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Diane Foley

August 05, 2019

Journalist's death helps to reshape US handling of hostages

Diane Foley learned her son's fate not from any government official but from a sobbing journalist who asked if she'd been on ...

August 02, 2019

US officials say Islamic State still poses global threat

The Islamic State remains a global threat despite losing the once vast territory it held in Syria and Iraq, U.S.

August 01, 2019

Syria says it agrees to cease-fire in rebel stronghold

Syria's government said it has agreed to a conditional cease-fire starting late Thursday in northwestern Syria, according to ...

Syrian troops advance in northwest, breaking stalemate

Syrian troops made advances on the ground in northern Syria on Monday, seizing a hilltop village and a nearby town from ...

Syria keeps up deadly bombardment of rebel-held town

Syrian government airstrikes on a town in the country's northwest killed five people, two of whom were from the same family, ...

Syrian rebel town pounded, 11 killed in market airstrike

A Syrian government airstrike hit a busy open-air market in the country's northwest on Saturday, killing at least 11 people, ...

Syrian activists say airstrikes kill 27 in rebel-held town

Multiple airstrikes hit a busy market in a rebel-controlled town in northwestern Syria on Monday, killing at least 27 people ...

Refugee swimmer feels for separated families at US border

Refugee swimmer Yusra Mardini knows what she's talking about when it comes to family separation for asylum seekers, having ...

Iran tanker seizure linked to earlier act by UK marines

Taken on its own, Iran's seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz may seem like a brazen act of ...

The Latest: Gulf incidents rattle shipping industry

The Latest on developments related to tensions between the U.S and Iran (all times local): 4 a.m. Energy experts say recent ...

Stalled Idlib campaign shows limits of Syrian, Russian power

Two months of intensive airstrikes by Syrian government forces and their Russian allies, coupled with a fierce ground assault ...

Britain sending destroyer to Gulf amid Iranian threats

Iran on Friday demanded the British navy release an Iranian oil tanker seized last week off Gibraltar, accusing London of ...

The Latest: Gibraltar police detain 2 more from Iran tanker

The Latest on the tensions between the United States and Iran (all times local): 6:10 p.m. Police in Gibraltar say they have ...

Mark Milley

General: Early Afghanistan troop pullout would be mistake

Pulling American troops prematurely from Afghanistan would be a "strategic mistake," the Army general nominated to be Joint ...

Behrouz Kamalvandi, Ali Rabiei, Abbas Araghchi

The Latest: Japan concerned over Iran's uranium enrichment

The latest on U.S.-Iran tensions (all times local): 8 a.m. Japan is expressing serious concern over Iran's decision to ...

The Latest: US wants meeting with UN nuke agency on Iran

The Latest on U.S.-Iran tensions (all times local): 9 p.m. The U.S. says it is requesting a special meeting of the board of ...

Turkey: 2 killed in explosion near border with Syria

A bomb went off in a car near Turkey's border with Syria on Friday, killing two Syrians who were inside the vehicle, Turkey's ...

The Latest: Europe talking with Iran, dispute tool an option

The Latest on U.S.-Iran tensions (all times local): 12:25 a.m. A European diplomatic official says that talks at all levels ...

Turkey detains 2 Russian women suspected of joining IS

Turkey's state-run news agency says two Russian women who are suspected of being Islamic State militants and are allegedly ...

Turkish Cypriots blame Syrian missile for blast near village

A Syrian anti-aircraft missile that missed its target and reached ethnically divided Cyprus around 120 miles away was the ...