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...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Wadi Barda valley, northwest the capital, seems to have the same fate of Eastern Aleppo, as one of the godfathers participated in the Aleppo defeat agreement has openly announced his offer to repeat what happened in the war-torn city and to reach an agreement with rebels to...

The shock announcement of Afghanistan's first woman fixed-wing pilot to seek asylum in the US has touched off a spirited national debate on the country's most vexing issues: insecurity, women's rights and mass exodus of young people. Niloofar Rahmani, a 25-year-old pilot lionised widely as...