UK FORCES have eliminated a top Islamic State commander in Syria in a targeted drone strike, as more than 3,000 insurgents prepare for a summer offensive against the new regime in Damascus. The RAF ...

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In Syria, it's been more than six months since Bashar al-Assad's regime was toppled by opposition fighters after decades in power and years of civil war. Jane Arraf covers Egypt, Iraq, and other parts ...

United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no "active ties" this year between Al Qaeda and the Islamist group leading ...