U.S.-backed fighters on Tuesday reached the northern entrance of the Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of ISIS, amid intense clashes and airstrikes on Raqqa's northern and eastern edges, opposition activists said. The latest push by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces brings...

Syrian rebels say the United States and its allies are sending them more arms to try to fend off a new push into the southeast by Iran-backed militias aiming to open an overland supply route between Iraq and Syria. The stakes are high as Iran seeks to secure its influence from Tehran to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 13 people were killed in eastern Deir Ezzor city when the Islamic State struck regime-held neighborhoods with mortar shells and rockets late on Monday, the group's news feeds said.   ISIS has stepped up its shelling on the besieged neighborhoods of al-Joura...

At least 27 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in two bombings in Baghdad, security and medical officials said Tuesday. In the first attack, a suicide bomber struck near a popular ice cream shop overnight, killing 16 people. In the second, a car bomb exploded near one of the...