(ARA News)- Thousands of Arab fighters have joined the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the fight against ISIS in Raqqa. One of the main Arab factions currently participating in the SDF’s Euphrates Wrath Operation for Raqqa is the Syrian Elite Forces. Muhedi Jayila, Commander...

 As a walkie-talkie carried word of another casualty from an Islamic State mortar attack, an Iraqi policeman peered through leaves at enemy positions just across the Tigris River. He kept his head low to avoid snipers but also had an eye on the sky. Minutes later, the militants sent a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-led coalition airstrikes killed 10 Islamist rebels fighting under the banner of Haya't Tahrir al-Sham, new alliance including former al-Qaeda group, local activists said Sunday. The aerial bombing targeted the northern town of Sarmin less than 48 hours since suspected...

(Washington Post)- A U.S. commando raid in Yemen that set off a fierce firefight revealed the growing strength of an al-Qaeda affiliate that has targeted both the United States and Europe in recent years. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, as the branch is known, had collected...