BAGHDAD/KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces took control on Friday of the last district in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk still in the hands of Kurdish Peshmerga fighters following a three-hour battle, security sources said. The district of Altun Kupri, or Perde in Kurdish, lies on...

At least 16 civilians including several children were killed in air strikes allegedly carried out by Russian jets on Thursday in Deir Ezzor province, a monitor said. The eastern province is partly controlled by the Islamic State (IS) group, which is under pressure from several fronts in...

A Saudi official has visited northern Syria with a U.S. envoy to discuss reconstruction of Raqqa, which Kurdish and Arab militias backed by a U.S.-led coalition, captured from Islamic State on Tuesday, an adviser to the militias said. Saudi Gulf Affairs Minister Thamer al-Sabhan visited...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- With the approach of winter, a quarter of a million displaced people continue to suffer from a lack of basic supplies, shelter and blankets in the opposition-held areas in northern Aleppo province. Displaced people in the region are waiting for the organizations and camp...