq. In a report on the threat the Islamist group poses to the 28-nation bloc,...

The United States is "watching very carefully" for Islamic State militants operating outside Sirte as the jihadist group faces defeat in its former North African stronghold, a senior U.S. Department of State official told Reuters. Libyan forces have been battling Islamic State in Sirte for...