The Trump administration will move forward with the sale of high-tech aircraft to Nigeria for its campaign against Boko Haram Islamic extremists despite concerns over abuses committed by the African nation's security forces, according to U.S. officials. Congress is expected to receive formal...

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's visit to Moscow this week will be an early test of whether the Trump administration can use any momentum generated by striking a Syrian air base to craft and execute a strategy to end the Syrian war. Even before Trump ordered last week's strike on the...

( The New Arab )- At least nine Yazidi women and children were rescued from Islamic State captivity in Syria's Raqqa, Kurdish officials said on Sunday. “At around 10:30 on Saturday night, five Yazidi children and four women were rescued,” said Hussein Qaedi from the Duhok-based KRG...

Ahmad Mustafa fled northern Syria to Turkey four months ago, badly injuring his hand along the way. But while the free healthcare he gets as a refugee is helping him heal, Mustafa and many of the nearly 3 million Syrian migrants who have fled to Turkey are gradually losing hope for their...