The chairman of the Senate Armed Service committee traveled covertly last week to northern Syria where he met with U.S. forces engaged in the counter-Daesh campaign, his office confirmed Wednesday. A spokeswoman for Sen. John McCain confirmed the trip to Anadolu Agency. “Senator McCain...

(The Sun)- AN Irish soldier went to fight in Syria with Islamic State’s “worst nightmare” after telling his bosses he was going to travel the world, it is alleged. The Dublin-based private is being investigated by the Defence Forces for joining the Kurdish YPG militia. It is...

Yemen's deputy chief of staff was killed Wednesday when the armed Houthi movement battling government forces fired a ballistic missile at an army camp on the Red Sea coast, according to a military source. The attack killing Major General Ahmed Saif al-Yafei was a blow to Yemeni government...

(The Guardian)- A suicide attack near the Iraqi city of Mosul, for which Islamic State has claimed responsibility, was carried out by a British former Guantánamo Bay detainee who was paid £1m in compensation by the UK government after his release, according to reports. Jamal al-Harith, a...