Iraq’s most powerful Shiite force said it is relying more heavily on elite units who fought in Syria in the battle against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for control of a critical Iraqi refinery and is now well placed to counter the militants’ guerrilla warfare. Iraq’s biggest...

Islamic State urged its followers on Tuesday to escalate attacks against Christians, Shi'ites and Sunni Muslims fighting with a U.S.-led coalition against the ultra-radical group. Jihadists should turn the holy month of Ramadan, which began last week, into a time of "calamity for the infidels...

(By Abdullah al-Ghadawi; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Many of politicians and military experts think that Kurds’ goals of the Syrian revolution are different from the Arabs’, but still they do not feel secure and their future is unclear amid the chaos in the region. Zaman al-Wasl met Haron...

German authorities have released Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour, who had been detained at Berlin airport at the request of the Egyptian government. Accompanied by his lawyers, Mansour greeted his supporters after his release on Monday, and thanked the German court for its decision. "I...