(Al Jazeera)- Thirty years ago, Ako Ghareb joined the Kurdish rebellion against Saddam Hussein's regime, in a bid for Kurdish independence. At the age of 23, he fled to the Jafaiti Valley and surrounding mountains in northern Iraq, where he remained entrenched with the Peshmerga for seven years....

(The Telegraph)- At least four people were killed and 14 others injured in an explosion inside the largest US military base in Afghanistan, Nato said, with the Taliban claiming responsibility. The explosion struck at dawn inside the heavily fortified Bagram Airfield north of Kabul, as the...

Spain's king will begin his first state visit to Saudi Arabia Saturday, with the possible sale of five warships to the oil-rich kingdom on top of the agenda, sparking protests from rights groups. Felipe VI will be accompanied during his three-day visit by Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime’s barrel bombs hit the main hospital of Kafr Zita town in the northern countryside of Hama province, reducing it to rubble, doctor said Friday. In video statement, Dr. Abdullah Darwish, director of the town’s hospital said the medical facility has been out...