Islamic State militants battled rival insurgent groups on Wednesday north of the city of Aleppo, where officials say the Syrian army is preparing an offensive of its own backed by Iranian soldiers and Russian jets. A rebel fighter and a group monitoring the war said Islamic State...

The United States and its allies carried out 18 airstrikes on ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria on Tuesday, the Joint Command Task Force said on Wednesday. Sixteen of the attacks were in Iraq, hitting tactical units, vehicles, fighting positions, weapons, buildings and an explosives cache near...

China said on Wednesday it had no plans to send its military to Syria to fight with Russian forces after reports in overseas media that it was planning to do so. Chinese media has picked up Russian and Middle Eastern news reports that China would fight alongside Russia in Syria, and that...

Two senior officers from Iran's Revolutionary Guards were killed fighting Islamic State militants in Syria, Iran's Tasnim news agency reported, ahead of a planned offensive by Syria's army backed by Tehran. Major General Farshad Hasounizadeh and Brigadier Hamid Mokhtarband, commanders in...