(BBC)- An Iraqi paramilitary force says it has seized a key road west of Mosul, effectively encircling the city controlled by so-called Islamic State. The Popular Mobilisation (Hashd al-Shaabi) declared it had taken control of the road between Tal Afar and Sinjar after linking up with...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- More than 35 fires have broken out in forests of the coastal Latakia and Tartus provinces since Saturday, and dozens are still on till writing the news. And between an hour and another, another fire starts, as the dry weather helped in spreading fire. Fire brigade in Latakia,...

(Zaman, Al Wasl)- First cross-line convoy in November entered the hard-to-reach town of Rastan in central Homs province with aid for 107,500 people, U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Tuesday. Local activists said 51 vehicles carrying food rations entered the...

Containers of a chemical suspected to be chlorine were dropped by helicopters on rebel-held east Aleppo on Tuesday, causing breathing difficulties in some people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the local health authority said. The Britain-based war monitor said its network of...