Isis expected to carry out 'more violence, more advances, more attacks' as one year anniversary of Islamic State declaration approaches As one year anniversary of the so-called “caliphate” declared by Isis approaches, the group will be seeking to make itself appear “stronger and more...

Seven members of a family were killed in an overnight strike by Saudi-led warplanes on a border village in northern Yemen, residents said, as heavy clashes erupted across the frontier after Houthi fire killed one Saudi citizen. In southern Yemen, the Saudi-led airforce launched nearly 20...

Syrian regime's helicopters on Tuesday have dropped 6 barrel bombs on the embattled Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in Damascus, killing one person,  Zaman al-Wasl reporter said. Meanwhile, new skirmishes erupted between Islamist rebels led by the Nusra Front, who control the vast...

The Syrian government's antiquities chief said on Tuesday the historical city of Palmyra had been unharmed since ISIS seized it from state control last week. Maamoun Abdulkarim said was still afraid the jihadi group would blow up ancient ruins at Palmyra including tombs and the Temple of Bel,...