

Iraqi Forces Raise Flag Over Ramadi Government Complex
An Iraqi soldier holds a national flag atop the government complex in central Ramadi, Iraq, Dec. 28, 2015. Military officials in Iraq say...


Purported Baghdadi Message Claims IS Is 'Doing Well'
This image from video shows a man believed to be Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, senior leader of the Islamic State militant group. Islamic State...


EU Critical of Proposed Israeli Law on NGOs
An Israeli peace activist hands out signs prior to a protest in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 15, 2011. A newly-proposed Israeli law would...


Iraqi Forces in Final Push to Regain Ramadi from IS
A member of Iraq's counter-terrorism forces monitors his surrounding in a street in Ramadi's Dhubbat neighberhood, adjacent to Hoz...


Top Syrian Opposition Leader Killed in Airstrike
Zahran Alloush, founder of the Army of Islam, talks during a conference in Douma, Syria, Aug. 27, 2014. Alloush was killed Friday in a...


Russia, Qatar to Encourage Syrian Opposition to Talk to Government
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, greets Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid bin Mohammad al-Attiyah as they enter a hall for...


Pope Calls for Reconciliation in Annual Christmas Message
Pope Francis delivers his "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and to the world) blessing from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the...


UN: Syria Peace Talks Planned for January
A damaged hospital hit by one of the three truck bombs in the YPG-controlled town of Tel Tamer, Syria, Dec. 11, 2015. The head of the...


Government Source: Yemen Talks End, to Resume on Jan. 14
U.N. Secretary-General Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed (C) opens the Yemen peace talks in Switzerland, Dec. 15, 2015. DUBAI,...


Hezbollah: Israeli Airstrike Killed Militant in Syria
Released Lebanese prisoner Samir Kantar, who was controversially freed by Israel in a prisoner swap last year. JERUSALEM—The Lebanese...















