The spectacular advances by ISIS forces in Iraq in recent days have been a catastrophe for Iraq and a major setback for American interests but they are not the end of the world. ISIS (the Islamic ...

(CNN) — Syrian forces are hunting ISIS fugitives after dozens escaped from a prison in northeastern Syria, the interior ministry said, as the government moves to take territory from Kurdish fighters.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Syrian government forces guard al-Shaddadi prison after taking control of the facility south of the city of Hasakah on Tuesday. - ...

NPR visits the last detention camp for ISIS wives and children in an increasingly precarious northeastern Syria.

Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces will observe a four-day ceasefire starting at 8pm on Tuesday after they reached an understanding on a new integration agreement, ...

AMMAN, Jordan — Rising up out of the desert in a territory recognized by almost no one, the huge al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria for years had posed an intractable problem — a destitute and ...

(CNN) — They called it the "US Project." Their goal, allegedly, was to carry out an ISIS terror attack on New York during Ramadan that would "show them what they ...

(CNN) — Questions have emerged over the fate of thousands of Islamic State prisoners in northeastern Syria after government forces seized swaths of territory long controlled by Kurdish forces who had ...