BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces have captured the town of Hawija and the surrounding area from Islamic State, though some fighting still raged in a pocket to the north and east of the town where the militants were surrounded, the military said on Thursday. With the capture of Hawija,...

The Syrian regime army and allied fighters drove Daesh (ISIS) from their last positions in the central province of Hama on Wednesday after heavy fighting, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor of the war, said Daesh was no longer present...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 160 forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad killed last September by the Islamic State in Syrian desert, according to Zaman al-Wasl Arabic. The death toll included 28 senior officers who mostly killed in major offensive  The last week of September, the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia's airstrikes on Tuesday have struck Tahrir al-Sham bastions in northern Idlib province, leaving 12 field commanders dead and its leader Abu Mohammad al-Golani severely injured , Russian Defense ministry and local activists said. The...