Syrian army, allies seize oilfield from ISIS in east: state TV
Syria's army and its allies recaptured an oilfield from Islamic State near the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on…
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Syrian army fights to secure corridor into Deir al-Zor
The Syrian army and its allies are fighting to secure and expand a precarious corridor to their comrades in Deir…
Battles between Philippine extremists, government-backed separatists kill 25
Fighting between government-backed separatist rebels and pro-Islamic State militants have killed at least 25…
U.S.-led coalition strikes kill 29 civilians in Syria: monitor
Airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State killed at least 29 civilians including 14 children in 24…
Ceasefire reached on Lebanon-Syria border: sources
Fighting between Lebanon's Hezbollah movement and a former Al-Qaeda affiliate on the Syria-Lebanon border halted…
600 civilians killed by coalition strikes in Iraq, Syria: report
At least 600 civilians have been killed in strikes in Iraq and Syria by the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic…
Philippines says arrests senior member of ISIS-backed Maute group
The Philippines military said it arrested one of the Maute brothers on Thursday, a senior member of the Islamic…
Philippines says US troops near besieged Marawi, but not fighting
Armed U.S. troops are on the ground near Marawi City in the southern Philippines, but are not involved in…
U.S. joins battle as Philippines takes losses in besieged city
U.S. special forces have joined the battle to crush Islamist militants holed up in a southern Philippines town,…
ISIS mining Mosul to stop families fleeing as Iraqi forces advance
Islamic State (IS) militants are planting bombs near front doors in Mosul to prevent civilians leaving, a federal…
Syria’s army advances despite deal to cut violence: monitor
The Syrian army seized control of the village of al-Zalakiyat north of Hama on Sunday amid a heavy bombardment, a…
Syria’s rebel groups clash in besieged Damascus enclave: monitor
Fighting between rebel groups in the biggest insurgent stronghold near the Syrian capital Damascus entered a second…
Iraqi forces fight door-to-door in Mosul as battles enters seventh month
Iraqi forces gained fresh ground in door-to-door fighting in the Old City of Mosul, a military spokesman said on…
Syria’s jihadists say responsible for Damascus bomb attack
A Syrian alliance of jihadist groups known as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham said on Sunday it was responsible for a double…
Iraqi forces battle IS in heavy west Mosul fighting
Iraqi forces battled the Islamic State (IS) group in hours of heavy clashes in west Mosul on Sunday, as the number…
UN says North Syria exodus as families flee assault on ISIS
More than 65,000 people have been forced to flee fighting in northern Syria, ravaged in recent weeks by dual…
Turkey-backed rebels kill 68 Islamic State militants near Syria’s al-Bab
Syrian rebels backed by Turkish warplanes killed 68 Islamic State militants in northern Syria overnight, the…
Iraqi militiawoman fights for revenge against Islamic State
Wearing a camouflage cap over her headscarf, Miaad al-Jubbouri cuts an unusual figure among the hundreds of men…
U.N. states seeking resolution to demand end to fighting in Syria
The United Nations General Assembly began talks on Friday on a draft resolution that would demand an end to…
Mosul food, water reserves decline as fighting cuts off supplies
The United Nations issued a fresh warning on Wednesday about the humanitarian situation in eastern Mosul where…
Syrian army captures part of rebel-held east Aleppo
The Syrian army said it had taken control of an important district in rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Saturday after…
IS conflict: US soldier killed in Syria blast
A US serviceman has been killed by an improvised explosive device while fighting against so-called Islamic State…
Houthi missile and Saudi-led air strikes strain Yemen truce
A 48-hour truce aimed at ending Yemen's civil war came under pressure on Saturday as residents said fighting was…
Millitia fighting in Somalia’s Galkayo city kills 29: officials
Fighting between militias in Somalia's central Galkayo city has killed at least 29 people and wounded more than 50,…
Aleppo fighting continues amid accusations of gas attack
Syrian rebels opened a new front in Aleppo as fighting spread on the third day of a major insurgent…
Burning sulfur near Mosul sends hundreds to hospital, U.S. troops don masks
Up to 1,000 people have been treated for breathing problems linked to fumes from a sulfur plant set ablaze…
Mosul battle: 900 civilians the flee city before fighting
A spokeswoman for the Office of UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that over 900 people from Mosul had…
Kurds versus Syrian army battle escalates, complicating multi-fronted war
Fighting between the Syrian army and Kurdish forces intensified late on Friday and into Saturday, creating the…
Saudi king returns home, gives bonus to personnel fighting in Yemen
Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz returned home on Sunday after a month-long holiday in Morocco, and ordered…
Intense fighting as Syrian rebels break through Aleppo siege
Syrian rebels broke through to besieged opposition-held areas in eastern Aleppo on Saturday in an assault on a…
GlaxoSmithKline and Alphabet establish $715 million bioelectronics firm
GlaxoSmithKline and Alphabet's life sciences unit are creating a new company focused on fighting diseases by…
Death toll in Indian base attack rises to 6 troops, 4 gunmen
The number of troops killed in an attack on an Indian air force base has risen to six after four soldiers…
Fighting breaks out in Ukraine’s parliament
Fighting has erupted Saturday in the Ukrainian parliament after the Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk was pulled…
Paris attacks will not dissuade nations from fighting terrorism: Sisi to Hollande
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi strongly condemned the Friday Paris attacks in a phone call with his French…
Two Iranian Revolutionary Guards officers killed in Syria
Two senior officers from Iran's Revolutionary Guards were killed fighting Islamic State militants in Syria, Iran's…
Deadly clashes shake Yemen’s Aden
Fighting raged Thursday in Yemen's battleground southern city Aden, a day after the United Nations declared its…
Taliban launch Spring Offensive with Rocket Attack on US Base
Taliban insurgents shot rockets onto a US base outside Kabul and targeted Afghan government buildings in a…
Dozens Killed In Fighting Near Yemen’s Aden Port
Houthi fighters and allied army units clashed with local militias in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Sunday,…
“One Woman is Worth Hundred of Their Men”
The photo reveals Kurdish Women relaxing at a break from fighting for their Country against ISIS. “Even if all our…
The Turkish Parliament… New Politics Sense
The picture shows some the Turkish parliament members fighting at one of its sessions. Let’s hope the topic was…