Syrian militias backed by U.S.-led air strikes have repelled a second Islamic State counter attack in 24 hours near a city being targeted in a major offensive against the jihadist group, an official and a monitoring group said on Monday. The Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance...

Nearly 120 people were killed and 200 wounded in two bombings overnight in Baghdad, most of them in a busy shopping area as residents celebrated Ramadan, police and medical sources said on Sunday. The attack on the shopping area of Karrada is the deadliest since U.S.-backed Iraqi...

 Syria's al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front has abducted the commander of the Western-backed Jaish al-Tahrir brigade, along with several of his aides and scores of fighters in coordinated raids in northern Syria, Jaish al Tahrir said on Sunday. Jaish al Tahrir was set up in February as part of an...

Translation by Rana  Abdul (Zaman al-Wasl)- Syrian regime forces in Hama have imposed house arrest on residents of the province on Saturday, local sources reported. Regime checkpoints on roads leading to Idlib province have returned  civilians born in Hama province by force to Hama...