Iraqi forces raised the national flag on Saturday in the heart of Tal Afar, Islamic State’s stronghold in the country’s northwest, and said they were poised to take full control of the city after a week-long offensive. Tal Afar is the latest objective in the U.S.-backed war on the...

Her bruised eyes still swollen shut, Buthaina Muhammad Mansour, believed to be four or five, doesn't yet know that her parents, five siblings and uncle were killed when an air strike flattened their home in Yemen's capital. Despite concussion and skull fractures, doctors think Buthaina will...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  U.S.-led Coalition airstrikes killed t hree shepherds on Friday in the southern countryside of Hasaka, medics told Zaman al-Wasl.   The U.S. strikes targeted sheep herds in an ISIS held territory near Markada, the last ISIS stronghold in the southern...

(The Middle East Eye)- As Iran consolidates its presence and influence in Syria, Israel fears that its "Syrian policy" is collapsing. To cut its losses, the Jewish state has embarked on a new and urgent diplomatic-intelligence initiative spearheaded by Mossad chief Yossi Cohen. On...