( New York Times )- The Kremlin is bringing a new weapon to the fight against the Islamic State militant group in Syria, using market-based incentives tied to oil and mining rights to reward private security contractors who secure territory from the extremists, Russian news outlets have...

Up to 20,000 civilians are trapped in the last Daesh (ISIS) held areas in Mosul's Old City, which Iraqi forces are battling to retake, a senior UN official said Thursday. More than eight months since the start of the operation to retake Mosul from Daesh, the militants have gone from fully...

By Abdullah Ghadawi (Zaman Al Wasl)- Obeida Nahas, the head of the National Renewal Movement, revealed details of his visit to al-Qamishli two weeks ago, pointing out that he met with many Kurdish, Arab and Assyrian politicians in the Jazira area and stressed the continued political...

Russian President Vladimir Putin attacked sanctions against his country and called for an end to trade protectionism, in an editorial published in Germany Thursday ahead of the G20 summit. Sanctions against Russia "are not just short-sighted but go against the principles of the G20 for...