(Reuters) - President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq , roughly doubling the number of U.S. forces on the ground to advise and retrain Iraqis in their battle against the militant group Islamic State, U.S. officials said on Friday. Obama's...

(NOW)- The Islamic State (ISIS) has been battling Syrian state forces in Homs region for the past 10 days, pushing hard to acquire several natural gas fields and refineries, along with air bases and other military objectives. While the US-led coalition is busy watching the battle of...

(Reuters) - Western and Arab powers that are have deployed air strikes to prevent the Syrian town of Kobani falling to Islamic State must be ready to help another Kurdish enclave that is also surrounded by Islamist fighters, the local leader said on Friday. Kobani has been...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Islamist insurgent group Ahrar al-Sham movement, in new statement posted online, assured participation in fighting against Syria Revolutionaries' Front which was defeated by al-Qaeda Syria’s wing Nusra Front and other rebels group...