An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 has struck Iraq, about 20 miles (32km) southwest of the city of Halabjah, near to the Iraq-Iran border, the US Geological Survey has said. It initially said the quake was of a magnitude 7.2, before revising it to 7.3. An official from the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have made new gains in Khabur basin near the Turkish border, taking strategic town on Sunday. Kurdish news feeds said. The SDF seized the town of al-Basira from Daesh east of Deri Ezzor city after a week of clashes. Meanwhile,...

Dozens of civilians have died in artillery fire and Russian bombardment of two displacement camps and surrounding territory in eastern Syria, a monitor said Sunday in a new toll. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said ongoing heavy bombardment in the Deir Ezzor province had killed...

Israel signaled Sunday that it would keep up military strikes across its frontier with Syria to prevent any encroachment by Iranian-allied forces, even as the United States and Russia try to build up a cease-fire in the area. U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir...