(CNN)- This is what a Syrian rebel looks like after nearly $1 million of training and equipment provided by the United States. Pro-U.S. -- and fiercely anti-Assad regime -- fighter Abu Iskander is one of just 54 moderate rebels painstakingly vetted, expensively trained and equipped with...

Syrian government forces recaptured four northwestern villages Tuesday as they pounded the area with airstrikes in a counter-attack on insurgents threatening strongholds of President Bashar Assad, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Government warplanes by Tuesday...

Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition hit Yemen's Red Sea port of Hodeida on Tuesday, and officials there said the raids destroyed cranes and warehouses in the main entry point for aid supplies to the north of the country. Hodeida, controlled by Iranian-allied Houthi forces, has become a...

A fighter proclaiming allegiance to Islamic State has appeared in a video urging fellow Turks to rebel against "infidel" President Tayyip Erdogan and help conquer Istanbul, highlighting the threat the NATO member faces as it battles the radical insurgents. Turkey has been in a heightened...