Kirkuk, Iraqi government forces have captured key installations outside the disputed city of Kirkuk from Kurdish fighters. A military statement said units had taken control of the K1 military base, the Baba Gurgur oil and…

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State took control of some Syrian villages in a rebel-controlled area east of Hama on Monday, opening a new frontline days after the Syrian military said it had cleared Islamic State…

PENTAGON —  U.S.-backed forces in Syria’s eastern Deir el-Zour province say Russian forces struck their position in a field recently captured from Islamic State militants. Fighters with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said a Russian…

Jerusalem, Russia rejected a request from Jerusalem for a 60-kilometer buffer zone between the Golan Heights and any Iranian-backed militias in Syria, and is only promising that the Shi’ite fighters would not come any closer…

Beirut, Buses carrying evacuated Islamic State militants and members of their families have reportedly reached IS-held territory in eastern Syria. Syria’s government allowed the convoy to travel across the country as part of a deal…

BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah has declared victory in the Syrian war while Russia said government forces had driven militants from much of the country where President Bashar al-Assad’s rule seemed in…

Aden, Five suspected al Qaeda militants were killed in drone strikes on two villages in Yemen’s al Baida governorate on Saturday, a local official and residents said. “The strikes targeted two villages where al Qaeda…

Damascus, A Russian air attack in Syria’s Deir Az Zor has killed at least 40 fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group, including several of the…