Counterattacks by Daesh (ISIS) militants on the western edge of Mosul have stalled Iraqi forces' push in the Old City, the last Daesh stronghold in the battle, an Iraqi officer said Tuesday. The attacks forced Iraqi forces and the U.S.-led coalition to pull some assets away from the Old City...

( Al-Monitor )- Turkey supposedly ended Operation Euphrates Shield, its military mission in northern Syria, March 29. But instead of withdrawing its troops, Ankara actually expanded its military activities between Azaz and al-Bab. It's becoming increasingly clear that Turkey has a new plan for...

White House warnings to Syrian President Bashar Assad and his military not to conduct a chemical weapons attack are unacceptable, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. "I am not aware of any information about a threat that chemical weapons can be used," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a...

Slightly more Europeans now view the United States unfavorably under President Donald Trump than favorably, according to a survey of public attitudes in three dozen countries that comes as Trump prepares for a return visit to the continent early next month. The Pew Research Center survey...