Iraqi government forces advancing on the Islamic State-held city of Mosul retook a village from IS on Tuesday and linked up along the Tigris river with army units pushing from a separate direction, Defence Minister Khalid al-Obeidi said. The territorial gain, which followed the recapture of a...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime helicopters dropped at least 16 barrel bombs on besieged Daraya town west of Damascus, activists said Tuesday. The regime has also rocked the western neighborhoods with 7 surface-to-surface missiles as clashes are still underway between Liwa Shuhada' al-Islam and...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Doctors working in Aleppo have warned of a medical crisis in the war-ravaged city if the blockade by Bashar al-Assad regime continues as army forces press to cut Castello Road, main route to rebel-held Aleppo. Abdul Salam Daif , member of Free Doctors Association in Aleppo...
At least nine people were killed and 30 others injured in a car bombing in Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday, according to a security and medical source. A car-bomb exploded at a marketplace in al-Rashidiya, a Shia-majority district in northern Baghdad, Interior Ministry official Nazim...
