(The Daily Star)- ISIS militants attacked four Hezbollah posts on the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Ras Baalbek Tuesday in a failed bid to capture two hills, sparking intense clashes that left at least 22 people dead, a security source said. A separate security source told The...

Syrian air strikes on rebel-held Aleppo city killed at least 12 people on Tuesday, Zaman al-Wasl reporter said. The fierce aerial campaign on the liberated neighborhoods of  the northern city killed 4 people in al-Shaaar neighborhood, 5 people, including a woman, in al-Ansari, and 3 others...

A string of bombings targeting Turkey's pro-Kurdish party during its campaign to enter parliament has been linked with Islamic State in Syria, the party's chairman said on Monday. Three people were killed in two blasts on Friday in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir in southeast Turkey,...

Yemen's exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has played down next week's talks in Geneva between his country's warring parties, saying they will only address ways to implement a Security Council resolution demanding his enemies retreat. Hadi and his government's host, Saudi Arabia, have...