Jaysh al-Islam announced on Tuesday an offensive on ISIS in the eastern Qalamoun region, seeking to open a supply route that links to the Syrian north, according to statement posted online. Activists said that fighters of Jaish al-Islam, or Islam Army, have seized control of al-Afaei mountain...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Details about the battle of Palmyra in which the Islamic State (ISIS) controlled the city on May 20 are published for the first time. Zaman al-Wasl met A. Solaiman, a military employees who was at his work when the Islamic state controlled Palmyra...

The second hearing in the trial of jailed Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian on espionage charges took place behind closed doors in Tehran on Monday, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. The first hearing of Iranian-U.S. citizen Rezaian also had been held behind closed...

Iranian authorities detained a former vice-president on Monday on undeclared charges, local news agencies reported, months after another deputy to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sentenced in a graft scandal. "Former vice-president Hamid Baghaei had a charge sheet issued against him by the judiciary...