The Syrian regime army and allied forces pushed into the remaining Daesh-held (ISIS) districts of Deir al-Zor city in eastern Syria Tuesday, a Hezbollah military media unit said. Backed by Russian air power and Iran-backed militias, the Syrian army has been fighting in the city since...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 47,000 Syrian refugees have returned to Turkey after the 15-day Eid holidays via Bab al-Salama border crossing, while about 7,000 have decided to stay in the northern countryside of Aleppo, the border administration said on Monday.  This week 476...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices clung to this month’s high on Tuesday after Iraqi forces seized the oil-rich city of Kirkuk from largely autonomous Kurdish fighters while Asian shares held firm on optimism about upcoming earnings. Short-term U.S. bond yields and interest rates jumped...

Germany has suspended the training of Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq amid concerns about growing tensions in Kirkuk, officials confirmed Monday. “The military training activities have been temporarily suspended," a German Defense Ministry spokeswoman told Anadolu Agency,...