Iraqi pro-government paramilitaries launched an offensive against Kurdish troops on Tuesday near the Turkish frontier, pushing towards a strategic border crossing and oil export pipeline hub that Baghdad says must come under its control. The Iraqi government has transformed the balance...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday the country's military operation in northwest Syria's Idlib province was largely completed but the neighboring region of Afrin, controlled by a Kurdish militia, remained an issue. Turkey's army began setting up observation posts in Idlib...

The U.S.-led coalition Tuesday denied striking Deir al-Zor city in eastern Syria after Damascus accused its jets of killing more than a dozen people. Syrian state television had said the U.S.-led coalition hit the government-held Qusour district, killing 14 civilians and wounding 32, on...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 ISIS militants killed on Monday when unknown warplanes hit their stronghold in Yarmouk Basin in southern Daraa province as fighting is underway between the Islamic State affiliate and moderate rebels, local activists said. The strikes on Sahm town in the...