(The Daily Star)- Iraqi Kurdish and Shiite forces agreed to coordinate movements after cutting off Mosul from the rest of the territory held by ISIS in western Iraq and Syria in support of a U.S-backed offensive to capture the city, U.S. and Iraqi officials said on Thursday. The agreement...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime stepped up its aerial bombing on the rebel-held Idlib province, leaving huge destruction, local activist said Thursday. Idlib Media Center said the strikes targeted villages of Maer Shamarin, Deri Sharqi, Kinda and al-Najiya and al-Tamaneh town. On Wednesday, 4...

(Al Jazeera)- France has accused Syria and its allies of using political uncertainty in the US to launch "total war" against opposition-held areas in the country and called for new sanctions on Bashar al-Assad's government for the use of chemical weapons. Making the accusations after a...

An air strike thought to have been carried out by Syrian regime forces killed three Turkish soldiers and wounded 10 others overnight, one of them seriously, the Turkish military said on Thursday. The attack occurred at around 3:30 am (0030 GMT) in the course of a Turkish-led Syrian rebel...