Middle East
French, U.S. planes strike Islamic State, Britain to join coalition
French fighter jets struck Islamic State targets in Iraq on Thursday, and the United States hit them in Syria, as ...Militant in Syria beheading videos identified: FBI
A masked Islamic State militant seen wielding a knife in videos at the beheading of two Americans has been identified, ...U.S. and Arab allies launch first strikes on militants in Syria
The United States and its Arab allies bombed militant groups in Syria for the first time on Tuesday, killing scores ...World leaders meet with multiple crises on agenda
Facing a world in turmoil from multiple crises ranging from wars in the Mideast and Africa to the deadly scourge ...US launches air strikes on Islamic State militants in Syria
The U.S. and partner nations began launching airstrikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria for the first time Monday ...Jihadists kill 40 Iraqi soldiers, capture at least 70
Jihadists attacked an Iraqi army base west of Baghdad with six suicide bombers, killing 40 soldiers and capturing at least ...Turkey struggles with spillover as Syrian Kurds battle Islamic State
Syrian Kurds battled to defend a key border town from an Islamic State advance on Monday as Kurdish youths from neighboring Turkey ...Qatar will not host World Cup: FIFA official
The 2022 World Cup will not be held in Qatar because of the scorching temperatures in the Middle East country, FIFA Executive ...Islamic State urges attacks on U.S., French citizens, taunts Obama
Islamic State urged its followers on Monday to attack citizens of the United States, France and other countries which have joined a ...British journalist purportedly shown in IS propaganda video
Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria released a video on Thursday that they said shows British journalist John ...