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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

US special envoy calls for lifting Syria sanctions, but concerns grow over ongoing sectarian violence and the treatment of ...

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 ...