Islamic State militants threw themselves into the Tigris on Sunday, trying to flee the battlefield in Mosul as Iraqi forces reached the riverbank, bringing them to the verge of victory. After eight months of combat that has left parts of the city in ruins, killed thousands of civilians and...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the US appears less rigid regarding Syria under new President Donald Trump, as a ceasefire comes into force in the southern province of Daraa. Putin who met Trump at the G20 summit in Germany said the two countries have found common ground...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Tahrir al-Sham Islamist alliance on Sunday said it had arrested top ISIS commander in northern Idlib province after a series of ISIS blasts that rocked the stronghold of former al Qaeda group, local reporter said. Abu Sulaiman al-Russi, the ISIS security principal in...

Two Egyptian policemen were killed in a roadside bomb blast late Saturday in the restive Sinai Peninsula, according to the country's interior ministry. In a statement on Sunday, the ministry said the device struck a police convoy in the North Sinai city of Arish. Nine riot...