The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria has killed the group's finance minister and two other senior leaders in air strikes in recent weeks, a U.S. military spokesman said on Thursday. Army Colonel Steve Warren told a Pentagon briefing that coalition strikes...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- One of Syria's main rebel groups, Ahrar al-Sham, on Thursday pulled out of opposition talks aimed at forging a united front ahead of potential discussions with President Bashar Assad's government. It said it took the decision because of "the fundamental role... given to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State fighters have recaptured the central town of Mahin east of Homs city for the second time in 20 days, activists said Thursday. Three weeks ago, Syrian regime forces took Mahin, 45 miles (60km) east Homs. A such victory that not last more than few week to turn...

Syria's fragmented opposition and rebel groups sought common ground on Wednesday ahead of planned negotiations to end a conflict which has devastated the country and drawn forces from Cold War and Middle East rivals into ever deeper combat operations. The talks in Saudi...