Turkey-backed Syrian rebels began an attack on Islamic State's symbolically potent stronghold of Dabiq in northwestern Syria

Islamic State has crushed a rebellion plot in Mosul, led by one of the group's commanders who aimed to switch sides and help deliver the

The Iraqi foreign ministry summoned the Turkish ambassador yesterday to protest the continued presence of Turkish

Israel and Turkey yesterday agreed to open discussions on building a gas pipeline to pump Israeli gas to Europe, as the

An air strike on a Yemeni funeral ceremony which killed at least 140 people "is an apparent war crime," Human Rights

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday snubbed Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's criticism of the presence of Turkish troops in Iraq ahead of a planned operation to retake Mosul city, urging him to "know your place."

Regime ally Russia carried out its heaviest strikes in days on Syria's Aleppo yesterday, as at least five children were killed in rebel fire on a school in the war-torn country's south.

Two missiles fired from rebel-held territory in Yemen fell short of a US warship patrolling the Red Sea off the coast

Libyan pro-government forces are advancing into the last area controlled by Islamic State in the coastal city of Sirte,

Afghan security forces have killed a senior member of the Pakistani Taliban accused of masterminding a deadly attack

A Syrian man suspected of plotting an Islamic State bomb attack was arrested yesterday by German police with the

A bombing targeting Shias in Baghdad killed at least five people and wounded 21 others yesterday, Iraqi officials said,

An Afghan army helicopter crashed in northern Afghanistan yesterday, killing all people on board, the defence

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken by phone to US Secretary of State John Kerry in a bid to calm

Syrian government forces yesterday kept up their blistering assault on rebel-held eastern Aleppo after a divided UN

Russia yesterday vetoed a United Nations draft resolution demanding an end to the bombing of Syria's war-battered city of Aleppo, despite an appeal from France to save the city from destruction.

The Philippines announced yesterday it had officially informed the United States that joint patrols in the South China

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has warned Turkey that it risks triggering a regional war by keeping troops in

Syria's military yesterday announced a surprise reduction in bombardment of rebel groups in devastated Aleppo, nearly two weeks after declaring an all-out assault to capture the city.

Turkey dismissed 540 soldiers from its naval and air forces command over suspected links with US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen and his