(Reuters) - Islamic State militants have set fire to oil wells in the Ajil field east of the city of Tikrit to try to hinder aerial attacks aimed at driving them from the oilfield, a witness and military source said. Black smoke could be seen rising from oil field since...

(Reuters) - With Syria's civil war spilling across its borders and Islamic State militants beheading captives in their self-declared caliphate, it is little wonder Syrian movies have had pride of a place at an independent film festival in Turkey . One of them, "Silvered...

 The head of Syria 's Western-backed political opposition is trying to ally with opposition groups based in Syria to boost its legitimacy and help revive peace talks that center on a political transition in the country. Khaled Khoja, who became president of the National...

The U.S. ambassador to South Korea was seriously injured Thursday morning in an attack by an armed assailant, according to local media. National news agency Yonhap cited official sources as saying Mark Lippert was headed to a lecture in the center of the capital Seoul when...

Simply demanding Iran's capitulation is no way to get a nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday as he wrapped up three days of talks with a veiled dig at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Kerry said he and Iran ian...

Iraqi security forces, backed by the U.S.-led international coalition and tribal fighters, killed 38 Daesh militants Wednesday in Anbar province in western Iraq, security sources said. In the first operation, the army targeted Daesh (the Arabic acronym for...

   Insurgents attacked a Syrian government security building in the northern city of Aleppo on Wednesday, bombing it and then launching a ground assault, sources on both sides and a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 20 members...

Iran was to hold a memorial service on Tuesday for seven Afghans killed fighting alongside the forces of its close ally Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Iranian media reported. Among the dead was the commander of Afghan volunteer unit the...

(Zaman Al Wals)- At least 2000 people, mostly women and children, have fled the northeastern countryside of Hasakah province as Syrian regime forces and Kurdish militia fight separate battles with ISIS, an activist said. Kalil Khatouni, local activist, told Zaman al-Wasl that more than...

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(Reuters) - The United States and its allies staged 12 air strikes on Islamic State targets in  Iraq  and Syria in a 24-hour period, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement on Wednesday. Three strikes near Kobani, Syria, hit a tactical unit and...

The U.S. and Iranian foreign ministers began a third day of talks over Iran's nuclear program on Wednesday, just hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had warned that the deal being negotiated was a serious mistake. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and...

  Leaders of Syria's Nusra Front are considering cutting their links with al Qaeda to form a new entity backed by some Gulf states trying to topple President Bashar al-Assad, sources said. Sources within and close to Nusra said that Qatar, which enjoys good relations with the...

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(SNHR)- Syrian Network for human rights documented in the month of February 2015 no less than 80 victims who were tortured to death in the official and unofficial detention centers as follows: – Government forces: 74 – Kurdish forces: one – Extremist groups: Daesh: one...

(Reuters) - A European fighting alongside Kurds in Syria has been killed in clashes with hardline Islamic State militants, a group monitoring the conflict said on Tuesday, and Britain said it was aware of reports the person was a British national. The Britain-based Syrian...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Political body of the Syrian National Coalition has drafted a reforming plan for its duties and execution plans. Zaman al-Wasl has exclusively obtained a draft plan for reshaping and reforming the Political Body, where it would consist of the...

(Reuters)- Oil rebounded on Tuesday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Obama administration against accepting a weak nuclear deal with Iran , while rival Libyan forces targeted oil terminals in the African nation. Higher prices imposed by Saudi Arabia on...

The U.S. ambassador to Yemen will track Yemeni events from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia following last month's closure of the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday. The choice of Jeddah reflects logistical and security concerns as well as a desire not to...

(Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday against accepting a nuclear deal with Iran that would be a "countdown to a potential nuclear nightmare" by a country that "will always be an enemy of America". "If the deal now...