Al Qaeda has started reaching out for recruits in Yemen by handing out quiz sheets, with an AK-47 assault rifle as top prize, residents and media said on Thursday. Militants have been touring the southwestern city of Taiz in the build-up to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, putting up...

The capture of a key Syrian town and a nearby dam from ISIS militants by Syrian Kurdish-led forces undermines the ISIS's ability to defend its de facto capital, Raqqa and disrupts its ability to plan attacks in Western countries, the U.S.-led international coalition said Thursday. Tabqa and...

U.S.-backed Iraqi forces were moving to surround Mosul's Old City on Thursday, a week after launching a fresh push to drive ISIS militants from areas they still hold, according to an Iraqi officer overseeing the operation. Iraqi special forces Lt. Gen. Sami al-Arathi said battle plans had...

U.S.-backed fighters hunted for extremist holdouts in Syria's Tabqa Thursday after overrunning the city and nearby dam in a step forward for their advance on ISIS stronghold Raqqa. The Syrian Democratic Forces scored one of their biggest victories against ISIS as controversy intensified over...