N Korea ‘providing Materials To Syria
North Korea has been sending equipment to Syria that could be used to make chemical weapons, a UN report says. ...
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French Trio Wanderer Cancels Lebanon Concert
French classical group Trio Wanderer cancelled its Sunday evening concert in Lebanon's Baalbek International Festival, a day after activists lambasted ...
Schoolgirls In Iraq’s Mosul Aim To Catch Up On Lost Years
Despite having fallen three years behind their peers elsewhere in Iraq, it's been mostly smiles all around for the girls ...
Syria Army At Gates of IS-Held Town On Road To East
The Syrian army has reached the last jihadist-held town on the road to its besieged garrison in the east, a ...
In the Ruins of Mosul, A Hunt For the Missing
In Mosul, the missing are everywhere, their families hunting through the ruined Iraqi city for traces of lost husbands and ...
US-Trained Iraqi Unit Carried Out Mosul Executions
An Iraqi army division trained by American forces summarily executed prisoners in west Mosul, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, calling ...
Mosul’s Christians Face Dilemma After Islamic State
The jihadists may have been ousted from their Iraqi hometown of Mosul but many Christians like Haitham Behnam refuse to ...
IS Families, Mosul Displaced Live Side-By-Side In Iraq Camp
Like hundreds of thousands of other Iraqis, Maha lives with her boys at a camp for the displaced near Mosul. ...
Mosul Looks To Rise From the Ashes
The battle over, it's now time to start rebuilding Iraq's second city, parts of which were literally flattened during the ...
Iraqis Accused of Siding With IS Targeted For Revenge
Revenge attacks against Iraqis accused of siding with the Islamic State group in Mosul are on the rise after Iraqi ...
More Than 800,000 People Still Displaced From Mosul
More than a million people were displaced from Mosul by the battle in the Iraqi city against the Islamic State ...
Videos Appear To Show Killing, Beatings By Iraq Forces
Videos allegedly shot in the Mosul area appear to show Iraqi security personnel executing a detainee and brutally beating others, ...
West Mosul Residents Start Mammoth Task of Rebuilding
Near Mosul's war-ravaged historic heart, Maher Al-Nejmawi watches a worker repainting his long-abandoned stall. Residents of Iraq's second city are ...
Civilian Deaths Soar In Iraq, Syria
The US-led coalition attacking the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria killed as many as 744 civilians in June, ...
Mosul’s Once-Thriving Old City Now A Grey Wasteland
Once the beating heart of Iraq's second-largest metropolis, the Old City of Mosul is now a broken wreck, its winding ...
Amnesty Calls For Commission To Probe Mosul Crimes
Amnesty International on Tuesday called for a commission to investigate crimes against civilians in Mosul by all sides in the ...
Trump Congratulates Iraqi PM On Mosul ‘victory’
President Donald Trump on Monday hailed the "victory" of Iraqi forces over the Islamic State group in the northern city ...
War Has Cost $226 Billion To Syria Economy
Syria's six-year conflict has ravaged its infrastructure and caused losses to its economy of $226 billion, according to estimates published ...
India Begins Search For Missing Citizens After Mosul Victory
India on Monday announced it will send a top minister to Iraq in an effort locate dozens of its missing ...
Iraqi Forces Push To Clear Last Pockets of IS In Mosul
Iraqi forces fought to eliminate the last pockets of Islamic State group resistance in Mosul on Monday after the premier ...