(CNN) - Kurdish fighters are claiming progress in their fight against ISIS and now control at least 90% of the embattled Syrian city of Kobani, a monitoring group said Monday. Fighters belonging to the People's Protection Units, known as YPG, advanced in the neighborhood of...

By Hassan Hassan (The Guardian)- Hamid Ghannam’s first day at an Islamic State (Isis) training camp was intense. Very early on the morning of 13 August, he picked up his packed clothes and walked quickly to the main street in his village to meet three of his cousins. As with many...

(Reuters) - Thousands of Yemenis took to the streets on Saturday in the biggest demonstrations yet against the Houthi group that dominates the country, two days after President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's resignation left the country in political limbo. Houthi gunmen shot and...

Reporting by Mohamed Al Hussein; Translation by Yusra Ahmed Hasakah (Zaman Al Wasl)- Democratic Union Party “PYD” has arrested 500 youth in Malikiah, Eastern Hasakah within two days, as a part of the mandatory military recruiting in their...