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Iraq forces accused of killing, torturing civilians south of Mosul
Iraqi government forces killed and tortured civilians south of Mosul, rights groups said on Thursday, the first…
Syrian army says takes Aleppo district, rebels say battle continues
The Syrian army said it had taken a strategic district of Aleppo on Tuesday in what would mark the most…
Islamic State kidnaps more than 200 near Mosul, retreats with thousands
Islamic State fighters abducted 295 former Iraqi Security Forces members near the militant stronghold of Mosul and…
Israel says ‘no’ to Middle East peace conference in Paris
Israel on Monday formally rejected France's invitation to take part in a Middle East peace conference in Paris…
Iranian foreign minister is first to meet Lebanon’s Aoun
Iran's Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday became the first foreign minister to meet Lebanon's new president,…
Israeli court jails a minor Palestinian attacker for 12 years
An Israeli court sentenced a 14-year-old Palestinian boy to 12 years in prison on Monday for his part in a stabbing…
Iraq’s peshmerga storm Islamic State town as army battles in Mosul
Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces stormed an Islamic State-held town northeast of Mosul on Monday, clearing a pocket…
Syrian militias slightly advance in attack on Islamic State stronghold Raqqa
U.S-backed Syrian armed groups have captured a number of villages in the first days of an offensive to retake the…
Obama unlikely to see assault on Islamic State’s Syria stronghold
A U.S.-backed assault on Raqqa, Islamic State's de facto capital in Syria, is unlikely to pierce the city itself…
Iraqi PM: Mosul ‘will be liberated soon’
The Iraqi prime minister has warned so-called Islamic State (IS) militants fighting in Mosul to lay down their…