International News Militants holding out in Philippine town face ‘paralyzed’ logistics: army Yomna Yasser Jun 8, 2017 0 The siege of Marawi City in the southern Philippines could be over soon because the logistics of the Islamist…
International News Philippine troops find stash of banknotes as fighters pull back Yomna Yasser Jun 6, 2017 0 Philippines troops found bundles of banknotes and cheques worth about $1.6 million abandoned by Islamist…
MENA News Syrian force urges Raqqa jihadists to surrender by end-May Yomna Yasser May 25, 2017 0 A U.S.-backed alliance of Syrian militias promised on Thursday that no harm would come to Islamic State fighters…
Egypt News North Sinai tribesmen kill 8 suspected IS militants Yomna Yasser May 4, 2017 0 A powerful local tribe in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula says it killed eight suspected Islamic State (IS) fighters in…
MENA News Powerful Saudi prince sees no chance for dialogue with Iran Yomna Yasser May 3, 2017 0 Saudi Arabia's powerful deputy crown prince ruled out on Tuesday any dialogue with arch rival Iran and pledged to…
Egypt News US-backed militias oust IS from Syria’s Tabqa old city Yomna Yasser May 2, 2017 0 U.S.-backed militias said on Monday they had pushed Islamic State fighters out of the old quarters of Tabqa, a…
MENA News Iraq forces restore town of Hatra southwest of Mosul: source nada nasser Apr 29, 2017 0 Iraqi forces on Thursday retook the town of Hatra, southwest of Mosul, on the third day of an operation that saw…
International News IS death toll hits 90 from huge US bomb in Afghanistan Yomna Yasser Apr 16, 2017 0 Afghan authorities Saturday reported a jump in fatalities from the American military's largest non-nuclear bomb,…
MENA News IS launches two suicide attacks on US-backed Syrian rebels Yomna Yasser Apr 10, 2017 0 IS group militants launched two suicide attacks on U.S.-backed Syrian rebels near the border with Iraq, leaving at…
MENA News Evacuations of opposition fighters resume in Syria’s Homs Yomna Yasser Apr 2, 2017 0 Syrian state TV says scores of opposition fighters and their families have left the central city of Homs after…