Since their capture of Iraq's second city of Mosul on June 10, a great deal of attention has been paid to the self-labeled 'Islamic State' and its continuing advance across Iraq. On August 2, Islamic State fighters seized the largely Yazidi town of Sinjar and on August 3, they...

Vatican City, Aug 8 (IANS/EFE) Pope Francis will send Cardinal Fernando Filoni to northern Iraq to express his proximity and solidarity with the people, especially Christians, who are enduring attacks from Sunni jihadis, the Vatican press office said Friday. The former nuncio to...

(Reporting by Abdullah Raja; Translation by Dani Murad) (Zaman Alwasl)- A new scenario is taking place in the Syrian war and possibly a complicated plot due to the mixture of events between eastern and Southern provinces of Syria, between ISIS and...

After a long period of relative calm, Syria's capital is coming under daily mortar and rocket fire from rebels seeking to make the regime ease its attacks on areas they hold near Damascus. "It is in response to regime air raids on rebel districts around Damascus," said Rami...