A major battle to liberate ISIS' stronghold of Raqqa in northern Syria is looming, with U.S. officials looking to build on momentum from victories on the battlefields of Mosul in Iraq. The Pentagon has drawn up a secret plan to do that, likely leaning on local allies with stepped-up American...

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence used a private email account to conduct public business as governor of Indiana, his office said in a statement on Thursday. The private email account was first reported by the Indianapolis Star, which said Pence used it at times to discuss sensitive matters and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 fighters from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces killed by ISIS in the eastern countryside of Raqqa city, the group's news agency said Thursday. The US-backed SDF continues to push to gain ground in eastern al-Raqqah. As part of its efforts in the Wrath of the...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army took two village  from the powerful Kurdish YPG militia in the eastern countryside of Aleppo as hundreds of families flee ISIS-held areas, local reporter said. The FSA fighters captured villages of Tel Tourin and Qara near...