Syrian government forces launched an attack on rebels in a southern province on Monday despite a ceasefire, a monitor said, but state media said the assault was against Daesh (ISIS). The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, said the assault in Swaida province began...

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi was poised to declare victory over Daesh (ISIS) in Mosul on Monday as only a few dozen militants put up resistance in the city where their leader declared a "caliphate" three years ago. Gunfire and explosions could be heard as the U.S.-led coalition...

Islamic State militants threw themselves into the Tigris on Sunday, trying to flee the battlefield in Mosul as Iraqi forces reached the riverbank, bringing them to the verge of victory. After eight months of combat that has left parts of the city in ruins, killed thousands of civilians and...

(The Daily Mail)- Their country has been engulfed in a catastrophic civil war for years, but an element of normality can be see on Syria's west coast. Pictures taken yesterday show Syrians paddling in the sea in Wadi Qandil, which is north of the seaside city of Latakia. The government...