(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State fighters launched surprise attack on Kurdish militia in the southern countryside of Hasaka, local activists said Sunday. Ahmed al-Ali, Hasaka-based activist, said ISIS suicide bombers had started the attack onthe Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near...

The bodies of missing sailors were found in flooded compartments of the USS Fitzgerald, which came close to sinking after a collision with a container ship off Japan tore a gash under the warship's waterline, the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet commander said on Sunday. An earlier Navy statement...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have prevented displaced people from returning to their homes in the rural areas of Raqqa following the expulsion of the Islamic State fighters from their villages and towns. Speaking to Zaman al-Wasl, a local source said that some of...

A Muslim "peace march" against terrorism has been held in the German city of Cologne but has drawn fewer participants than organizers had hoped for. The dpa news agency reported that a few hundred people gathered for the demonstration Saturday, with placards such as "Together against terror"...