(Reuters) - The global chemical-weapons watchdog found evidence that chlorine gas was used "systematically and repeatedly" as a weapon in northern Syria , where witnesses described poison barrel bombs crashing into their villages from the sky, the agency said on Wednesday in a...

A Saudi young man who joined Islamic State (IS) earlier this year then defected and joined fighters in Gaza has been killed by Israeli rockets in a recent attack on the city, Al-Hayat daily reported. Sultan Farhan Rajeh Al-Harbi, a native of Hafr Al-Batin, decided to leave IS after...

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants have used cluster munitions in Syria in at least one location and Syria's regime is continuing to use the widely banned weapon, Human Rights Watch said Monday. The New York-based group, citing reports from local Kurdish officials and...

(Reuters) - Palestinian officials said on Tuesday a Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel has been reached under Egyptian mediation and a formal announcement of an agreement was imminent. There was no immediate confirmation from Israel , where a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin...