A third Australian has died in the past two weeks while fighting with Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria, a report said Sunday. The man, who was not named, was believed to be from south-west Sydney and married with children, according to the Sun Herald. Australia's...

(Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish forces have blunted but not broken the siege of the Syrian border town of Kobani, a week after arriving to great fanfare with heavy weapons and fighters in a bid to save it from Islamic State. Kobani has become a test of the U.S.-led coalition's...

(Reuters) - Syrian activists shared a photo on social media on Friday of two children they said were killed in U.S. air strikes on Wednesday night which Washington said targeted an al Qaeda-linked militant faction. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki had no comment on...

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq , roughly doubling the number of U.S. forces on the ground to advise and retrain Iraqis in their battle against the militant group Islamic State, U.S. officials said on Friday. Obama's...