(Reuters) - Kurdish defenders held off Islamic State militants in Syria's border town of Kobani on Sunday, but the fighters struck with deadly bombings in Iraq , killing dozens of Kurds in the north and assassinating a provincial police commander in the west. The top U.S....

( Naharnet )- Al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front announced on Friday that a Lebanese soldier has defected and joined its ranks. The terrorist group made the announcement on twitter after it published the photo of the alleged soldier. TV and radio stations identified him as...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The barrage of U.S. cruise missiles last month aimed at an al-Qaida cell in northern Syria cell killed just one or two key militants, according to American intelligence officials who say the group of veteran fighters is still believed to be plotting attacks...

The Swiss government has banned the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, group and all related organizations, said the Defense Ministry on Wednesday. The ban, which prohibits ISIL’s activities in the country, including propaganda and financial support of...