(The Guardian)- The Iraqi military says its forces have retaken Nimrud, the site of an ancient Assyrian city overrun by Islamic State militants two years ago. The commander of the Mosul operation, Lt Gen Abdul-Amir Raheed Yar Allah, said troops retook the town after heavy fighting and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime’s barrel bombs hit the main hospital of Kafr Zita town in the northern countryside of Hama province, reducing it to rubble, doctor said Friday. In video statement, Dr. Abdullah Darwish, director of the town’s hospital said the medical facility has been out...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Jabhat Fateh al-Sham executed 6 men on Monday over claims of pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group in the southern province of Quneitra, activists said. The six young men, who were born in the tribes-dominated village of al-Danaji in the capital’s western...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime increases its bombardment on the towns and cities of eastern Ghouta, in Damascus suburb, resulting in a number of injured and killed. Douma city coordination council announced that five people so far were killed as a result of the regime bombing the city on...