About 2,000 Islamic State fighters are estimated to remain in the Syrian city of Raqqa, fighting for their survival in the face of an offensive by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, a senior U.S. official said on Friday. Brett McGurk, U.S. special envoy for the coalition against...

 (Zaman Al Wasl TV)- 'Necessity is the mother of invention' especially when your are besieged by your national army for over 6 years. The necessity pushed people of Eastern Ghouta suburbs near Damascus to invent many ways to survive even if the last couple of months finds some life clues...

( The New York Times )- A South African tourist who was abducted nearly six years ago from an inn in Timbuktu, Mali, by the North African branch of Al Qaeda has been freed, officials said on Thursday. The tourist, Stephen Malcolm McGown, 42, was the last of the “Timbuktu Three,” who were...

Yemeni troops and armor have pushed Al-Qaeda militants out of main cities in Shabwa, residents said on Friday, regaining government control over the southern province for the first time in years. They said Al-Qaeda militants withdrew to the mountains without a fight as armored vehicles from...