Philippines puts city on lockdown over fears of militant infiltration
The Philippine city of Iligan was overflowing with evacuees and on lockdown on Monday over fears Islamist…
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Philippines deploys helicopters in battle to retake city from Islamist rebels
Troops backed by attack helicopters battled dozens of militants linked to the Islamic State group holed up in a…
Syrian regime regains total control of Homs city
The Syrian regime on Sunday regained total control of the central city of Homs with the evacuation of rebels from…
Syrian rebels begin to leave last opposition-held Homs district
Syrian rebels started leaving the last opposition-held district of Homs city on Saturday in the final phase of an…
Syria’s army sends reinforcements toward border with Iraq: rebels
The Syrian army aided by Iranian-backed militias was moving troops to a desert region near its border with Iraq…
Syrian army retakes most of rebel-held district on capital’s edge
The Syrian army and its allies are on the verge of completely seizing the rebel-held district of Qaboun on the…
Syria’s Assad says de-escalation zones chance for rebels to ‘reconcile’
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that de-escalation zones proposed by his ally Russia were a chance for…
Clashes in northwest Syria after de-escalation zones take effect
Syrian government forces and rebels clashed in the northwestern province of Hama on Friday shortly after 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…
IS launches two suicide attacks on US-backed Syrian rebels
IS group militants launched two suicide attacks on U.S.-backed Syrian rebels near the border with Iraq, leaving at…
