Syrian regime army sent massive reinforcements to territory under its control in Deir Ezzor on Monday ahead of a final push for the Islamic State group-held half of the eastern city. The metropolis is the capital of the oil-rich eastern province of Deir Ezzor, regarded as a strategic...

Iraqi forces said they faced tough resistance Monday from Daesh (ISIS) fighters driven out of the city of Tal Afar to a small town where they had "nothing to lose" by fighting to the end. An advance by the Iraqi army and Shi'ite paramilitary groups into al-'Ayadiya was being slowed by...

By Tim Ramadan ( The Guardian )- Around three months have passed since the Syrian Democratic Forces launched a military operation to wrest back control of Raqqa from Islamic State. These forces are backed directly by the US-led international coalition, and they have so far succeeded in...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 170 civilians have been killed in a week of heavy aerial bombing in Raqqa city as U.S. allies face resistance inside the eastern and western neighbourhoods of the  de facto capital of the Islamic State, monitoring groups said. Raqqa Is...