Ali Rash, Iraq: Ammunition strapped across his chest and armed with a Dragunov sniper rifle, Ahmed Thair Jassem of Iraq's 9th Armoured Division...
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...
Former Tehran prosecutor general Saeed Mortazavi, whose role in curbing dissent has been condemned by human rights groups for years, has been sentenced...
Gogjali, Iraq: More than a million civilians in Mosul were in grave danger and aid workers were "bracing for the worst", a relief...
ANKARA: The Free Syrian Army (FSA) has denied allegations its fighters killed civilians during an ongoing operation to break the Bashar al-Assad regime’s...
KIRKUK, Iraq: She sent just one text to her mother: "I am trapped in a house with Islamic State fighters. Do not call...
Moscow: President Vladimir Putin has ordered a 10-hour truce on Friday in the war-ravaged Syrian city of Aleppo, the Russian defence ministry said. ...
MOSCOW: Russia's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday it would extend a moratorium on air strikes on the Syrian city of Aleppo until 1900...
