Middle East

Amman: More than 170 civilians have been killed by U.S.-led strikes on IS in Raqqa city in the past week, a spike in casualties since an offensive to oust...

Baghdad/Erbil: Iraqi government officials may meet Kurdish representatives again next week to try to convince them to delay or cancel a plan to hold an...

Erbil: As Iraqi forces pressed their offensive to retake Tal Afar on Monday, a Yazidi politician urged them to quickly rescue the many Yazidi men, women and...

Raqqa (Syria): As Shawakh Al Omar huddled with 16 relatives in a single room in house in IS's Syrian stronghold Raqqa, a mortar round slammed into the...

Misrata (Libya): Four children from Sudan whose parents are believed to have been killed fighting for IS in the Libyan city of Sirte last year were handed...

Gaza: For Palestinian fisherman Jihad Al Soltan, it was a surprise summer catch -- a message in a bottle that he netted off a Gaza beach. It had bobbed its...

Amman: Syrian President Bashar Al Assad said on Sunday his country had foiled Western designs to topple him but his army had not yet won the fight to end...