Jihadis from ISIS entered the northern city limits of ancient Palmyra Wednesday, seizing a state security building after intense fighting, activists said. "The jihadis are once again in the north of Tadmur, after taking over the state security building," Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the...

The Nigerian army said Tuesday that at least 200 girls and 93 women have been rescued from the notorious Sambisa forest, a Boko Haram stronghold. "Troops this afternoon rescued 200 girls and 93 women from Sambisa forest," the defense headquarters said on Twitter. "We cannot confirm if the...

The uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is under investigation in France for amassing a 90-million-euro fortune, including a stud farm and luxury apartments, despite being kicked out of Syria "with nothing" 30 years ago. French investigators have provided details to AFP of their...

A former intelligence officer for the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was the mastermind behind Islamic State's takeover of northern Syria, according to a report by Der Spiegel that is based on documents uncovered by the German magazine. Spiegel, in a lengthy story published at the...