The United States does not appear to have clear-cut legal authority to protect Syrian rebels it trains from attack by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, even under new war powers, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Wednesday. Still, Carter told Congress, a...

(Reuters) - Australia is seeking to confirm Islamic State's claim that an Australian teenage recruit died after blowing himself up in Iraq, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Thursday. Islamic State released an image on Wednesday claiming to show Abu Abdullah al-Australi before...

Aid agencies said on Thursday that 2014 was the worst year of the Syrian conflict so far and that three United Nations Security Council resolutions aimed at alleviating the suffering had failed. Syria's crisis started in March 2011 with protests against the government and...

Islamist rebels on Wednesday have recaptured strategic village of Dorien in coastal Latakia province, days since the strategic area was seized by Syrian regime forces, activists said. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE...