(The Daily Star)- Iraqi special forces stepped up attacks against ISIS fighters in their Mosul stronghold Friday, seeking to expand the army's foothold in the east of the city after the leader of the extremist group told his fighters there could be no retreat. An officer in the elite Counter...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Israeli food is being sold in markets of Hasaka city, that is mutually controlled by the Syrian regime and the Kurdish Democratic union Party (PYD), local sources mentioned.  ZAMAN AL-Wasl correspondent in Hasaka mentioned that no information is available about the...

The White House warned Thursday that failure to approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact will put billions of dollars in US exports at risk to competition from China. Without TPP, which has been a hot-button issue in the US presidential campaign, China and other countries could move...

When Islamic State insurgents fired mortar bombs at Iranian Kurdish women fighters holding a desert position in northern Iraq, the women first hit back by singing through loudspeakers. Then the women opened fire with machineguns. "We wanted to make them angry. To tell Daesh that we are...