Syrian Kurds plan attack to seal Turkish border
The powerful Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and its local allies have drawn up plans for a major attack to seize the final stretch of...
Guards killed in ISIS attacks on Libya's oil ports
ISIS militants attacked checkpoints near the Libyan oil port of Es Sider for a second day on Tuesday and an oil storage tank in the...
13 detained over Istanbul airport attack
Turkey on Thursday detained 13 suspected Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists over the deadly Istanbul airport attack, as chilling details emerged of how suicide bombers...
Cameroon army kills 100 Boko Haram fighters, frees 900 hostages
Cameroon troops killed around 100 Boko Haram Islamist fighters from Nigeria, freed almost 900 hostages and seized Islamic State (IS) flags last week, the...
Saudi security forces kill suspected militant in Taif
Saudi security forces said on Monday they had killed a suspected militant during a siege which followed an attack on a police station in...
Gulf-backed Yemeni forces seize city from Al Qaeda
Yemeni forces backed by Apache helicopters from a Saudi-led coalition wrested the city of Houta from al Qaeda fighters after a gun battle on...
Saudi Prince Mohammed and UN chief talk protecting Yemen's children
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Saudi Arabia's powerful deputy crown prince on Wednesday and the pair discussed improving civilian protection in Yemen after...
Suicide bombs kill 13 near Mogadishu airport
At least 13 people were killed on Tuesday in twin bombings near UN and African Union buildings adjoining Mogadishu's airport, police said, in what...
A year into intervention, Saudi sees few gains in Yemen
A year after it launched air strikes in Yemen, a Saudi-led military coalition has failed to deal a decisive blow to Iran-backed rebels and...
Yemen army pushes al Qaeda fighters from 2 cities, 40 dead
Yemeni army forces backed by Arab coalition aircraft killed about 40 suspected al Qaeda fighters on Sunday as they fought their way into two...
