(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S. led air strikes in Syria have inflicted "significant damage" to Islamic State's ability to fund itself, the Pentagon said on Friday. Recent strikes in an air operation dubbed "Tidal Wave II" have been concentrated on oil facilities in the Deir Ezzor region, which provide...

Austria announced Friday it would erect a 3.7-kilometre (2.3-mile) metal fence along its border with Slovenia, in a new blow to the EU's cherished open-border Schengen accord. The barrier, due to be completed in less than six weeks, will be the first fence...

The U.S. military is "reasonably certain" a U.S. drone strike killed the Islamic State militant known as "Jihadi John," a British citizen who appeared in videos of militants beheading Western journalists and aid workers, a spokesman said on Friday. The militant, Mohammed Emwazi,...

The attack bore all the traits of Islamic State in Iraq. A small unit of militants, armed with Kalashnikov rifles and suicide belts, hit the Tripoli prison just before sunrise. Blasting though a wall, four fighters worked their way through the heavily guarded compound before firing a...