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Fighting in Libyan capital closes airport

The Libyan capital's Mitiga airport was evacuated on Tuesday and civilian flights were repeatedly suspended as rival armed groups clashed nearby, officials said. Flights had restarted around midday on Tuesday after being suspended for several hours during the morning and the previous...

Two blasts kill 15 people in Damascus

At least 15 people were killed on Monday by bombings that targeted a police station in the capital Damascus' Midan neighborhood, pro-government al-Ekhbariah TV reported. Several suicide bombers detonated their explosive belts in front of the police station and inside, according to...

Losing Syria bastion, IS lashes out behind front lines

By Maya Gebeily  (AFP)- Just after sunrise outside Syria's Raqa, dozens of Islamic State group jihadists donned Kurdish military uniforms, piled into cars with weapons, and broke back into a district they lost control of months ago. The raid was the latest evidence that IS,...