Clashes broke out Saturday between Kurdish forces and Islamic State group fighters near a Syrian prison where dozens of jihadists are still holed up, a war monitor said. An IS assault on the sprawling Ghwayran prison complex near the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakeh on January 20 sparked...

Iraq’s prime minister made a rare visit to the country’s border with Syria on Wednesday, to support troops and state that Iraqi forces were capable of resisting the Islamic State group. The visit came after militants staged a number of deadly attacks that stoked fears IS may be staging a...

Air strikes last week on a detention centre in Yemen killed around 90 people and wounded more than 200, the Houthi administration's Health Minister said on Tuesday, providing an updated toll after rescue efforts concluded, Reuters reports. The United Nations said, on Saturday, that at least...

Thousands of Syrians have been displaced as a result of ongoing fighting between Islamic State fighters and U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters, following a raid on a prison in Hassakeh where militants were being held. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said about 45,000 people have reportedly...