Levant
Hezbollah Urges Lebanon Plan For Syria Refugee Return
The head of Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement on Sunday urged the government to coordinate with Damascus to help...
UK Sees IS Being Ousted From Iraq Towns This Year
British Defence Minister Michael Fallon said Saturday in Iraq that he expected to see the Islamic State group expelled...
Russia, Turkey, Iran Discuss Syria Ceasefire In Astana
Representatives from Russia, Turkey and Iran have kicked off a technical meeting in Kazakhstan's capital Astana to...
German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen
Syrian government forces took back control of an area near Damascus that provides most of the capital's water supplies...
Syria Regains Damascus Water Supply Plant
Residents of Damascus have been struggling with water shortages for weeks The Syrian military says it has regained...
Syrian Girl Reads Letter Asking Donald Trump To Save Her Friends
She's the 7-year-old Syrian girl who brought the plight of people living in eastern Aleppo to the world and now she's...
Iraqi Army Prepares Offensive On West of City
Iraqi troops have made swift advances through the city in recent days The Iraqi army says it is preparing military...
Iraqi Army Retakes City’s East From Islamic State
The Iraqi army says it has recaptured all of eastern Mosul from the so-called Islamic State (IS). Counter-terror chief...
Iraqi Forces ‘retake Mosul University’ From ISIL
Iraqi special forces have taken full control of a strategic university in eastern Mosul, according to senior...
Two ‘terrorist’ Suspects Shot Dead In Riyadh Raid
Two "dangerous terrorists", including an explosive-belt maker, were shot and killed in Saudi Arabia during a security...
Deaths As Car Bomb Hits Jableh Town
At least nine people are reported killed and 25 others wounded in a car bomb attack on Syrian government-held coastal...
BBC Stirs Controversy With ‘real ISIS Housewives’ Skit
A BBC sketch satirising British women who have left to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known...
ISIL Claims Responsibility For Reina Attack
ISIL has claimed responsibility for the attack on a nightclub in Istanbul that killed 39 people on New Year's Eve. The...
Car Bomb Hits Busy Square In Baghdad’s Sadr City
At least 33 people were killed and 48 wounded in a car bomb attack on a busy square in Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City...
28 Dead As Twin Bombs Rip Through Market
The explosions happened one after another in the busy al-Sinak market. More than 50 people were injured. Police said a...
28 Dead As Twin Bombs Rip Through Market
At least 28 people have died in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in a double bombing claimed by so-called Islamic State...
Letter To The President Of Russia
I want to praise you for your role in the Syrian issues especially the liberation of Aleppo. For the first time in four...
US Move To Ease Arms Sales To Rebels ‘a Hostile Act’
Russia has called a US decision to ease restrictions on arming Syrian opposition groups a "hostile act" that would...
Baghdad Hit By Deadly Bombings, At Least 11 Dead
Separate bombings in and around Baghdad have killed at least 11 civilians and wounded 34 others, according to Iraqi...