A faction of Pakistan-based sectarian militants Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) on Saturday claimed responsibility for twin bombs that hit a market in the northwestern town of Parachinar, killing at least 50 people ahead of the holiday marking the end of Ramadan. LeJ's Al Alami faction said in a...

Iraqi forces opened exit routes for hundreds of civilians to flee the Old City of Mosul on Saturday as they battled to retake the ancient quarter from Daesh (ISIS) militants mounting a last stand in what was the de facto capital of their "caliphate". U.S.-trained urban warfare units were...

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that a future war waged by Israel against Syria or Lebanon could draw thousands of fighters from countries including Iran and Iraq. His comments indicated that the same array of Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias - but not countries -...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime and the U.S.-led airstrikes have killed 6 civilians in central Homs province on Friday as fighting escalates against the Islamic State in territory near the Syrian desert, local activists said. Three people were killed by regime strikes in the northern...