The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plans to carry out urgent repairs to Tabqa Dam near the Syrian city of Raqqa in an area recaptured from Islamic State, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday. The aid agency was able to enter Raqqa and Hassakeh provinces in late July for the first...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- An ISIS suicide bomb attack killed at least 15 pro-regime Shiite militants east of the ancient city of palmyra as fierce clashes still underway near an oil-rich area, field sources said on Wednesday.   The death toll of ISIS attacks in the last 24 hours reach total...

Japanese jets conducted air manoeuvres with U.S. bombers southwest of the Korean peninsula on Wednesday as North Korea considered whether to fire missiles towards the U.S.-administered territory of Guam. Reclusive North Korea has made no secret of its plans to develop a missile capable of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-led coalition airstrikes have completely destroyed a church in Raqqa as allied Kurdish forces engage in fierce clashes with the Islamic State inside the city, local monitoring groups said Wednesday.   ‘Our Lady of the Annunciation’ church in the neighborhood...