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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

U.S. military forces conducted a rare ground raid in northern Syria this week, killing a senior Islamic State financier, the Pentagon’s Central Command said Thursday. It was the second such raid in ...

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 ...

BEIRUT -- Islamic State militants began an attack overnight on a major military air base in eastern Syria in what looked to be a push to eliminate the last significant government outpost in the ...