Jordan's air force chief said on Sunday his country's jet fighters had conducted 56 bombing raids in three days against Islamic State militants in northeast  Syria , targeting key bases and arms depots. Jordan stepped up its bombing of the jihadist group on Thursday in...

(Reuters) - Jordan carried out a third straight day of air strikes on Islamic State targets on Saturday, it said, in response to the group's killing of a captive Jordanian pilot. “Sorties of air force fighters today bombed bases of the Daesh terror gang,” state television...

The United Arab Emirates on Saturday ordered a squadron of F-16 warplanes to be stationed in Jordan to support it in strikes against the Islamic State group. The federation's official WAM news agency said Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahayan, deputy head of the...

(Reuters) - The Gulf Cooperation Council has accused Shi'ite Houthi rebels of staging a coup in  Yemen  after they announced they were dissolving parliament and forming a new government, Kuwait's official news agency said on Saturday. The opposition of the GCC, a...