Syria

Khamenei vows firm Iranian nuclear stand, warns on gas exports

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed on Wednesday that his country would resist global...

Feb 18, 2015 08:04 AM EST

U.S., Turkey soon to sign Syrian opposition train-and-equip deal

The United States and Turkey have reached a tentative agreement to train and equip moderate Syrian o...

Feb 17, 2015 06:04 PM EST

Egypt bombs Islamic State targets in Libya after 21 Egyptians beheaded

Egyptian jets bombed Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday, a day after the group there released ...

Feb 16, 2015 09:28 AM EST

Dilemma for Jeb: How Bush 3.0 would deal with Iraq

Two U.S. presidents named Bush have legacies dominated by wars in Iraq. That leaves a potential thir...

Feb 16, 2015 07:10 AM EST

Westerners join Iraqi Christian militia to fight Islamic State

Saint Michael, the archangel of battle, is tattooed across the back of a U.S. army veteran who recen...

Feb 16, 2015 01:43 AM EST

Egyptian Church confirms 21 killed in Libya after Islamic State issues video

Islamic State released a video on Sunday purporting to show the beheading of a group of Egyptian Chr...

Feb 15, 2015 06:15 PM EST

Kurds regain Syrian villages from Islamic State: monitor

Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led air strikes have regained control of at least 163 villages around ...

Feb 14, 2015 07:42 AM EST

Bosnian cleric on trial for recruiting Islamic State fighters

A Bosnian Muslim cleric accused of recruiting fighters for Islamic State in Syria and Iraq went on t...

Feb 12, 2015 08:50 AM EST

Japanese reporter says barring him from Syria sets a bad precedent

A Japanese photo journalist whose passport was confiscated by the government ahead of a planned trip...

Feb 12, 2015 07:40 AM EST

Little noticed, new Saudi king shapes contours of power

By rapidly appointing two heirs, Saudi Arabia's King Salman has pressed pause on "succession Sudoku"...

Feb 12, 2015 04:31 AM EST

Potential Republican candidates tread carefully on Islamic State

Republicans exploring a 2016 White House run are pounding away at President Barack Obama's strategy ...

Feb 12, 2015 04:16 AM EST

Verdict due in Belgium's largest trial of alleged militants

A Belgian court will deliver its verdict on Wednesday in a trial of 46 people charged with belonging...

Feb 11, 2015 04:25 AM EST

American hostage Mueller's family, U.S. government say she is dead

U.S. aid worker Kayla Mueller, held hostage by Islamic State militants for 18 months, is dead, her f...

Feb 10, 2015 08:12 PM EST

Burning of pilot galvanized anti-Islamic State coalition: U.S. official

Islamic State's execution of a captured Jordanian pilot by burning him alive has backfired on the mi...

Feb 09, 2015 06:46 AM EST

Obama's Ukraine policy at crossroads as fighting rages on

Russian-backed rebels' violent offensive in eastern Ukraine leaves President Barack Obama with perpl...

Feb 09, 2015 03:54 AM EST

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