Syria

Gunshots rattle Paris suburb, police raid targets suspected attack mastermind

Gunfire and explosions shook the Paris suburb of St. Denis early on Wednesday when French police rai...

Nov 18, 2015 07:07 AM EST

Islamic State says France remains top target

Islamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for attacks that killed 127 people in Paris, saying...

Nov 14, 2015 07:20 AM EST

Kurdish forces seize Iraq's Sinjar town from Islamic State

Kurdish peshmerga forces backed by U.S. air strikes seized the Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic Sta...

Nov 13, 2015 09:21 AM EST

Islamic State committed genocide in Iraq against Yazidis: report

Islamic State militants committed genocide against Iraq's Yazidis in the north of the country and ca...

Nov 13, 2015 12:20 AM EST

Two suicide bombers hit Hezbollah bastion in Lebanon, 43 killed

At least 43 people were killed and more than 240 wounded on Thursday in two suicide bomb blasts clai...

Nov 12, 2015 11:39 PM EST

Russia to propose Syrians launch 18-month reform process - document

Russia wants the Syrian government and opposition to agree on launching a constitutional reform proc...

Nov 11, 2015 02:29 AM EST

Russian soldiers geolocated by photos in multiple Syria locations, bloggers say

Three serving or former Russian soldiers have been geolocated by photographs in Syria, including loc...

Nov 08, 2015 08:15 PM EST

Chemical weapons used by rebels in Syria - sources

Chemical weapons experts have determined that mustard gas was used in a Syrian town where Islamic St...

Nov 05, 2015 08:59 PM EST

Russia's Syria force grows to 4,000, U.S. officials say

Moscow's military force in Syria has grown to about 4,000 personnel, but this and more than a month ...

Nov 05, 2015 03:15 AM EST

Bomb by Islamic State likely caused Russian plane crash: security sources

Evidence now suggests that a bomb planted by the Islamic State militant group is the likely cause of...

Nov 04, 2015 08:40 PM EST

Obama says Syria deployment doesn't break no 'boots on ground' pledge

President Barack Obama said on Monday the planned deployment of dozens of U.S. special forces to Syr...

Nov 02, 2015 11:58 PM EST

Flight recorders show crashed Russian jet not struck from outside - investigator

The Russian plane that crashed in Egypt was not struck from the outside and the pilot did not make a...

Nov 02, 2015 08:09 PM EST

Turkey returns to single-party rule in boost for Erdogan

Turkey's Islamist-rooted AK Party swept to an unexpected victory in elections on Sunday, returning t...

Nov 02, 2015 05:59 AM EST

Free Syrian Army groups say did not visit Moscow

Delegations from Free Syrian Army rebel groups did not visit Moscow, representatives of four faction...

Oct 27, 2015 11:15 PM EDT

Iran to be invited to next round of talks on Syria: U.S. official

Iran will be invited to participate in talks in Vienna on Friday to discuss ending the conflict in S...

Oct 27, 2015 11:10 PM EDT

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