(Reuters) - For Saudi Arabia , the war against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is a vital struggle for the future of the Middle East that must be fought – but not by its own young men. Alarmed by how jihadi veterans back home from Afghanistan and Iraq joined an al...

(Reuters) - Islamic State militants have executed 36 more members of an Iraqi tribe that had resisted the Sunni militant group's advances in western Anbar Province for weeks, a member of the tribe said on Monday. "They were shot dead in Ramadi," said Hamdan al-Nimrawi of the...

(Reuters) - The Iraqi army must do more to show it can fight Islamic State militants who have taken over a third of the country, French President Francois Hollande said on Monday. The Iraqi army, riven by sectarian divisions between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims, put up little...

(Reuters) - Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi is making his first visits in years to fellow exporters Venezuela and Mexico , although tumbling oil prices are not the stated purpose of the trip, according to officials and sources. Naimi will attend a long-planned climate change...