(The Daily Star)- A suicide bomber detonated a car laden with explosives at a wedding in a Sunni town west of Baghdad Thursday, killing 12 and wounding 35, police sources said. The attack appeared to have targeted Sunni provincial officials opposed to ISIS who were attending the wedding in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Thursday thwarted regime forces attack on the Western Ghouta district amid heavy aerial bombing on the besieged camp of Khan al-Shih, local activists said. Khan al-Shih was hit by 50 barrel bombs and 43 Surface-to-Surface missiles, targeting an UNRWA school...

(Foreign Policy)- Late last week, President-elect Donald Trump explained for the first time since his election victory his position on the crisis in Syria. In his remarks, he laid out his determination to ramp up the fight against the Islamic State and to cease support to those fighting...

The dominant armed force in the east Libyan city of Benghazi said on Thursday it had taken control of one the last holdouts of Islamist-led militias, amid clashes in which at least 13 troops were killed, according to medical officials. The self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), whose...