Bashar al-Assad

Hagel, under pressure, resigns as U.S. defense secretary

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel resigned on Monday, leaving under pressure as President Barack Ob...

Nov 24, 2014 09:21 PM EST

Egypt says it detains Nusra fighter returning from Syria

Egypt's interior ministry said on Wednesday it had arrested an Egyptian militant who had returned fr...

Nov 20, 2014 02:39 AM EST

U.S. hostage Peter Kassig is killed by Islamic State

Islamic State militants have beheaded another American hostage, Peter Kassig, issuing a video claimi...

Nov 17, 2014 12:15 AM EST

Syria rebels in south emerge as West's last hope as moderates crushed elsewhere

With moderate rebels facing defeat by al Qaeda in Syria's north, groups holding a corner of the sout...

Nov 13, 2014 08:41 AM EST

Obama and Putin are odd couple at Beijing summit

A few brief encounters between Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin during an Asia-Pacific summit in Chin...

Nov 11, 2014 05:06 AM EST

France says anti-IS coalition must turn attention to Aleppo

The coalition fighting Islamic State must now save Syria's second city Aleppo as moderate rebels fac...

Nov 04, 2014 06:33 AM EST

Assad's warnings start to ring true in Turkey

When Sunni rebels rose up against Syria's Bashar al-Assad in 2011, Turkey reclassified its protégé...

Oct 27, 2014 10:17 PM EDT

Turkey's U.S. relations show strain as Washington's patience wears thin

The U.S. decision to air-drop weapons to Kurdish forces in Syria on the same day Turkish President T...

Oct 23, 2014 08:11 PM EDT

East of Kobani, Turkish town appreciates 'peace' brought by Islamic State

Residents of a Turkish border town, an hour's drive from where Islamic State is battling for control...

Oct 23, 2014 10:11 AM EDT

Khamenei blames United States, 'wicked' Britain, for creating Islamic State

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Monday blamed the United States and the "wicked" B...

Oct 14, 2014 05:10 AM EDT

Kobani's fall would be symbolic setback for Obama Syria strategy

It's not a particularly strategic location, the United States and its allies never pledged to defend...

Oct 10, 2014 11:09 PM EDT

Iran to give military grant to Lebanese army: official

Iran is to give a military grant to the Lebanese Army, the head of Iran's national security council ...

Sep 30, 2014 09:04 AM EDT

Obama: U.S. intelligence underestimated militants in Syria - CBS

U.S. intelligence agencies underestimated Islamic State activity inside Syria, which has become "gro...

Sep 28, 2014 11:06 PM EDT

Egypt blasts Turkish leader Erdogan after U.N. speech

Egypt has accused Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan of supporting terrorists and seeking to provoke mayh...

Sep 27, 2014 03:49 AM EDT

Islamic State drags Obama back into Mideast quagmire

American-led and Arab-backed air strikes carrying the fight against Islamic State from Iraq into Syr...

Sep 25, 2014 10:13 PM EDT

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