Fighting between Islamic State militants and the Syrian army was reported on Saturday near an ancient citadel in the historic city of Palmyra, the target of a big offensive by the jihadist group that has raised concern for the U.N. world heritage site. The Syrian Observatory...

Syrian rebel group offered 2000 jihadists o fight Houthi militia in Yemen under the leadership of Saudi Arabia, according to a statement posted online Friday. Faylaq al-Sham (Levant Legion) said it endorses all efforts paid by King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Custodian of the Two Holy...

At least 10 people were killed in heavy clashes in Yemen on Friday despite a five-day humanitarian truce, while aid distribution to the millions deprived of food, fuel and medicine by weeks of fighting and air strikes continued. Saudi Arabia, leading a coalition of Arab states...

Regime airstrikes on three adjacent rebel-held villages in northern Syria killed at least 39 civilians, 17 of them children, an activist group said Thursday. Eight siblings were among the dead from the Wednesday strikes in southern Aleppo province, around 15 kilometers (10 miles) from the main...