French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said Thursday he would not back down on plans to overhaul the state-run SNCF railways, as the pro-reform CFDT labor union said it would take part in a further wave of strikes starting on Sunday. Philippe reiterated that he would not enter into...

 A top Syrian Kurdish politician suggested Wednesday that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and the Iraqi government could mount joint operations against Daesh (ISIS) in the area on the border of the two countries. Aldar Xelil warned of a militant revival in eastern Syria, where...

President Donald Trump said he wants U.S. troops to leave Syria soon and will make a decision “very quickly” on how much longer they will stay, as his administration’s policy on its seven-year civil war remains in limbo. “I want to get out, I want to bring the troops back home,...

Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea Tuesday, causing "minor damage" to the ship, the Saudi-led coalition battling the rebels said. Coalition spokesman Col. Turki al-Malki said the attack occurred at 1:30 p.m. (10:30 GMT) in international waters west of the...