BEIRUT: U.S.-backed Syrian forces said on Thursday they were closing in on Islamic State-held Raqqa and expected to reach the city outskirts in...
BEIRUT: U.S.-backed Syrian forces said on Thursday they were closing in on Islamic State-held Raqqa and expected to reach the city outskirts in...
Mosul, Iraq: Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is reported to have abandoned Mosul, leaving local commanders behind to lead the battle...
CAIRO: A senior police officer was killed late Wednesday in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula, according to a statement issued by the Interior Ministry....
SALADIN, Iraq: At least 23 people were killed and another 20 injured when two blasts tore through a wedding in Iraq’s Saladin province...
BAGHDAD: Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui on Wednesday visited Baghdad to discuss regional developments -- especially the fight against terrorism -- with Iraqi...
ANKARA: The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in Ankara opened a case against 156 Turkish military academy students and eight high-ranking officials Wednesday, a...
BINGOL, Turkey: A Turkish soldier was martyred during an ongoing operation against the PKK terrorist group in southeastern Diyarbakir province Wednesday, according to...
RAMALLAH, Palestine: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday met with U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson at Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank...
ISTANBUL: Lebanon’s cabinet on Wednesday appointed Joseph Aoun as commander of Lebanon’s armed forces after promoting him to the rank of general, according...
Beirut: Air strikes thought to have been carried out by a US-led coalition Thursday killed 14 civilians, including six children, in a northern...
MOSUL: U.S. and Iraqi officials believe the leader of Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has left operational commanders behind with diehard followers to...
Mosul, Iraq: Iraqi forces recaptured a prison northwest of Mosul where the Islamic State group reportedly executed hundreds of people and held captured...
Tripoli: People-smugglers have killed 22 African migrants on a beach in western Libya, a security source said Wednesday. The migrants were set to...
Baghdad: Iraqi security forces on Wednesday announced liberating new areas of central Mosul city center, west of the country. Security source said that...
BEIRUT: The Lebanese government appointed General Joseph Aoun as army commander on Wednesday, Lebanese media reported, replacing General Jean Kahwaji at the head...
ISTANBUL: Police arrested dozens of suspects across the country Thursday as part of an operation against the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), according to...
ANKARA: Turkish jets destroyed scores of caves and shelters used by PKK terrorists in northern Iraq early on Wednesday, the military said. The...
NEW YORK: Palestinians should not look to the United Nations for a solution but engage Israel directly, United States' envoy to the global...
