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US-backed coalition seizes major dam in Syria from IS

December 26, 2015 - 3:52pm

A US-backed coalition of rebels in Syria — including Syrian Kurdish, Arab and Christian groups — has captured a major dam on the Euphrates River in the north from the Islamic State group.

World

IS group erasing history, culture in Syria, Iraq

By Zeina Karam | March 8, 2015 - 2:09am

The Islamic State group's destruction of the ancient city of Nimrud in northern Iraq is part of a systematic campaign to destroy archaeological sites it says promote apostasy.

World

Father of pilot captured by ISIS pleads for release

By Omar Akour and Diaa Hadid | December 26, 2014 - 2:48pm

The father of a Jordanian pilot captured by the Islamic State group in Syria pleaded for his son's release on Thursday, asking...

World

US-led strikes hit IS group oil sites for 2nd day

By Ryan Lucas | September 26, 2014 - 5:42pm

U.S.-led coalition warplanes bombed oil installations and other facilities in territory controlled by Islamic State militants...

World

Syrian rebel infighting kills at least 630 in east

By Ryan Lucas | June 11, 2014 - 4:03am

Fighting in eastern Syria between Islamic rebel brigades and an al-Qaeda splinter group has killed more than 630 people and uprooted at least 130,000 since the end of April, an activist group said yesterday.

World

Activists: Syrian rebel attack kills 60 Shiites

By Bassem Mroue | June 12, 2013 - 5:19pm

Syrian rebels have attacked a village in the country's east, killing dozens of Shiites, mostly pro-government fighters, activists said Wednesday. A Syrian government official denounced the attack, saying it was a...

World

Kerry to Mideast to advance struggling Syria plan

By Bradley Klapper | May 21, 2013 - 5:05am

Secretary of State John Kerry headed back to the Middle East on yesterday to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new US strategy to halt...

World

Kerry: Russia sells missile defense to Syria

By Bradley Klapper | May 10, 2013 - 6:00am

Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday the transfer of advanced missile defense systems from Russia to Syria would be...

World

Oil and politics are ancient Babylon's new curse

July 2, 2012 - 8:43am

Nowadays it seems that Babylon just can't catch a break.

25 police killed in western Iraq

March 5, 2012 - 3:38pm

A gang of gunmen wearing military-style uniforms killed 25 police Monday in a carefully planned early morning shooting spree in western Iraq, officials said.