Elders in Afghanistan's troubled Helmand province accused the Kabul government and its international backers on Saturday of failing to live up to promises of protection as Taliban militants claim more territory and threaten the provincial capital. Despite months of reorganization, a new...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces backed by Shiite militias on Saturday regained control of several villages northeast of Hama city, taking advantage of the infighting between Syrian resistance factions in Idlib’s southern countryside, field sources said Regime warplane also launched...

Syrian government forces recaptured territory from insurgents in several western areas on Saturday as the U.N. Security Council prepares to vote on rival French and Russian draft resolutions urging an immediate ceasefire. President Bashar al-Assad's forces, backed by Russian air power and...

Islamic State militants captured several villages from Syrian rebels in a counter-attack near the Turkish border that forced the foreign-backed insurgents to retreat, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. The rebels, whom Turkey has supported with tanks and air strikes, had been...