Clashes with Russian-backed rebels left six Ukrainian soldiers dead Thursday in the bloodiest surge in fighting along the volatile frontline in recent months. The violence flared several days after a top rebel leader announced a plan to form a new "state" that Kiev warned could put a...

( The Guardian )- German authorities are investigating whether a suspected Islamic State fighter seized by Iraqi forces in the war-torn city of Mosul is a 16-year-old German schoolgirl who disappeared from her parents’ home in Saxony a year ago after apparently being groomed by jihadist groups...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 13 troops were killed in clashes with the Islamic State in the eastern countryside of Hama province, medics told Zaman al-Wasl Thursday. The National Hospital of Salamiya town east of Hama received 13 bodies for troops of the Fifth Corps, including two...

By Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman Al Wasl)- Many international media outlets have circulated news of Zaman al-Wasl’s exclusive reports about the top-secret Wadi Jehanam (Valley of Hell) and the Iranian and Russian activities in the area. Moscow was incited by the reports and responded by...