(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-led coalition has stepped up its aerial campaign on Raqqa city in suppoart of Kurdish militia days before launching major offensive to expel ISIS from the de facto capital of the caliphate. Local monitoring group, Raqaa Is being Slaughtered Silently said coalition...

Iraq's Iran-backed Shi'ite paramilitary force said on Sunday it had dislodged Islamic State from a number of villages west of Mosul, scoring further progress toward the border with Syria. The villages taken by the Popular Mobilisation paramilitary force include Kojo, where Islamic State...

( Middle East Eye )- As a child in Damascus, Maha al-Sayyed always looked forward to going to the hairdresser with her grandmother. The atmosphere, the smell of nail polish, and the voices of women socialising were addictive to Sayyed, who loved leaving the salon with a new look every time....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Kurdish Democratic Union militia on Sunday has mourned 4 members killed by the Islamic State in the eastern provinces of Hasaka and Raqqa, activist told Zaman al-Wasl. YPG, the armed wing of PYD, is a key group in the U.S.-led Syrian Democratic Forces where hundreds...