The Syrian government's antiquities chief said on Tuesday the historical city of Palmyra had been unharmed since ISIS seized it from state control last week. Maamoun Abdulkarim said was still afraid the jihadi group would blow up ancient ruins at Palmyra including tombs and the Temple of Bel,...

Iraqi forces have launched a counter-offensive to retake areas of Anbar province recently captured by fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Al Jazeera's Imran Khan, reporting from Baghdad, said on Tuesday that the first city likely to face an assault from the Iraqi...

A spokesman for the Iraqi government says U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has been given "incorrect information" following his criticism of its security forces over the fall of Ramadi to ISIS. Saad al-Hadithi said Monday that the Iraqi government was surprised by Carter saying Iraqi forces...

 Syrian rebel forces are using Nazi-era artillery weapons, most likely looted from the stocks of President Bashar al-Assad’s army. In a video posted online this week, fighters from the armed opposition group Ahrar al-Sham can be seen loading a dusty howitzer during an attack on Ariha,...