Turkish airstrikes on PKK targets have forced the group to close some camps and seek cover, a Peshmerga commander in Iraq has told Anadolu Agency. Kasim Seso, a senior Peshmerga figure in Mosul’s Sinjar district, said on Monday the PKK had suffered “big losses and financial damage” in...

Syrian government forces used deadly nerve gas in Khan Sheikhoun and in three other recent attacks, Human Rights Watch said Monday, describing a "clear pattern" of chemical weapons use that could amount to crimes against humanity. President Bashar Assad's forces are also stepping up chlorine...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful YPG militia, in statement issued Monday, said ten of its fighters had been killed by ISIS this week in the northeastern city of Tabqa, five of them were from Iran and Turkey. The YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Monday they had pushed Islamic State fighters...

U.S.-backed militias said on Monday they had pushed Islamic State fighters out of the old quarters of Tabqa, a strategically vital town controlling Syria's largest dam, hemming the militants into the remaining modern district along the shore. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance...