Islamic State fighters on Sunday have attacked the military sites of the regime forces and the Russian-backed militias in eastern Syria, in conjunction with a heavy Russian airstrike on the desert region.   Informed sources told Zaman al-Wasl that ISIS cells carried out two attacks...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces on Sunday pushed its counteroffensive in the country's east, exploiting quick gains they made in a week of fighting that has sharply changed the course of the conflict. Ukraine's quick action to reclaim Russia-occupied areas in the northeastern Kharkiv...

  The Syrian Interim Government said that the number of civilian victims of violations by the Syrian regime and the Kurdish PYD militias during the month of August amounted to 21 civilians, including 12 children, and 43 wounded, including 17 children.   The "Violations Documentation...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Saturday that it was pulling back troops from two areas in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region where a Ukrainian counteroffensive has made significant advances in the past week. The news came after days of apparent advances by...