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Iraq army redeploys forces on border with Syria

The Iraqi army on Thursday said it was redeploying and repositioning troops along the Syrian border in the country's northeast. The move comes a day after the country launched a major operation against remnants of Islamic State group in Makhmour district of Nineveh governorate....

Assad appoints new artillery forces commander

    Bashar al-Assad has appointed Major General Tayseer Ibrahim Salem as commander of the artillery and missile forces, succeeding Major General Akram Tajour who retired at the beginning of March, military source told Zaman al-Wasl.     Salem was assigned temporarily...