A senior Islamic State commander was targeted and likely killed in a U.S. operation, a U.S. official told Reuters on Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity. News of the operation comes just ahead of a Pentagon briefing scheduled for 10:45 a.m.. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is expected to...

Powerful Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader Moqtada al-Sadr warned political party leaders Friday they would face street protests if they obstruct a government overhaul planned by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to fight corruption. Sadr also called on Abadi to announce a new cabinet lineup by Saturday...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Samira Abdul Karim Karzon, a Syrian woman refugee in Ersal from Qusayr in the countryside of Homs, suffers of renal failure and had had a kidney transplant few years ago in Syria. Samira suffers now in finding her medications especially those for...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade, an Islamic State-linked group operating in southern province of Daraa, took Thursday a key town and encircled another in the western countryside, sources said. Yramouk Martyrs and its allied group al-Muthanna Movement launched major attack on...