Turkish army: clash with Kurdish fighters kills seven
Turkish troops killed six Kurdish militants in a clash in the restive southeast and one of three soldiers wounded in the firefight died in...
Isis endorses organ harvesting document taken in U.S. raid said
ISIS has sanctioned the harvesting of human organs in a previously undisclosed ruling by the group’s Islamic scholars, raising concerns that the violent extremist...
Russia and Qatar encourage Syrian opposition and government dialogue
Russia and Qatar have agreed on steps to encourage the Syrian opposition to sit down for talks with the Syrian government, the Russian foreign...
Jihadists to leave South Damascus suburbs
Some 4,000 people, half of them jihadist fighters, will leave three besieged districts south of Syria's capital at the weekend as part of a...
German FM: Saudi Arabia key to fight against ISIS
Saudi Arabia has a central role in fighting ISIS as it can help eliminate the ultra-hardline militant group's ideological breeding ground, Germany's foreign minister...
Qatar opposes creation of opposition lists before Syria peace talks
Qatari Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiyah said on Friday he opposed the creation of lists of opposition before peace talks on Syria.
"We are against the...
Different people and bodies blamed for Saudi hospital fire deaths
Accusations flew over who was to blame for the deaths of at least 24 people in a Saudi hospital fire, with one official saying...
Fire sweeps through Saudi hospital wards, 25 dead
A fire tore through the intensive care unit and the maternity ward of a Saudi hospital before dawn on Thursday, killing 25 people and...
200 Al-Shabab fighters pledge allegiance to ISIS
Kenya's police chief says about 200 Islamic extremist fighters have split from Somalia's al-Shabab rebels, who are allied to al-Qaida, and have instead pledged...
Families of ISIS fighters to leave South Damascus in UN deal
Hundreds of families of ISIS militants and some injured fighters are expected to leave rebel-held areas of southern Damascus under a UN-brokered deal, a monitoring group...
