The Syrian government declared victory over Islamic State in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Friday, a big blow to the jihadists as their last stronghold in Syria crumbles. Deir al-Zor, on the west bank of the Euphrates River, is the largest and most important city in eastern Syria,...

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger has asked the United States to start using armed drones against jihadist groups operating on the Mali border, raising the stakes in a counter-insurgency campaign jolted by a deadly ambush of allied U.S.-Nigerien forces. On Oct. 4, Islamist militants with sniper...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian human rights watchdog says 923 civilians were killed in October by the Syrian regime, ISIS, Russia and the US-led coalition. The Syrian Network for Human Rights on November 1 said  398 of the deaths were killed by the Syrian regime, including 398...

DUBAI (Reuters) - An air strike by a Saudi-led military coalition killed 21 people at a market in Yemen's northern Saadah province on Wednesday, according to a Reuters witness at the scene. The attack which struck the Sahar district of the vast territory, on the border with Saudi...