Al-Nusra Front has been a powerful player in the Syrian civil war for a long time now, and now al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria has become the dominant group in Idlib.  Earlier this month, it seized territory and weapons from rebel forces in the northwestern province. That...

DAMASCUS, (UPI) -- The Syrian military, depleted by desertions and casualties, has mobilized reservists and arrested draft-dodgers in the wake of planned peace talks. President Bashar al-Assad , whose country has seen a four-year civil war, an attempt by the Islamic State to...

  Forces loyal to Libya's internationally recognised government have for the first time carried out air strikes on targets in the third largest city of Misrata, which is allied to an armed group that seized the capital in the summer. The internationally recognised Prime...

U.S.-led international coalition airstrikes on Saturday killed 86 ISIL militants in the Hawija district of Kirkuk city, northern Iraq, according to a police source. “The international coalition has bombed buildings where the militants were hiding and managed to...