Iraqi forces retook a key town from the Islamic State group Monday, a crucial objective on the southern front of the offensive to wrest back the city of Mosul. Federal police, army and elite interior ministry forces established full control over Hamam al-Alil, the last town of note on the...

(Zaman AL Wasl)- The regime’s ِair-forces brigade 24 has been defeated in Deir Ezzor, which pushed the regime to support it with two MIG-21 warplanes brought from Hama Military airport last week, sources reported to Zaman al-Wasl. A well informed source inside the regime Air-forces...

German prosecutors said Monday they have launched a preliminary investigation after receiving a complaint alleging that top Facebook bosses including founder Mark Zuckerberg are condoning hate speech on the online social network. "A complaint has been filed by a lawyer that accuses, among...

Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces attacked an ISIS-held town northeast of Mosul Monday, trying to clear a pocket of militants outside the city while Iraqi troops wage a fierce urban war with the extremists in its eastern neighborhoods. The first waves of a 2,000-strong peshmerga force entered...