The United States and its allies are weighing the possibility that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, under growing military pressure, may soon narrow his focus on defense of more limited areas of the country, the top U.S. general said on Wednesday. Losses in the north, east and south have put...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered his condolences over the death of former Turkish president Suleyman Demirel. In a letter of condolence issued by the Turkish Presidency on Wednesday, Erdogan said that he learnt with sorrow about the death of Turkey’s ninth president....

Four car bombs targeted three mosques and the political headquarters of Yemen's dominant Houthi group on Wednesday, killing and wounding dozens of people, a security official said. "Four car bombs targeted the political bureau of Ansarullah, the Hashush mosque in the Jiraf...

The French government said on Wednesday it would create 11,000 places to house refugees and asylum seekers as the number of people living in illegal migrant camps swells. Such camps have grown rapidly in France as Europe has struggled to cope with an influx of migrants this year...