Iraqi forces pause Mosul push over concern for civilian casualties
Iraqi government forces paused in their push to recapture western Mosul from Islamic State (IS) militants on…
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Cairo Maadi blast kills citizen, injures 3: ministry
A man was killed and three others were injured Friday when an explosive device detonated in Cairo's Maadi, Egypt's…
US-led coalition in Syrian airdrop to fight ISIS
U.S.-led coalition aircraft dropped fighters for the first time into an area near the Syrian city of Raqqa to…
Russia underplayed losses in recapture of Syria’s Palmyra
Russia's force in Syria has suffered losses since late January more than three times higher than the official toll,…
Trump’s administration hosting first meeting of anti-ISIS coalition
Foreign ministers from 68 countries meet in Washington on Wednesday to agree on the next steps to defeat Islamic…
Iraqi forces fight to take Mosul, car bomb in Baghdad kills 23 people
Islamic State (IS) militants captured an Iraqi police colonel and eight other officers on Monday after they ran out…
Clashes in Syria’s capital after surprise rebel assault
Heavy clashes rocked eastern districts of the Syrian capital on Sunday as rebels and Islamist militants tried to…
Man shot dead at Paris Orly airport after taking soldier’s gun
Security forces at Paris' Orly airport on Saturday shot dead a man who took a weapon from a soldier, the interior…
Iraq forces say near Mosul mosque where IS declared ‘caliphate’
Elite Iraqi forces said they were battling house by house in the Old City of Mosul on Saturday, inching towards the…
US claims Syria’s air 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…
