(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-led coalition airstrikes have completely destroyed a church in Raqqa as allied Kurdish forces engage in fierce clashes with the Islamic State inside the city, local monitoring groups said Wednesday.   ‘Our Lady of the Annunciation’ church in the neighborhood...

Thousands of Iraqis have fled an Daesh (ISIS)-held town west of Mosul as Iraqi and coalition warplanes step up strikes ahead of a ground offensive to drive out the militants. Tal Afar and the surrounding area is one of the last pockets of Daesh-held territory in Iraq after victory was...

( The Guardian )- Islamic State closed the doors of Raqqa, its de facto capital in Syria, to civilians and blocked their escape from the city more than a year ago. Then some of their fighters began taking money from civilians in return for allowing them to leave – up to $800 per person. Many...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian desert, also known as Badiya, has been witnessing a military incursion by Syrian regime and supporting militias in conjunction with fierce Syrian-Jordanian border battles. The regime seeks to control large areas linking it with Iraq and Jordan, especially as the...