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Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS or ISIL) seized two key towns and several villages in Syria’s Aleppo province on Wednesday after routing rival fighters, opposition groups and activists said. The capture is the latest victory for...

MALIKIYA, Syria (AP) — In a dusty camp here, Iraqi refugees have new heroes: Syrian Kurdish fighters who battled militants to carve out an escape route for tens of thousands trapped on a mountaintop. While the U.S. and Iraqi militaries struggle to aid the starving members of...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Ridiculed at first, the new power which has seized a third of Iraq and triggered the first American air strikes since the U.S. troop withdrawal in 2011 – has carved itself a powerful and possibly lasting presence in the Middle East. The...