At least 30 civilians were killed when the U.S. bombed several alleged drug making facilities in western Afghanistan in May, a U.N. agency said in a report Wednesday, though the U.S. military immediately disputed the findings. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)...

As US forces pull back from parts of northern Syria and make way for a threatened Turkish military offensive, here is a recap of Washington's involvement in the Syrian conflict. - Pressure on Assad - On April 29, 2011, a month after the first protests in Syria that were met with brutal...

Top officials from Saudi Arabia and the UAE, key players in a coalition fighting Yemeni rebels, have discussed military cooperation following a positive response by Riyadh to a truce offer from the insurgents. Saudi's deputy defence minister Prince Khalid bin Salman met with Abu Dhabi Crown...

As both sides have brought new demands to closed-door meetings, the U.S. and the Taliban are struggling to find ways to resume peace talks to end the war in Afghanistan, say both officials and local analysts. A 12-member delegation of the Afghan Taliban political office in Doha arrived in...