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Iraq acknowledges abuses in Mosul campaign

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office said on Thursday a unit of the security forces committed "abuses" against civilians during the offensive to oust Daesh (ISIS) insurgents from the city of Mosul. His government began an investigation in May into a report by German newsmagazine Der...

Aid convoy enters besieged town of Douma

(Zaman Al Wasl)- An aid convoy of food and medical supplies has reached the besieged town of Douma in Eastern Ghouta suburbs on Thursday as a part of the de-escalation deal brokered by Russia two weeks ago, Local Coordination Committees said.   Along with the Syrian Arab Red...

US soldier killed in battle with ISIS in Afghanistan

The U.S. military says an American soldier was killed and several others wounded in a battle with Daesh (ISIS) militants in eastern Afghanistan. The military said in a statement that several Afghan forces were also wounded in the fighting on Wednesday in the Achin district of the Nangarhar...

Hamas guard killed in rare suicide attack in Gaza Strip

A suicide bomber killed a Hamas guard in southern Gaza on Thursday, officials said, in what was seen as a rare Islamist attack against the Palestinian group that has run the impoverished enclave for a decade. The incident occurred at around 1:00 am near the Gaza Strip's lone crossing with...