The Syrian army has found a mass grave containing the bodies of 42 civilians and soldiers executed by the Islamic State jihadist group in Palmyra, a military source said Saturday.
Syrian forces strengthened their hold on Palmyra and pushed forward against the Islamic State group after dealing it a major blow by retaking the ancient city.
At least 17 suspected Al-Qaeda members and two policemen have been killed in two days of clashes in Yemen's Aden, the southern city serving as the government's temporary base ...
President Barack Obama presented a long-awaited roadmap to close the controversial US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, saying it was time to shutter a facility that betrayed US interests and values.
German police arrested two Algerians suspected of links to the Islamic State group and hunted two others after raids targeting several sites including refugee shelters where some of the suspects lived.
A court in Abu Dhabi on Sunday sentenced to death an Emirati convicted in absentia of having joined both the Islamic State group and Al-Qaeda's branch in Syria, a newspaper reported.
Iraqi forces pushed out of central Ramadi to extend their grip on the city, sweeping neighbourhoods for pockets of jihadists to flush out and trapped civilians to evacuate.
