Syria's state news agency and an opposition monitoring group say airstrikes on the northern city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of ISIS, have killed at least 12 people. State news agency SANA reported on Tuesday that the airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition killed 12, including women and...

The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Tuesday it had begun a battle to capture Raqqa, ISIS' de facto capital in Syria, launching attacks from the east, west and north of the city. In a phone interview with Reuters from Syria, SDF spokesman Talal Silo said the operation...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Clashes intensified between ISIS and the regime army in eastern Deir Ezzor province on Monday as the extremist group pressed advances in the southern neighborhoods of the city, sources said. The regime warplanes have carried out airstrikes on ISIS positions, killing one...

Once the Balkan stronghold of pro-Russian sentiments, tiny Montenegro is on Monday silently celebrating its entry into NATO in a historic turn that has made the Kremlin furious. Despite the Russian anger and a deep split within the nation of some 620,000 people over the issue, Montenegro is...