The opposition-held sector of Syria's divided city of Aleppo has been cut off from the outside world in recent days by an escalation of air and artillery strikes on the only road in, putting hundreds of thousands of people under effective siege. A government campaign to fully capture...

 The Iraqi army said on Sunday it had secured the first safe exit route for civilians to leave Islamic State's besieged stronghold Falluja, and a Norwegian aid group said thousands of people had already used it to flee in the first day it was open. Iraq has launched a major operation to...

Iraqi troops attacked ISIS positions south of Mosul Sunday as the U.S.-led coalition intensifies its campaign against the militants on multiple fronts across their self-proclaimed caliphate. Officers involved in the operation said Iraqi forces had advanced in tanks and armored vehicles towards...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 20 people have been killed on Saturday in air strikes carried out by the Syrian regime and the U.S.-led coalition on northern Aleppo province, local reporter said. A U.S. strike killed a family of 10  members in Khattaf village near the encircled town of Manbij...