Iraqi government forces advancing on the Islamic State-held city of Mosul retook a village from IS on Tuesday and linked up along the Tigris river with army units pushing from a separate direction, Defence Minister Khalid al-Obeidi said. The territorial gain, which followed the recapture of a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The series of announcements of withdrawals and integrations from those overseeing the Thwar al-Sham Battalions, the faction whose formation was announced in April 2015 under the command of Captain Naji al-Mustafi with a coalition of several brigades operating in the western...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- A series of official documents demonstrate how the regime intelligence managed to infiltrate some of the brigades fighting against it and the areas outside of its control by planting agents in those brigades and areas to observe the moves from the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Four fighters from the U.S.-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) were killed and many injured due to a trap of the Islamic State in the Southern countryside of Hasaka province, activists said Tuesday. Activist Ahmed al-Ali confirmed that 18 members of SDF and Arab young men...