A convoy of Shiite Muslim militia and Iraqi army forces set out from a base near Ramadi on Saturday toward areas held by ISIS, an eyewitness and a local official said. Pro-government forces are seeking to retake the capital of the sprawling western province of Anbar after ISIS overran it last...

(By Lama Shammas; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Hoda, a-23- year-old woman from Baba Amr neighborhood in the central city Homs told Zaman al-Wasl about her two-month torture memos in detention where she lost her pregnancy due to systematic torture by Syrian security. “I am Hoda” she...

U.S.-led forces conducted 15 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq since Thursday, concentrating on targets near Ramadi, the city that recently fell to the insurgents, the U.S. military said on Friday. In the same period, the forces conducted five air strikes in Syria, hitting...

An Iranian aid ship docked on Friday in Djibouti, where its cargo will be inspected by the United Nations before being moved to conflict-torn Yemen, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported. "The ship docked a few minutes ago in Djibouti," Fars said. "The ship entered...