A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance pushed closer to Raqqa in Syria while Iraqi forces seized a key town near Mosul as offensives progressed against the two ISIS strongholds. After announcing the launch of the long-awaited assault on Raqqa on Sunday, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance...

(Zaman al-Wasl) Journalists Without Borders announced Monday evening that it awarded its Press Freedom prize for 2016 to the colleague, journalist and activist Hadi Abdullah, “who did not hesitate to go to dangerous areas where no western journalist would go to film and investigate with...

(The Guardian)- Héctor Bellerín is close to agreeing a contract extension at Arsenal after his agent held productive talks in London last week. The Spain defender has been in sparkling form for Arsène Wenger’s side this season, helping them remain unbeaten since the opening day of the...

Iraqi police forces said they found a mass grave at the agricultural college in an area that was recaptured from ISIS on Monday. The grave was found in Hamam al-Alil area, about 14 kilometers (8 miles) from the southern outskirts of Mosul, the last ISIS-held Iraqi city. "Federal police...