Islamic State fighters have forced thousands of civilians to retreat with them from Hamam al-Alil as Iraqi police were recapturing the town, and moved them towards Mosul airport, the UN said on Tuesday. Iraqi forces retook the key town from the extremists on Monday, in a major win in its...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime increases its bombardment on the towns and cities of eastern Ghouta, in Damascus suburb, resulting in a number of injured and killed. Douma city coordination council announced that five people so far were killed as a result of the regime bombing the city on...

Islamic State fighters abducted 295 former Iraqi Security Forces members near the militant stronghold of Mosul and also forced 1,500 families to retreat with them from Hammam al Alil town, the United Nations human rights organization said on Tuesday. The abductions took place last week as...

(The Daily Star)- Yemeni troops backed by a Saudi-led coalition airstrike killed six suspected Al-Qaeda fighters outside the southeastern port city of Mukalla Tuesday, a security official said. Mukalla was the most populous Yemeni city under Al-Qaeda control until government troops and...