BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Egypt's military involvement in Libya underlines Cairo's concerns about the threat posed by Islamic militant groups operating near the two nations' porous border, as well as home-grown jihadis who rely on their Libyan comrades for weapons. Above all, Egypt...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dusty and remote, the Syrian city of Kobani has become an unlikely spoil in the war against Islamic State militants — and far more of a strategic prize than the United States wants to admit. Perched on Turkey's border, the city of about 60,000 has...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime air raids struck targets east of Damascus and further north Thursday, killing 14 people including six children, AFP reported. Ten people were killed, including a woman and two children, in Jisrin, to the east of Damascus....

Reporting by Mohamed Al Hussein; Translation by Yusra Ahmed Al HASAKAH (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 20 fighters of Islamic State militant group have been killed on Thursday in the ongoing clashes with Kurdish forces near Ras al-Ayn town in the western...