(The Daily Star)- Iraqi security forces on Tuesday regained full control of a western town that was attacked by ISIS militants two days earlier, officials said. Seeking to draw attention away from an offensive to retake the city of Mosul, ISIS struck the town of Rutba in the country's west...

Heavy clashes between regime and rebel forces erupted in several areas of Syria's divided city of Aleppo late on Saturday after a unilateral ceasefire announced by government ally Russia expired. Moscow had extended the unilateral "humanitarian pause" into a third day until 1600 GMT on...

Reporting by Ammar Bakkour (Zaman Al Wasl)- people in Eastern Aleppo refused to leave to regime-controlled neighbourhoods via passages connecting the sides of the city determined by the regime and Russia in a single-sided truce announced by regime starts Thursday, October 20, for three days....

French, Russian and German leaders will meet in Berlin for talks on Syria Wednesday ahead of a brief truce in Aleppo backed by Moscow in the face of mounting criticism for its part in a brutal regime offensive. The meeting comes a day after the Kremlin announced that Russian and Syrian air...