Syrian rebels advanced into an Islamic State-held town at the border with Iraq on Wednesday, a rebel commander told Reuters, in a new U.S.-backed offensive aimed at cutting the jihadists' self-declared caliphate in two. The operation aiming to capture the eastern Syrian town of Al-Bukamal,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Kurdish self-administration allowed entrance of tens of displaced Iraqi migrants to al-Houl town in the Hasaka eastern countryside in the past two days after the families were stuck on the borders between Iraq and Syria. Field activist Malaz al-Yousef told Zaman al-Wasl more...

Iraq's army sought on Monday to eliminate Islamic State fighters holed up in farmland west of Falluja to keep them from launching a counterattack on the city, a day after the government declared victory over the militants there. Backed by air strikes from a U.S.-led coalition, Iraqi artillery...

By Abdul Hafiz Holani; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Kibbeh is not included in the daily dishes which Syrians used to eat before the revolution, because it is high expense and the requires large amount of time to prepare. On the contrary, it is a dish that is associated with major...