Powerful Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader Moqtada al-Sadr warned political party leaders Friday they would face street protests if they obstruct a government overhaul planned by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to fight corruption. Sadr also called on Abadi to announce a new cabinet lineup by Saturday...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade, an Islamic State-linked group operating in southern province of Daraa, took Thursday a key town and encircled another in the western countryside, sources said. Yramouk Martyrs and its allied group al-Muthanna Movement launched major attack on...
A Russian special forces officer has been killed in a combat operation near Palmyra in Syria, Interfax news agency reported on Thursday, citing a Russian military source in Syria. "While performing a special task to direct Russian air strikes onto terrorist targets, a Russian...
Russia and the United States have agreed to push for direct talks between the Syrian regime and the opposition in Geneva, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday. "As the immediate task we have agreed to push for the soonest start of direct talks between the government delegations...
