Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed 27 people in eastern Iraq on Monday, according to a statement posted on the SITE monitoring group's Twitter account. The attack took place at a funeral for the relative of a Shi'ite Muslim militia fighter in...
(Zaman Al Wasl- Reuters)- Syrian regime forces regained control of a key road to the northern city of Aleppo after making advances against ISIS militants Monday, an activist group and state television reported. Battles continued between government forces and the jihadist group in the area in...
HOMS, Syria (AP) — Two years after the last Syrian rebels left the besieged Old City of Homs, voices echo through the shells of bombed-out buildings, their upper floors tilted at odd angles as though frozen in time. "There is no danger here, because there isn't anybody," a soldier said as...
The United Nations and partner aid organizations plan to deliver life-saving aid to 154,000 Syrians in besieged areas in the next five days, the UN Resident Coordinator in Damascus Yacoub El Hillo said in a statement on Sunday. Pending approval from parties to the conflict, the UN is ready to...
