Qatar suggests Gulf rift hurts fight against ISIS
Qatar’s foreign minister suggested Tuesday that measures taken by Saudi Arabia and three other Arab states in their…
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Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber rams police truck, kills seven
A Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber rammed a car into a police truck in the southwestern city of Quetta on…
Kurds abandon territory in the face of Iraq’s government advance
The Baghdad government recaptured territory from Kurds across the breadth of northern Iraq on Tuesday, making…
Defeat of Islamic State in Raqqa may herald wider struggle for U.S.
The defeat of Islamic State in its de facto capital Raqqa may only be the start of a wider struggle by the United…
Iraqi forces take control of all oil fields operated by state-run North Oil in Kirkuk
Iraqi forces completed an operation to take control of all oil fields operated by state-owned North Oil Company in…
Islamic State in Raqqa mounts last stand around city stadium
U.S.-backed militias said on Tuesday they are battling Islamic State around Raqqa stadium, the jihadists’ last…
Iraq says captures positions south of Kirkuk including airbase
Iraqi forces captured several positions south of Kirkuk from Kurdish fighters on Monday in their bid to regain…
US-backed SDF to let Syrian ISIS fighters leave Raqqa
Syrian Islamic State fighters are set to abandon Raqqa in a withdrawal agreed with U.S.-backed Syrian militias…
Iraq’s Kurds beef up, move back defence line around oil-rich Kirkuk
Kurdish authorities said on Friday they had sent thousands more troops to Kirkuk to confront "threats" of Iraqi…
Saudi Flynas says to be first Saudi airline to fly to Iraq in 27 years
Saudi Arabian budget airline Flynas said on Wednesday it would start flying to Iraq, the first Saudi airline to go…