U.S. air strikes in Afghanistan have killed four commanders of the Haqqani network, a militant group affiliated with the Taliban, as government forces try to retake a district captured by insurgents last week, Afghan officials said on Tuesday. Naqeeb Ahmad Atal, a spokesman for the governor of...

By Ethar Abulhaq (Zaman al-Wasl)- An Israeli journalist and researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov said, “it is very frustrating that some attacked the former spokesman of Jaish al-Islam based on mistranslation of the interview I conducted with him.” She indicated to Zaman al-Wasl that, “It is...

 Russia's politically-sensitive and ultimately fruitless decision to launch bombing missions on Syria from Iranian soil has exposed the limits to its air power, leaving Moscow in need of a new strategy to advance its aims. People familiar with Russia's military said Moscow opted...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian Resistance on Monday seized key town in the central Hama province after major attack on an array of regime-held towns, local activists said. Helfaya town, 17 km (11miles) north of Hama, and three more villages and ten checkpoints fell to rebels control in the northern...