The Iraqi army was trying on Thursday to reach a town south of Mosul where Islamic State has reportedly executed dozens to deter the population against any attempt to support the U.S.-led offensive on the jihadists' last major city stronghold in Iraq. Eleven days into what is expected to be...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces backed by heavy aerial bombing on Thursday launched major offensive on the town of Soran in Hama province,  activist said. The regime helicopters have droped more than 80 barrel bombs on the town that controlled by Jaish al-Izzah which claimed...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 civilians have been killed in regime's heavy artillery shelling on the city of Douma, northeast of Damascus; activists said Thursday. Dozens were also wounded since the beginning of  regime offensive late on Wednesday, that targeted the civil...

There are more than two months left in 2016, but the number of people who have died this year trying to reach European shores via smuggling routes across the Mediterranean Sea surpassed last year's grim total. A spokesman for the United Nations' refugee agency said Wednesday that 3,800 had died...