The very fighters Beijing cites as justification for its hardline policies in Xinjiang – the Uyghurs of the Turkestan Islamic ...

A Syrian Rebel Uses an iPad to Aim His Weapon A member of the "Ansar Dimachk" Brigade, which operates under the Free Syrian Army, uses an iPad during preparations to fire a homemade mortar at one of ...

McLEAN, Va. (AP) – An Army veteran accused of fighting alongside an al-Qaida-affiliated group of Syrian rebels has been released from jail following a secret plea deal. Eric Harroun, 31, of Phoenix, ...

BEIRUT — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for two attacks in southern Syria, including one on government forces that an opposition war monitor described as the first on the Syrian ...

NAWA, Syria (AP) — As insurgents raced across Syria in a surprise offensive launched in the country’s northwest late last year, officials from several countries backing either the rebels or Syria’s ...

Saraqeb is still at the mercy of the tanks of President Bashar Assad, just as it has been for about a year. The military invaded during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan in 2011. It re-entered on March ...

The country’s new leaders had billed a two-day “national dialogue” in Damascus as the start of a process to build an inclusive government. But some who attended came away disappointed. By Christina ...

Syria is able to proceed because it enjoys increased support from the US, as well as from Turkey and Qatar, both US allies. Syria might integrate thousands of foreign fighters into its ranks under a ...

The battle started at 6 p.m. on Thursday. For several hours beforehand, the men of several Free Syrian Army units as well as members of the separate Salafi Ahrar al-Sham brigades operating in this ...

Back-to-back bombs hit a major military compound in the center of Damascus on Wednesday, setting fire to the country's main army headquarters and leading to a gun battle that has raged for hours 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 ...

NAWA, Syria — As insurgents raced across Syria in a surprise offensive launched in the country's northwest late last year, officials from several countries backing either the rebels or Syria’s ...