At least 26 Yemeni fighters died in fresh clashes and an airstrike as government forces advanced against Shiite Huthi rebels near a key shipping strait, medics and officials said Saturday. A week-long assault by government forces and their allies aims to expel the Iran-backed Huthis from...

Airstrikes on a rebel-held town in northwestern Syria killed nine people on Saturday, pro-opposition activists said, the latest to hit the area where Al-Qaeda's former affiliate has a strong presence. Most of those killed in the Idlib province town of Maarat Masrin were civilians, the...

 Islamic State militants launched their biggest attack in months on regime-held areas of the city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, killing dozens of civilians and regime troops, a war monitor said. At least six large explosions rocked the city since dawn as the militants clashed with the army...

Residents of the Iraqi city of Mosul said up to 30 civilians died in an air strike on a district held by Islamic State this week. Locals said they saw at least three missiles hit the western Mosul al-Jadida area on Thursday, in a raid that appeared to target the house of senior militant...