BAGHDAD/LONDON (Reuters) - When the Iraqi army and Iranian-backed Shi‘ite militia entered a key oil processing facility in Iraq’s north to retake it from Kurdish Peshmerga forces last week, the installation was deserted and its alarm bells ringing. Engineers and workers on the...

(The Daily Mail)- Tragic photos of a  Syrian  infant suffering from severe malnutrition have shown the grave consequences of the battle against  ISIS  that has forced thousands from their homes. The child was treated by a nurse at a clinic in the rebel-controlled...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people across Japan were advised to evacuate, hundreds of flights were canceled and train services disrupted on election day on Sunday as a typhoon roared toward the coast, bringing heavy rain and strong winds. Typhoon Lan, classified as an intense...

(Eqtsad)- Despite the reconciliation and the 5-month-old ceasefire, Barzeh, the northern neighborhood of Damascus still suffering lack of governmental services and aid. Residents say no ovens or gas stations are operating in the neighborhood. The regime municipality has so far...