Aleppo, Syria: A Russian-declared ceasefire for opposition-held areas of Syria's second city Aleppo took effect on Friday, but there was little sign that...
Aleppo, Syria: A Russian-declared ceasefire for opposition-held areas of Syria's second city Aleppo took effect on Friday, but there was little sign that...
GENEVA: At least 240 migrants have drowned off the coast of Libya within the last 48 hours, possibly as an unintended consequence of...
Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday accused Germany of being one of the world's worst countries for harbouring "terrorists", saying Berlin...
Paris: French warplanes have tripled their rate of air strikes to support Iraqi forces since the start of the offensive to retake Mosul...
BEIRUT: Syrian insurgents stepped up a week-long offensive on government-held areas in the city of Aleppo on Thursday, detonating three car bombs and...
Aleppo, Syria: Syrian rebels renewed their bid to break a government siege on eastern Aleppo on Thursday, shelling regime-held parts of the city,...
Ali Rash, Iraq: Ammunition strapped across his chest and armed with a Dragunov sniper rifle, Ahmed Thair Jassem of Iraq's 9th Armoured Division...
Aden: Thousands of Yemenis protested Thursday against a new UN plan to end the devastating conflict between rebels and the Saudi-backed government, saying...
BAGHDAD: Two members of the Shia Hashd al-Shaabi militia and three civilians were killed Thursday in three separate bombings that shook capital Baghdad,...
BEIRUT: Lebanon's new prime minister Saad Hariri, the son of former billionaire premier Rafik Hariri, is a vociferous critic of Hezbollah and the...
ANKARA: Turkish fighter jets destroyed PKK terrorist shelters and mortar emplacements in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey’s Hakkari province early Thursday, according to...
BAGHDAD: Heavy explosions shook eastern districts of the Islamic State-held city of Mosul early on Thursday, residents reported, shortly after the leader of...
WASHINGTON: The U.S. and Turkey are deliberating the “final seizure of Raqqah”, Defense Ash Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday. “With respect to Raqqah,...
Baghdad: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi rose from obscurity to lead the world's most infamous and feared jihadist group, but shuns the spotlight and cultivates...
Baghdad: Jihadist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called on his fighters to resist as Iraqi forces were poised to enter the city of Mosul...
AL-KHAZER, Iraq: Whenever members of Islamic State’s Mosul vice squad find a woman without gloves, they pull out a pair of pliers. What...
BAGHDAD: An array of Iraqi forces, backed by a broad international coalition, is closing in on the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul, united...
Ankara: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu denounced Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi as "weak" on Wednesday, further escalating tensions after Baghdad warned Ankara...
