Syria's Raqa once thrived on the banks of the gushing Euphrates River, but dire shortages in the Islamic State group stronghold are forcing desperate civilians to risk their lives for water. The northern city has been without steady running water for several weeks after damage to pipelines...

A separate truce for southern Syria, brokered by the U.S. and Russia, is meant to help allay growing concerns by neighboring Jordan and Israel about Iranian military ambitions in the area, including fears that Tehran plans to set up a disruptive long-term presence there. Such apprehensions...

Daesh (ISIS) claimed responsibility for an attack on a remote Egyptian army outpost in the Sinai Peninsula with a suicide car bomb and heavy machine gun fire. The assault killed at least 23 soldiers in the deadliest attack in the turbulent region in two years. Daesh made the claim after...

Iraqi security forces expect to take full control of Mosul in the next hours as Daesh's defensive lines collapse, state TV reported on Saturday. Air strikes and artillery salvos pounded the extremists' last bastion in the city as black smoke billowed over it, a Reuters TV crew said. "We...