President Barack Obama has said American forces being sent to a new operations center in the heart of the war against Islamic State will not engage in combat, but they will do almost everything but fight to support the beleaguered Iraqi forces. U.S. defense officials say the tasks of the troops...

The Unified Command of Eastern Ghouta district near Damascus called on Nusra Front to join its alliance instead of forming 'Fatah Army in Ghouta,' according to statement issued Friday, The statement of the key rebel group in embattled Suburbs of Damascus came in response to a call by...

Saudi-led coalition air strikes killed at least six people, Yemen's state news agency Saba said on Friday, and destroyed part of Sanaa's Old City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The raid, which began in the early hours, also injured several people, reduced five houses to rubble and damaged other...

The Syrian government says it has come through worse phases in the four-year-old conflict than the latest advances by insurgents across the country and is confident its army can hit back with the help of its allies. Western officials believe losses in recent months by President Bashar...