Iran begins construction on 2nd nuclear power plant
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV says the country has begun building its second nuclear power plant with Russian help, the first such project Read more
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV says the country has begun building its second nuclear power plant with Russian help, the first such project Read more
GENEVA (AP) — The United States and Russia early Saturday announced a breakthrough agreement on Syria that foresees a nationwide cease-fire starting on Monday, followed Read more
(Reuters) – An Iranian Revolutionary court has sentenced Iranian-British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to five years in prison on charges that remain secret, her family Read more
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation by voice vote on Friday that would allow the families of victims Read more
A senior commander of the Syrian militant group formerly known as al-Nusra Front has been killed near Aleppo, rebel sources say. The group Jabhat Fateh Read more
By Daren Butler and Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey would be ready to join any initiative proposed by the United States to capture an Read more
Security services are examining plans for how to deal with thousands of Western jihadists who would seek to return to Europe as Isis continues to lose Read more
By Umit Ozdal and John Davison ELBEYLI, Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Turkey and its rebel allies opened up a new line of attack in northern Syria Read more
MOADAMIYEH, Syria (AP) — Buses carrying about 300 Syrians living in a besieged rebel-held suburb of the capital, Damascus, began leaving the area Friday following Read more
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, one of the jihadist group’s longest-serving officials, has been killed in Aleppo in Syria, its Amaq Read more
By Lisa Barrington and Umit Bektas BEIRUT/KARKAMIS, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish-backed forces pushed deeper into northern Syria on Monday and drew a rebuke from NATO Read more
Monitors from the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights say Turkish air strikes Sunday have killed at least 35 civilians in northern Syria. The watchdog Read more
In its assault against the Islamic State group this week, Turkey empowered an Arab rebel force that originally was formed to fight the Syrian regime, Read more
CAIRO — Syrian government buses on Friday began evacuating the first of 4,000 civilians and rebel fighters from the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Daraya. Fighters Read more
Turkish-backed fighters skirmished Saturday with Kurdish forces in northern Syria, pushing the two U.S. allies in the war against Islamic State extremists closer to an Read more
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Suspected Kurdish militants fired rockets at the airport in Turkey’s main southeastern city of Diyarbakir on Saturday, sending passengers and staff scrambling Read more
Flaws in Apple’s iOS operating system have been discovered that made it possible to install spyware on a target’s device merely by getting them to Read more
WASHINGTON — Long before there was an Islamic State, Muslim jihadists grappled with a nagging conundrum: how to build authentically Islamic states. While some advocated Read more
Iraq has hanged 36 men convicted over the killing of up to 1,700 military recruits at a former US base in 2014. The massacre at Read more
ROME (Reuters) – Three Syrian children drowned along with three adults when a wooden boat trying to carry war refugees to Europe capsized off the Read more
The US says it has sent 15 Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United Arab Emirates – the largest single transfer during President Barack Obama’s administration. Read more
Russian forces are due to suspend military action in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo shortly to allow in desperately needed humanitarian aid. It is Read more
he UN says it has for the first time in weeks delivered aid to thousands of Syrian refugees stranded on the border with Jordan. A Read more
GENEVA (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters may have captured up to 3,000 fleeing Iraqi villagers on Thursday and subsequently executed 12 of them, the U.N. Read more
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian transport helicopter was shot down in Syria on Monday and all five people onboard were killed, the Kremlin said, in Read more
[ Reuters] Islamic State militants stormed two energy facilities in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing at least five workers and shutting down a major oil Read more
[BBC] An air strike has hit a maternity hospital supported by Save the Children in north-western Syria, killing two people and wounding three others. Syria Read more
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Five Saudi border guards were killed in clashes along the Yemen border and two Saudi pilots died when their Apache Read more
So-called Islamic State has said it was behind an attack on a protest march in the Afghan capital, Kabul, that killed 80 people and wounded Read more
[BBC] A news agency linked to so-called Islamic State has confirmed the death of key leader Omar Shishani, who the US said it killed in Read more
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