U.S. President Barack Obama made clear he was some way from a decision on whether to arm Ukraine in its conflict against Russian-backed rebels, saying on Monday he still hoped for a diplomatic solution. "The measure by which I make these decisions is: 'Is it more likely...

  Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Islamic State extremist group (ISIS) started to   withdraw forces from Aleppo’s countryside to reinforce territory it controls east Syria as Iraqi forces plan to launch a major ground...

A top US official announced Sunday that Iraqi troops will launch a ground offensive within weeks to take back swathes of the country seized by Islamic State group, while a suicide attack killed at least 12 in Baghdad on Monday. “There will be a major counter offensive on the ground in...

A total of 82 people including 70 pro-Russian separatists and 12 Ukrainian troops were killed in ongoing clashes between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian separatists in the past 24 hours, officials said Sunday. The separatists carried out 111 attacks in...