US-backed Iraqi forces on Monday captured Mosul’s southernmost bridge across the Tigris river, according to military statements. Once repaired, the bridge could help bring army reinforcements...
Iraq intends to continue destroying Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) militants, even within the borders of neighboring countries, Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Jaafari told Sputnik. On...
Deadly suicide attacks in the Syrian government-held city of Homs threaten to derail talks in Geneva, with government and opposition delegates in the Swiss city sparring...
Israel’s prime minister turned down a regional peace initiative last year that was brokered by then- US Secretary of State John Kerry, former US officials confirmed...
Iranian officials have banned the flying of all private drones over Tehran after two recent incidents led to one of the devices being shot down near...
A US serviceman died on Monday in a non-combat related incident outside the Iraqi city of Ramadi, west of Baghdad, the US-led coalition said. The US...
Two rockets fired from the Sinai Peninsula struck an open field in southern Israel on Monday morning, the Times of Israel reports, citing the military. No...
US-backed Iraqi forces fought Islamic State fighters on Monday to clear the way to Mosul’s airport, on the second day of a ground offensive on the...
Almost exactly 38 years after an Islamic insurgence knocked down the last leg of Iran’s royal monarchy — a victory that would later set off an...
A report published Tuesday by an international rights group, alleges groups of 50 prisoners at a time at one jail have been executed on at least...
Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has said US President Donald Trump’s decision to ban arrivals from seven Muslim-majority countries was “a great gift to extremists”, as...