The Islamic State Group In Iraq, Syria
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory Sunday in the "liberated" city of Mosul, the Islamic State group's last urban ...
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US-Backed Forces Breach IS Defences In Heart of Syria’s Raqa
US-backed forces have penetrated the heavily fortified heart of jihadist bastion Raqa for the first time, in a key milestone ...
US-Backed Forces In Syria Breach Wall Surrounding Old City of Raqa
US-backed forces in Syria have breached the wall surrounding the Old City of Raqa as they try to retake the ...
Qatar Copies Rival Saudi’s ‘investment Diplomacy’
President Donald Trump may accuse Qatar of sponsoring terrorism, but that did not stop the wealthy emirate this week from ...
Syria Army Reaches Iraq Border After US Tensions
Syrian government troops and allied forces reached the Iraqi border for the first time since 2015 on Friday, a monitor ...
Pro-Syria Regime Drone Shot Down After It Fires On Coalition
A US warplane shot down a pro-regime drone in Syria on Thursday after it fired at coalition forces, officials said, ...
Turkey’s Parliament To Debate Troop Deployment To Qatar
Turkey's parliament will debate on Wednesday a bill that would allow its troops to be deployed to a Turkish base ...
Oil Tanker Fired On Off Yemen
An oil tanker has come under fire off Yemen while passing through the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait into the Red ...
US Air Strike On IS Killed 105 Civilians In Iraq’s Mosul
This photo taken on 26 March shows houses destroyed in the area The United States has admitted that at least ...
US Service Member Killed In Blast Near Iraqi City of Mosul
A US service member has died from wounds sustained in the blast Saturday of an explosive device outside the Iraqi ...
Mattis In Riyadh To Boost US-Saudi Alliance
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is in Saudi Arabia Wednesday to reinvigorate the Riyadh-Washington alliance, with both seeing a common ...
US-Led Strikes Kill 229 Civilians In 3years
At a time of growing concern about civilian casualties in Iraq, the US-led coalition issued a report Saturday that says ...
US-Led Strikes ‘likely’ Caused 229 Civilian Deaths Since 2014
Air strikes by the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group have likely "unintentionally" killed 229 civilians since the offensive ...
, UN Chief Urges More Aid For People of Mosul
UN chief Antonio Guterres appealed on Friday for more aid for the people of Mosul, as he visited a camp ...
At Iraq Camp, UN Chief Urges More Aid For People of Mosul
UN chief Antonio Guterres appealed on Friday for more aid for the people of Mosul, as he visited a camp ...
Houthi Rebels In Yemen Threatening Strategic Strait
Houthi rebels in Yemen are threatening free movement into and out of the Red Sea with missiles, mines and other ...
US Probes Mosul Bombing Amid Worries of Rising Civilian Deaths
The Pentagon said Monday it was reviewing more than 700 video feeds of coalition air strikes on west Mosul, Iraq ...
Iraq Forces Launch Renewed Attack On Mosul’s Old City
Iraqi forces renewed their assault Monday against jihadists in Mosul's Old City, after days in which the battle was overshadowed ...
US Military Chiefs Defend Diplomacy In Face of Trump Cuts
President Donald Trump's proposed gutting of the State Department budget and other "soft power" agencies could hamper long-term security goals ...
US Claims Syria Strike, Denies Targeting Mosque Where 46 Killed
The US said it carried out an air strike in Syria against an Al-Qaeda meeting but denied deliberately targeting a ...