Middle East
Syria forces retake Palmyra in major victory over IS
Syrian troops backed by Russian forces recaptured the famed ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State group on Sunday in a ...Iraq stadium attack death toll hits 41
Iraqi officials say the death toll from a suicide bombing at a soccer stadium that was claimed by the Islamic State group ...IS under pressure as troops advance on Palmyra, Mosul
Syrian troops on Thursday entered the ancient city of Palmyra and Iraqi forces launched an offensive against Mosul as pressure mounted on ...Yemen ceasefire April 10, peace talks April 18: UN
A special UN envoy announced Wednesday a ceasefire across Yemen on April 10 followed a week later by fresh peace talks, raising ...Syria regime digs in on Assad as Hezbollah vows to fight on
Syria\'s peace talks hit a fresh impasse over President Bashar al-Assad, as the head of Lebanon\'s Hezbollah vowed his Shiite movement would ...At least 55 killed in two days of Yemen fighting
At least 55 people, including 14 civilians, have been killed in two days of fighting between pro-government forces and Shiite Huthi rebels ...Greece delays sending refugees back to Turkey under EU deal
Greece will not be able to start sending refugees back to Turkey from Sunday, the government said, as the country struggles to ...Syria peace talks muddied as Kurds declare federal region
Talks to end Syria\'s brutal five-year conflict were rattled Thursday by uncertainty surrounding the arrival of a second opposition group and the ...Russia says first Russian warplanes left Syria
Russian warplanes and troops stationed at Russia\'s air base in Syria started leaving for home on Tuesday after a partial pullout order ...45 Kurdish rebels killed in air strikes after Ankara bomb attack
At least 45 Kurdish rebels were killed in Turkish air strikes against suspected militant targets in northern Iraq following the suicide car ...




