MENA News Air strikes southeast of Syria’s Raqqa kill 14: observatory Yomna Yasser Mar 9, 2017 0 Air strikes killed 14 civilians, including six children, on Thursday in countryside around Raqqa city in northern…
MENA News ISIS leader Baghdadi abandons Iraq’s Mosul fight to field commanders: sources Yomna Yasser Mar 9, 2017 0 U.S. and Iraqi officials believe the leader of Islamic State (ISIS) group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has left…
MENA News Iraq forces hunt for bombs, IS holdouts in Mosul Yomna Yasser Mar 9, 2017 0 Iraqi forces worked to clear bombs and flush out any remaining Islamist militants in retaken areas of west Mosul…
MENA News Jordan to try 5 ISIS suspects over deadly border attack: judge Yomna Yasser Mar 8, 2017 0 Five suspected Islamic State (ISIS) militant group are to stand trial in Jordan on charges of planning a deadly…
MENA News Syria’s forces restore water-pumping station in Aleppo: monitor Yomna Yasser Mar 8, 2017 0 Russian-backed Syrian government forces on Tuesday retook from the Islamic State (ISIS) militant group a pumping…
MENA News US, Turkey, Russia in talks for regional issues Yomna Yasser Mar 8, 2017 0 Turkish, Russian and US military chiefs held talks on Tuesday in the southern Turkish city of Antalya to discuss…
MENA News Iraqi forces retake government HQ, museum in Mosul Yomna Yasser Mar 8, 2017 0 Iraqi forces said Tuesday they had seized the main government offices in Mosul and its famed museum as they made…
MENA News ISIS imposes ‘Afghan dress’ in Syria’s Raqa: monitor, activists Yomna Yasser Mar 7, 2017 0 The Islamic State (ISIS) group has imposed an "Afghan-style" dress code on men in its Syrian stronghold Raqa to…
MENA News Netanyahu to meet Putin, says Iran seeks permanent foothold in Syria Yomna Yasser Mar 6, 2017 0 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday to…
MENA News UN says North Syria exodus as families flee assault on ISIS Yomna Yasser Mar 6, 2017 0 More than 65,000 people have been forced to flee fighting in northern Syria, ravaged in recent weeks by dual…