Turkey on Saturday holds an intense series of events to celebrate the first anniversary of the defeat of last year's attempted coup, showcasing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's grip on power on the heels of a new purge of state employees. The authorities have declared July 15 an annual...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Tensions escalated between powerful Ahrar al-Sham and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in northern Idlib province over killing two fighters from the former al-Qaeda branch in Syria, local activists said Friday. Imad el-Din Moujahed, the Press Officer of Tahrir al-Sham denied...

Russia has said it is willing to deploy monitors to prevent any violations of a ceasefire in southwestern Syria by Syrian government forces, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. Brett McGurk, U.S. special envoy for the coalition against Islamic State, said the United States was "very...

Human Rights Watch Thursday condemned videos circulating on social media purportedly showing Iraqi forces killing and beating men suspected of being Daesh (ISIS) fighters in Mosul. Two videos seen by the Associated Press were posted to Facebook earlier this week, a day after Iraqi Prime Minister...