U.S.-backed Kurdish-led fighters conducted search operations Friday near a Syrian prison where dozens of armed extremists from the Islamic State group (IS) remained holed up in the last occupied section of the jail. The search operations came two days the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)...

MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin said Thursday that there was “little ground for optimism” in resolving the crisis over Ukraine after the U.S. rejected Russia’s main demands, but that dialogue was still possible. Tensions have soared in recent weeks, as the United States and its NATO allies...

Fears are rising for lots of of children in a Syrian prison seized by Islamic State inmates, after six days of clashes with Kurdish-led fighters searching for to regain management of the power, the United Nations children’s company mentioned on Tuesday. About 850 children are caught in...

U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces were celebrating in northeastern Syria on Wednesday night after the force said it had seized control of the Gweiran Prison from Islamic State militants. But on Thursday, it emerged fighting was again ongoing and the U.S-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)...