US Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrived in Baghdad on Sunday for talks with Iraqi leaders on the US-backed military campaign against Islamic State militants in Mosul,...
The Iraqi army has sent sent reinforcements to eastern Mosul after ISIL fighters launched a ferocious counterattack last week, pushing back government forces and further slowing...
Fighters from ISIL have re-entered Syria’s famed ancient city of Palmyra from which they were driven out nine months ago, according to a monitoring group. The...
Two huge explosions have occurred in the Turkish city of Istanbul, according to news reports and posts on social media. Reports say that police are evacuating...
Syria’s army has paused military operations in Aleppo to allow civilians to flee the city but concerns about violence after the city falls abound. Russian Foreign...
Russia and China vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution Tuesday calling for a seven-day ceasefire in Aleppo, Syria. Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s United Nations foreign minister,...
The United Nations mission in Iraq said it will stop reporting military casualty figures after Iraq’s military complained the numbers were exaggerated. In a press release...
Syrian government forces have taken about half of the rebel-held portion of Aleppo, military leaders said, bringing an end in sight to the bloody six-year stalemate...
About 20 percent of Mosul has been captured from Islamic State control, while the city’s east has been completely isolated, U.S. military officials said in its...
The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Friday said the U.S. Senate’s vote to extend sanctions on Iran is a violation of the Iran nuclear deal. The Senate...
Hundreds of Syrian civilians are fleeing into portions of Aleppo newly controlled by government-backed forces. Meanwhile, pro-government forces continue to lay siege to parts of the...
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