Attacks by the militant group are up as it exploits a reduced American presence and the collapse of the Assad regime. “They ...

Islamic State has shifted from a defeated caliphate to a mobile insurgency exploiting Syria’s power vacuum. In northeast ...

Attacks by the Islamic State are on the rise in Syria as the once-weakened terrorist group tries to regain its footing in the ...

Iraq’s prime minister says a small group of U.S. military advisers will stay in the country to coordinate with U.S. forces in ...

Deadly clashes this week in the Kurdish-led northeast are a warning of just how fast Syria could slide back into war, writes ...

Former al Qaeda member Ahmed al-Sharaa leads Syria's fragile transition after toppling Assad, facing sectarian violence and questions about his democratic intentions.

World Bank recently issued a report estimating the cost of rebuilding Syria to be $216 billion after more than 13 years of ...

BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S.-led coalition captured a senior member of the Islamic State group in northwest Syria on Wednesday, state media and a war monitor reported. It was not immediately clear if the man ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Islamic State extremists are exploiting instability in Africa and Syria and remain a significant threat in Afghanistan, Central Asia and Europe, U.N. counterterrorism experts ...

FILE - In this file photo released on May 4, 2015, by a militant website, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, Islamic State militants drive in a convoy through Tel Abyad ...

UNITED NATIONS — The threat from Islamic State and al-Qaida extremists and their affiliates is most intense in parts of Africa, and risks are growing in Syria, which both groups view as a “a strategic ...