World Dec 19 Hezbollah-backed professor to form new Lebanese government Lebanon's president Thursday asked a university professor and former education minister supported by the militant Hezbollah group to form a new government, breaking a weeks-long impasse amid nationwide mass protests against the country's political elite.
World Oct 28 Security increased at IS prisons after leader’s death Forces from the Kurdish-led internal security agency were "on high alert" after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death in anticipation of possible riots or attacks.
World Oct 18 Fighting continues in Kurdish-held town in Syria despite cease-fire A spokesman for the Kurdish-led fighters said they were not withdrawing from Ras al-Ayn because Turkish forces are still besieging and shelling it.
World Oct 13 Syria’s Kurds look to Assad for protection after US pullout Syria's Kurds said Syrian government forces agreed Sunday to help them fend off Turkey's invasion — a major shift in alliances that came after President Trump ordered all U.S. troops withdrawn from the northern border area amid the rapidly deepening…
World Oct 11 Syrian Kurds say Turkish shells hit ISIS prison Dhaos and the ongoing assault have raised fears that the Turkish offensive on Kurdish-held northeastern Syria may undermine the security of over two dozen facilities where 10,000 Islamic State militants are held.
World Jul 27 Syrian rebel town pounded, 11 killed in market airstrike A Syrian government airstrike hit a busy open-air market in the country's northwest on Saturday, killing at least 11 people, most of them children, according to activists.
World Jun 08 Syrian soccer goalie who became rebel icon dies in battle Abdelbaset Sarout, 27, rose to fame as a player for his home city of Homs and won international titles representing his country.
World May 27 Syrian air raids hit crowded residential areas in Idlib At least six people were killed and 10 remain under rubble, rescuers and activists said Monday.
World Mar 06 Angry and defiant, Islamic State families surrender in Syria Combat appeared to stop on Wednesday to allow for evacuations from the IS-held pocket in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz.
World Mar 05 French jihadis killed in last Islamic State holdout in Syria A prominent French militant who joined the Islamic State group, Jean-Michel Clain, was killed in a mortar strike over the weekend as he struggled with wounds suffered in an earlier airstrike that killed his jihadi brother, his wife said Tuesday…