Fighting between rival tribesmen in southern Iran left 22 people dead on Friday night, an Iranian lawmaker was quoted by ILNA news agency as saying on Saturday. "The incident last night in Ramhormoz county (in Khuzestan province) is rooted in an old tribal conflict," the lawmaker,...

A U.S.-backed alliance broke into the western part of ISIS' stronghold Raq1a on Saturday, the force and a monitor said, opening up a second front inside the Syrian city. Backed by U.S.-led coalition air strikes, the Syrian Democratic Forces have spent months tightening the noose on ISIS-held...

U.S. forces are providing the Philippines with technical assistance to end a siege of the southern town of Marawi by militants allied to Islamic State but it has no boots on the ground, the Philippines military said on Saturday. The seizure of Marawi by hundreds of fighters who have sworn...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime troops and allied militias on Friday have reached the Iraqi border, near the Tanf border crossing where U.S. special forces train local rebels to fight Islamic State, a pro-regime commander said. Field sources said the U.S-led coalition had colluded with...