Iraqi security forces entered the University of Anbar in southern Ramadi on Sunday and clashed with Islamic State militants inside the compound, the joint operations command said in a statement broadcast on state television. Security forces and militia groups launched an...

  A key rebel unit in Southern Front on Monday has recaptured a hill in eastern countryside of Daraa was seized by Syrian regime forces the day before, Zaman al-Wasl Arabic reported. The First Army, or al-Jaysh al-Awal, has recaptured Tel al-Sheikh Hussein and other military posts on...

Athens (AFP) - Greek banks reopened Monday after a three-week shutdown imposed to stop a run on ATMs from crashing the financial system, but citizens woke up to widespread price hikes as part of a cash-for-reform deal with the country's creditors. The bank shutdown since June 29 is...

Unidentified gunmen have assassinated a Free Syrian Army commander in the northern countryside of Aleppo on Sunday, activists told Zaman al-Wasl. Lieutenant Hussein Qentar, a former Syrian army officer who defected to join Syrian revolution, has been found dead near Anadan town. Qentar, who is...