(Zaman Al Wasl)- A barrage of US-led coalition airstrikes and Kurdish militia artillery killed 48 people and wounded 40 more in Raqqa province, local monitoring group said Thursday. Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently said the aerial and ground bombing of ISIS-held Raqqa city left about...

 An Iraqi army division trained by American forces summarily executed prisoners in west Mosul, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, calling for U.S. assistance in suspending the unit. The latest report of executions comes after the release of videos allegedly shot in the Mosul area that...

President Vladimir Putin has signed a law ratifying a deal with the Syrian government allowing Russia to keep its air base in Syria for almost half a century, official documents show. The original deal, signed in Damascus in January, sets out the terms under which Russia can use its Hmeymim...

Syrian government forces are nearing the last major town held by Daesh (ISIS) in Homs province, part of their multi-pronged advance towards the extremist group's strongholds in the east of the country, a military source said on Thursday. The source said combat operations would accelerate...