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The Syrian crisis and, before it, the Arab uprisings in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Yemen, and Bahrain have exposed fault lines not only within the region, but between regional countries and ...

Lawmakers in Iraq's largely autonomous Kurdish region Wednesday authorized peshmerga forces to go to neighboring Syria and help ...

Syrian President Bashar Assad is taking advantage of the US-led coalition's war against the Islamic State group to ...

The search for a foreign underwater craft in waters off Stockholm has brought back memories of Sweden's submarine ...

NATO scrambled fighter jets twice in two days to intercept Russian military aircraft over the Baltic Sea, it ...

Islamic State group fighters seized at least one cache of weapons airdropped by U.S.-led coalition forces that were ...

A US-led coalition airstrike on a gas distribution facility in a stronghold of the Islamic State group set ...

In a period of about six weeks spanning August and September 2014, President Obama dramatically revamped his Middle ...

The Kurds of Syria and Iraq have become a major focal point in the war against the Islamic ...

Intensified U.S.-led airstrikes and a determined Kurdish military force on the ground appear to have had some success ...

It may be less punchy than previous nicknames for U.S. conflicts in the Middle East—remember Operation Desert Storm ...

Russian troops remained stationed near the border with Ukraine, increasing tensions in the region, says NATO's U.S. Air ...

Kneeling over his brother's fresh grave, Ali Mehmud gathered clumps of dirt in his hands, raised them to ...

President Barack Obama and military chiefs from more than 20 nations gathered Tuesday in a show of strength ...

On the western edge of Iraq's capital, Islamic State group militants battle government forces and exchange mortar fire, ...

The barrage of U.S. cruise missiles last month aimed at a Syrian terroristcell killed just one or two ...

The U.S.-led coalition ramped up its aerial bombardment of Islamic State positions in the Syrian border town of ...

As U.S. generals and Secretary of State John Kerry warn that a strategic Syrian border town could fall ...

Sweden, well known for its neutrality, is strengthening its ties with NATO, as it is set to sign ...

After two months, the U.S.-led aerial campaign in Iraq has hardly dented the core of the Islamic State ...

In his speech on Sept. 10 President Obama characterized the Islamic State as a terrorist group. There were ...

BRUSSELS—Three European Union (EU) member states voted on Friday to join U.S.-led military actions in Iraq. The U.K., ...

While Western nations beef up economic sanctions and NATO discusses what stance to take toward Russia, BRICS is ...

“All happy families are alike,” Leo Tolstoy wrote at the beginning of “Anna Karenina.” “Each unhappy family is ...

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is now in Wales to attend the NATO summit that started on Thursday. ...

With the trial of the alleged Boston Bomber, and so-called co-conspirators, set to begin next month, many people ...

Ukraine is disintegrating before our eyes, with escalating anarchy, civil war and proxy war with Russia, and dozens ...