BEIRUT (Reuters) - Deep into its fourth year of conflict, Syria looks less and less like a state than a patchwork of warring fiefdoms, making outside powers more reluctant to intervene even as it becomes more destabilizing for the region. The...

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The father of a Jordanian pilot captured by the Islamic State group in Syria pleaded for his son's release on Thursday, asking him to treat him well in captivity as a fellow Muslim. So far, there has been silence from the extremists about the fate of their...

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At least 60 journalists were killed on the job in 2014, including 17 who died as a direct result of covering the civil war in Syria, the Committee to Protect Journalists said in its annual report Tuesday. The New York-based group said it was still investigating...