Middle East

Syrian government forces have made rapid progress in liberating eastern parts of the Homs province and have forced ISIS militants and their families to evacuate from the ancient city of Palmyra . Alalam reports: “The […]

A U.S. army surveillance aircraft crash landed in fields outside the town of Kawrgosk in northern Iraq and was immediately surrounded by American troops who came to its rescue. The crash happened on March 5 […]

ISIS gunmen staged a mutiny near their de facto capital of Raqqa on Monday killing one of their own senior commanders in northern Syria. Tunisian jihadi Abu Ali al-Tunisi, commander of the military wing of ISIS’ […]

Local sources say the clashes in the Islamic State stronghold Raqqa have been escalating for several days and have resulted in numerous ISIS defections A popular uprising reportedly resulted in dozens of deaths as fierce […]

The United States is constructing two air bases in Kurdish-controlled northern Syria. One base is near finished being set up and another dual purpose military-civilian base is under construction, according to a Kurdish website. Reuters UK reports: […]

Iranian billionaire Babak Zanjani, has been sentenced to death for fraud and corruption. The 41-year-old was accused of pocketing $2.8bn (£2bn) from oil deals during the rule of former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while sanctions were […]

The Syrian army have seized two trucks loaded with US and Israel-made weapons destined for ISIS militants in Sweida, Syria.  The troops say the weapons include 20 RPG shells,  landmines, 90 anti-tanks, BKS machinegun boxes, […]

Kurdish forces in Iraq have discovered elaborate network of tunnels in towns and cities they have recaptured from ISIS. The jihadists used a network of tunnels in Iraqi Kurdish cities under their control and used them as […]

Syria has reported a widespread blackout across the entire country, with authorities currently scrambling to find out the cause of the outage.  Experts say that the power was cut in all areas across the country and said […]

The Moroccan Interior Ministry have said that they have thwarted a biological attack planned by ISIS militants.  The successful apprehension of members of a suspected terrorist cell allowed authorities to dismantle the group before they carried […]