( 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...

The battle to wrest full control of the Iraqi city of Mosul from Daesh (ISIS) will be over in a few days, the Iraqi military said on Monday, as elite counter-terrorism units fought militants among the narrow alleyways of the historic Old City. An attempted fight-back by militants failed on...

By Nour Malas ( The Wall Street Journal )-  On the glittering Bosporus strait, a boat outfitted to look like an old Damascus neighborhood offers Syrians living in Turkey a wistful taste of home. To the beat of drums and folkloric processions, Syrians looking to escape from the...

Daesh (ISIS) fighters launched a string of counterattacks in a western Mosul neighborhood that had recently been declared free of the militant group, setting off clashes that continued overnight, Iraqi officials said Monday. By daylight, the situation was calm and the fighting had subsided,...