The United States and its allies launched 29 air strikes on Sunday targeting Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, destroying an explosives factory and other targets, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operations said. In Iraq, 21 of the strikes were launched near nine cities,...

A fierce fighting is taking place between ISIS and Syrian army in Mhin town near the Christian village of Sadad east Homs, activists said on Monday. The clashes have followed the fallout of al-Qaryatayn town, (90 km) 60 miles east central city of Homs, five days ago by the hardline Sunni...

Two attackers opened fire on the U.S. consulate building in Istanbul on Monday while 10 people were injured in a car bombing at a police station overnight, weeks after Turkey launched what it described as a "synchronized war on terror". Police armed with automatic rifles cordoned off...

Fatha Army fighters have regained control of several villages in northwest Syria from government forces and have advanced beyond them, edging closer to a coastal stronghold of President Bashar Assad, a monitoring group and other sources said on Sunday. The insurgents launched a...