Libyan forces said on Tuesday they had taken one of the last districts in central Sirte held by Islamic State militants, battling snipers and car bombs in their campaign to recapture the entire city. Forces aligned with Libya's U.N.-backed government in Tripoli are three months into a campaign...

Russian authorities notified the US-led coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria shortly before launching a bombing mission from Iran, a US military official said Tuesday. The coalition has since last year operated a "memorandum of understanding" with Russia, whereby the two military forces...

Reoprting by Oqab Malek (Zaman al-Wasl)- Jet fighter Albatros L-39 might lead warplanes bombing resisting Syrian cities deployed mainly in Shauyrat, al-Nairb, Aleppo international military airports, source said. The source speaking on condition of anonymity said the decreasing preparedness to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime warplanes backed by Russia's jets killed at least 29 people in northern Idlib province in deadly air strikes hit the city and its countryside, activists said. The strikes hit the industrial district and the municipal stadium in Idlib city, leaving 15 people dead....