Turkey hit 50 Daesh and 15 PKK/PYD targets as part of Operation Euphrates Shield in northern Syria, the military said on Saturday. The Turkish General Staff said in a statement that three Syrian opposition fighters were martyred and four others were wounded during Friday's clashes. ...

(The Daily Star)- Iraqi officials said Saturday that the security forces foiled an attack by ISIS extremists on the city of Ramadi, capital of the western province of Anbar. The reported thwarted attack led to 11 arrests and comes after a string of diversionary attacks by the extremists...

 Witnesses say a car bomb has exploded in the southern city of Aden at a checkpoint steps away from the central bank, which has been relocated recently from the rebel-held capital, Sanaa. The bomb injured three soldiers and caused panic in the busy commercial district of Crater, the...

Iranian-backed Iraqi Shi'ite paramilitary groups said they started an offensive on Saturday against Islamic State positions west of Mosul, assisting in the campaign to take back the city. The militias, collectively known as Hashid Shaabi or Popular Mobilization Forces, started moving in the...