BAGHDAD: U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis on Tuesday told Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi that Washington rejects any action that could threaten Iraq’s...
BAGHDAD: U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis on Tuesday told Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi that Washington rejects any action that could threaten Iraq’s...
ANKARA: At least 50 people were killed by airstrikes in Syria’s Hama province, local sources said Tuesday. Warplanes struck the IS-held villages of...
BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces have captured two neighborhoods of Iraq’s Tal Afar as part of an ongoing offensive aimed at dislodging IS militants from...
ISTANBUL: At least 78 civilians were killed in U.S.-led coalition airstrikes and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) shelling in IS-held Raqqah province in northern...
WASHINGTON: The United States has decided to deny Egypt $95.7 million in aid and to delay a further $195 million because of its...
Tal Abta, Iraq: Iraqi forces on Tuesday recaptured from the Islamic State group the first two districts of jihadist bastion Tal Afar, as...
Baghdad: Pentagon chief Jim Mattis held talks in Baghdad Tuesday to show US support for Iraqi forces as they pressed an assault on...
Beirut: At least 42 civilians were killed Monday in a barrage of US-led air strikes on Islamic State group territory in the Syrian...
ASTANA: The next round of talks between Russia, Turkey and Iran on settling the Syrian civil conflict has been pushed back from late...
Baghdad: US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis arrived Tuesday in Baghdad on an unannounced visit as Iraqi forces pressed an assault on Tal Afar,...
Gaza: For Palestinian fisherman Jihad al-Soltan, it was a surprise summer catch—a message in a bottle that he netted off a Gaza beach....
Amman: Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on yesterday for new “serious and effective” peace talks between Israel...
BEIRUT: Lebanon's interior minister said Monday that the country's police intelligence played a major role in foiling a plot to bring down an...
Beirut: Lebanese militant movement Hezbollah has used weaponised drones against the Islamic State group across the border in war-ravaged Syria, its media arm...
Beirut: The Lebanese army continued for a third consecutive day to target ISIS group positions on the country's eastern border with Syria after...
Istanbul: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday warned a top Turkish general who played a key role in defeating last year's failed coup...
TAL AFAR AIRBASE, Iraq: Iraqi forces closed in Monday on Tal Afar on the second day of an offensive against the last major...
RAQQA, Syria: As Shawakh al-Omar huddled with 16 relatives in a single room in house in Islamic State's Syrian stronghold Raqqa, a mortar...
