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Assailants attack Women's Protection Units in Deir Ezzor

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Dozen of the US-backed forces were killed and wounded by unknown assailants in eastern Deir Ezzor province, local activists said Sunday. The attack targeted the Kurdihs Women's Protection Units (YPJ) in the town of al-Jerzi, four day after an ambush left two fighters from...

Russian air strikes hit Daesh in southern Syria

Russian and Syrian jets stepped up their bombing of a Daesh bastion along the Jordan-Israel border in southwestern Syria, as the militants pushed into areas abandoned by other rebel groups, diplomatic and opposition sources said. Daesh-affiliated forces entrenched in the Yarmouk Basin,...

In Gaza and Israel, war fears mount despite truce

After seven chaotic and violent hours, quiet returned to the Gaza Strip overnight. Yet on Saturday, civilians in the Palestinian enclave and Israel remained fearful of the potential for a new war. The fatal shooting by a Palestinian of an Israeli soldier during protests along the border...

The reality of Daesh in Iraq: Far from dead

At his post-summit news conference with President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki Monday, President Donald Trump praised the U.S.-led coalition’s “successful campaign” that had “just about eradicated” Daesh (ISIS) in Syria. Daesh, however, is far from dead in the region. I...