(Reuters) - Sunni insurgents seized a mainly ethnic Turkmen city in northwestern Iraq on Sunday after heavy fighting, solidifying their grip on the north after a lightning offensive that threatens to dismember Iraq. Residents reached by telephone in the city of Tal Afar said it...

BAGHDAD (AP) — As the Iraqi government bolstered Baghdad's defenses Sunday, the Islamic militant group that captured two major cities last week posted graphic photos that appeared to show its fighters massacring dozens of captured Iraqi soldiers. The pictures on a militant...

  Adnan Qassar, Captain of the Syrian Equestrian team, who was detained in 1993, has been freed, activists and media outlets reported. Previous Interview with Qassar published on May 29 2013 Exclusive Interview with Assad's rival Adnan Qassar...

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve Saturday ordered with "the absolute urgency", the expulsion of a Tunisian man accused of recruiting young French nationals to join fighting in Syria. Following "the threat that his presence posed to public safety and security of the state,"...