Gunmen have kidnapped an Iraqi female journalist after posing as members of the security forces and bursting into her home in Baghdad, authorities said Tuesday. Afrah Shawqi Hammudi was abducted Monday at around 10:00 pm (1900 GMT) from her home in a southern neighborhood of the capital,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A series of security penetrations within rebels’ factions have been found, and played essential role in falling of areas under armed opposition control or assassination of many commanders of different factions. A special source has provided Zaman al-Wasl information and...

Iraqi forces will resume their push against Islamic State inside Mosul in the coming days, a U.S. battlefield commander said, in a new phase of the two-month-old operation that will see American troops deployed closer to the front line in the city. The battle for Mosul, involving 100,000...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's plans over Syria will concentrate on forming an army of indigenous fighters, mostly tribesmen, in northeastern Syria and setting up a safe Zone with support of Gulf states, a well-informed source said Monday. The Russia-beloved tycoon and...