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Iraqi troops say recapture Nimrud, site of Assyrian city

 Iraqi soldiers recaptured the town of Nimrud on Sunday and the nearby ruins of the 3,000-year-old Assyrian city which was overrun and bulldozed two years ago by Islamic State militants. Nimrud, once the capital of an empire stretching across the ancient Middle East, is one of several...

Clashes in Aleppo after regime warning

Syrian regime forces clashed with rebels on the outskirts of eastern Aleppo city Sunday, a monitor said, after residents received messages from the army giving opposition fighters 24 hours to leave. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, and an AFP...

Iran's militias fight along Peshmerga in Mosul: report

(Zaman al-Wasl)- The AFP news agency broadcasted a report showing militia fighters it referred to as, “Iranian Kurds including women who are participating in battles to liberate al-Mosul.”  The two-minute long report, showed women in military fatigues carrying rifles, and some of...