Iraq Forces Move On IS In Mosul But Civilians Slow Advance
Iraqi forces are advancing on the last areas of Mosul held by the Islamic State group but the presence of ...
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US-Led Strike Kills Founder of IS Propaganda Agency
A US-led coalition air strike on eastern Syria has killed a founder of the Islamic State group's notorious Amaq propaganda ...
Baghdad Blasts Kill 27 As Iraq Forces Battle IS In Mosul
Two bombings killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 100 in Baghdad, officials said Tuesday, as Iraqi forces ...
Syria War Takes Role In Ramadan Television Dramas
The sound of the blast in Syria's capital Damascus brought worried residents running, but rather than carnage they found a ...
Suicide Bomber Kills Eight At Baghdad Ice Cream Shop
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at a popular Baghdad ice cream shop, killing at least eight people, security ...
IS Shelling Kills 14 Civilians In East Syria City
Fourteen civilians were killed late Monday when Islamic State group jihadists shelled a government-controlled neighbourhood of Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor ...
Final Evacuation From Rebel-Held Damascus District
More than 1,000 people quit a rebel-held district of Damascus Monday, its governor said, in the final phase of a ...
19 Dead As Troops Fight ISIL-Linked Groups
Fighters locked in street-to-street battles with security forces in a southern Philippine city on Mindanao island have killed 19 civilians, ...
UN Braces For Up To 200,000 Iraqis To Flee Mosul
As many as 200,000 Iraqis may try in the coming days to flee areas of Mosul under the control of ...
Syria Army Takes Control of Damascus-Palmyra Road
The Syrian army is in full control of the highway from Damascus to ancient Palmyra for the first time since ...
German Map Project To Aid Future Rebirth of Aleppo
With its battered facades, pulverised houses and skeletons of buildings, one of the world's oldest cities, Aleppo, has been utterly ...
US Probe Finds Over 100 Civilians Killed In Mosul Air Strike
Pentagon officials on Thursday said at least 105 civilians died in a strike targeting Islamic State fighters in the Iraqi ...
Iraq Radio Show Finds Talent Amid Rubble of Mosul
It's a radio talent contest with a mission: showcasing the skills of Mosul's youth after years of jihadist rule and ...
Five Dead In Syria Car Bomb Attacks Claimed By IS
Five people were killed on Tuesday in two car bomb attacks targeting minority neighbourhoods in Syria and claimed by the ...
Deadliest Month For Syria Civilians In US-Led Strikes
US-led air strikes on Syria killed a total of 225 civilians over the past month, a monitor said on Tuesday, ...
Car Bomb Kills Four In Syria’s Homs
A car bomb killed four people and wounded more than two dozen in Syria's third city Homs on Tuesday, state ...
Government Regains Full Control of Homs
The Syrian government says its forces have regained total control of the central city of Homs after rebels left the ...
Blasts At Syrian Rebel Base Kill 14 Fighters
Ahrar al-Sham blamed the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) for the attack Ahrar al-Sham blamed the Islamic ...
Syria Regime Regains Total Control of Homs City
The Syrian regime on Sunday regained total control of the central city of Homs with the evacuation of rebels from ...
Syria Rebels Being Evacuated From Last Homs District
The last Syrian rebels and their families were being evacuated from the last opposition-held neighbourhood of the central city of ...