(Reuters) - Islamic State militants holed up in the Qalamoun mountains on the Syrian-Lebanese border are seeking to gain control of nearby Lebanese villages to support their fighting positions, the head of Lebanon's main security apparatus told Reuters. Major General Abbas...

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  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies staged 29 air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq on Wednesday, the Combined Joint Task Force said on Thursday. The action in Syria included 17 strikes near the cities of Al Raqqah, Dayr...

A magnitude-5.2 earthquake hit the southern Iranian province of Bushehr on Thursday. The epicenter of the quake was in Boshkan district, the Iranian Seismological Center said. No casualties have been reported so far.  On Tuesday,...