Iraqi forces started storming the ISIS-held Old City of Mosul on Sunday, a military statement said. The historic district is the last still under control of the militants in the northern Iraqi city, which used to be their capital in Iraq. The U.S.-backed Iraqi offensive to capture...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have prevented displaced people from returning to their homes in the rural areas of Raqqa following the expulsion of the Islamic State fighters from their villages and towns. Speaking to Zaman al-Wasl, a local source said that some of...

 (Zaman Al  Wasl)- Turkish-backed rebels in northern city of al-Bab ended five days of infighting as 12 rebel factions sign a deal regulates using of weapons and demands rebels to evacuate military bases in the former ISIS stronghold, local council said Saturday. It was not clear...

 New French President Emmanuel Macron's government reaffirmed on Friday its plan for electoral reform as the scale of the likely parliamentary majority it is set to win grew and predicted voter turnout shrank. Two opinion polls ahead of Sunday's second round of parliamentary elections...