More than 400 U.S. Marines and their artillery are leaving Syria after helping to capture the city of Raqqa from Islamic State, the U.S.-led coalition fighting the militant group said on Thursday. Last month, U.S.-backed militias declared victory in Raqqa, Islamic State’s former...

Over the last few months there has been increased speculation that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) may have finally arrived at a time of reckoning over the future of their relationship with Israel. The two states are seen as going through the motions leading to...

Russian Security Council secretary Nikolai Patrushev said on Thursday Moscow was already preparing to withdraw its military contingent from Syria, Russian news agencies reported. “Preparations are underway,” RIA news agency quoted Patrushev as saying. The chief of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Islamic State has inflicted heavy losses on the elite forces in eastern Deir Ezzor province, killing at least 250 troops and wounding 280 more in three weeks of clashes, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The Tiger Units, led by notorious general Suhail al-Hassan,...