(Zaman Al Wasl)- The U.S.-backed Syria Democratic Forces on Sunday took a ground from the Islamic State in the western countryside of Raqqa, the group's de facto caliphate capital, according to statement posted online. The YPG-led forces its military campaign, so-called Euphrates Anger, had...

Al Shabaab Islamist militants shot dead a military prosecutor in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region Sunday, witnesses and officials said, the type of targeted killing that Al Qaeda-allied gunmen frequently commit throughout Somalia. Al Shabaab's insurgency aims to drive out African...

At least 20 people were killed and scores injured in an airstrike in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul on Sunday. A warplane struck a marketplace in al-Baaj, 140 kilometers west of Mosul, Iraqi lawmaker Zahed al-Khatoni told Anadolu Agency.  He said the death toll is expected to rise...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Key Syrian rebel factions held talks in Ankara Saturday, seeking merger in one armed body and a planned ceasefire that will be able to face the new challenges resulted after Aleppo collapse, well-informed sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The ongoing discussions under the...