Iraqi forces pushed towards ISIS group bastion Fallujah Wednesday from areas to the south as part of operations to retake the city from extremists, a commander said. Forces from Iraq's 8th Division backed by tribal fighters set out from the Amriyat al-Fallujah area south of the city and the...

(BBC)- A strategically significant Syrian airbase, used by Russia, appears to have been almost completely destroyed - according to new satellite imagery exclusively seen by the BBC. The Tiyas facility - near the recently re-captured city of Palmyra in Syria - was repeatedly hit - with the...

(Translation by Rana Abdul) (Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian refugee who recently converted to Christianity in Sweden has committed suicide on Tuesday in a refugee camp in the southern city of Mörbylanga, activist said. Hazem Dakel, media activist told Zaman al-Wasl that Mohamed Sheikha’s suicide...

Iraqi forces shelled Islamic State targets in Falluja on Tuesday, the second day of an assault to retake the militant stronghold just west of Baghdad, as international concern mounted for the security of civilians. Residents in the city, 50 km (30 miles) from the capital, reported sporadic...