Separate bombings in the Iraqi capital killed 10 people and wounded another 22 on Friday, according to Iraqi officials. The Baghdad attacks mainly targeted civilians and though there was no immediate claim of responsibility, they bore all the hallmarks of ISIS in what are apparently efforts...

Civilians in besieged eastern parts of Aleppo are impatiently waiting to vacate the city amid persistent attacks by the Assad regime and allied militias backed by Iran, according to local sources. On Wednesday, armed Syrian opposition groups lost control of eastern Aleppo’s Bab al-Nairab...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State on Friday made new gains in a gas-rich territory east of Homs province, inflicting heavy losses amid regime ranks and allied National Defense militia, activists said. On Thursday, the hardline group launched major offensive on regime forces near al-Shaer and...

Turkey plans a referendum by next May on constitutional changes that would expand the powers of the president and will then hold presidential and parliamentary polls together in 2019, a deputy prime minister said on Friday. Nurettin Canikli told A Haber TV in an interview that the ruling AK...