Iraqi troops moved Tuesday to retake another neighborhood in the eastern sector of the northern city of Mosul but were facing stiff resistance from ISIS militants, according to a top Iraqi commander. Brig. Gen. Haider Fadel of the special forces told The Associated Press that ISIS fighters...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)-  Four civilians have been killed in the besieged al Waer neighborhood of Homs city as regime forces wage major attack on the last stronghold for rebels in the central province, Homs Media Center said Monday. The ongoing offensive that begun six days ago has left 17...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime's aerial bombing on central Homs province has halted the delivery of U.N. aid to the besieged Rastan town and neighboring villages, local a activists said Monday. Syrian rebels, in response to Waer bombing, have pounded the predominantly Alawite district of...

 Fresh fighting shook Syria's Aleppo on Sunday with a rebel attack killing at least eight children at a school, as the UN's envoy struggled to push peace efforts in Damascus. The envoy, Staffan de Mistura, met with Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem in Damascus for talks on the...