DAMASCUS, Syria — A U.N.-backed commission that investigated sectarian violence on Syria’s coast earlier this year found that there was “widespread and systematic” violence against civilians ...

The Iraqi National Intelligence Service made a surprising announcement yesterday that it busted an Islamic State financial network spanning three countries in West Africa. The network was helping to ...

LAGOS, Nigeria — The decision of Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara to run for a fourth term risks a return to a past era of “old guard dictator rule,” an analyst warned on Wednesday. Ibrahim ...

An armed group linked to al-Qaeda has blockaded an entire West African country after setting fire to its fuel and oil ...

Authorities in Syria appealed to the European Union on Tuesday for help in battling massive wildfires that have been spreading across the north-western coastal region for the sixth consecutive day.

Four people died in an attack by unidentified assailants in northern Ivory Coast, one of several coastal states facing a growing threat by militants in West Africa’s Sahel region. The gunmen who ...