Islamic State on Tuesday urged Muslims to destroy their satellite TV sets to prevent hostile channels "destroying their beliefs and polluting their ethics". The ultra-hardline Sunni group issued its call as military pressure increased against it with offensives targeting its strongholds in...

Writing by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- An aid and relief activist was arrested 3 years ago and died 3 days later under torture , but his body was not handed to his parents till now, while parents recognized his body among the leaked photos for bodies in the...

Islamic State militants fought back vigorously overnight and parried an onslaught by the Iraqi army on a southern district of the city of Falluja, the group's bastion near Baghdad, officers said on Tuesday. An aid official warned of a "human catastrophe" unfolding in the city, with residents...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces backed by Russian jets have intensified aerial and ground bombing on the strategic Castillo road, main route to rebel-held Aleppo city, killing 4 people, medics said Tuesday. Medical source told Zaman al-Wasl that 4 civilians had been killed and 10 more...