Iraqi government forces attempted to encircle Mosul's Old City Thursday in a bid to bottle up ISIS fighters holding out there, but progress was slowed by car bombs and booby-traps in houses and alleyways, officers said. The army and security forces have made significant gains in recent...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- No celebrations reported by the sixth anniversary of the Syrian revolution in eastern Syria since the oil-and-ethnic rich region has been turned into a battering battleground between regime forces, Kurdish militias and ISIS and turned into The Revolution's flag...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The 5th Corps- Storm troopers announced the launched of the Baath Legion “which includes thousands of fighters” on Tuesday evening. The Corps did not announce the Legion’s exact location or given an accurate number of members. From the images circulated in the pro-regime...

The Israeli air force carried out raids on Gaza early Thursday after a rocket was fired from the Palestinian enclave towards Israel, sources on both sides said. Neither of the attacks caused casualties, the Israeli army and Palestinian sources confirmed. The firing of projectiles towards...