Forces loyal to Libya’s unity government bombarded ISIS group positions in Sirte with heavy artillery Friday, a day after thrusting into the militant stronghold on the Mediterranean coast. The loss of Sirte, the hometown of ousted dictator Muammar Qaddafi, would be a major blow to the...

Writing by Ethar Abdul Haq; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- No Rebel faction on Syrian soil has paid as much of a price from its leaders’ blood as the Islamist Ahrar al-Sham movement did. Many leaders of the movement have been killed in a series of assassinations which stir many...

e United States underestimates the long-term impact of civilian deaths on the success of military missions and is failing to implement lessons learned from 15 years in Afghanistan, according to a report released Wednesday. While the US military is committed to avoiding civilian casualties, the...

Writing by Abdul Salam Bakri; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al wasl)- Alaa Makhlouf, the personal assistant of Asma al-Assad, Bashar al-Assad’s wife, was killed, and different stories were told to explain his death. There are three scenarios point to the responsible for killing him: the...