BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces captured Mosul airport on Thursday hours after they launched a major offensive against Islamic State, which controls the western half...
BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces captured Mosul airport on Thursday hours after they launched a major offensive against Islamic State, which controls the western half...
Beirut: Turkish-backed Syrian rebels announced on Thursday that they had taken full control of the northern town of Al-Bab from the Islamic State...
ANKARA: At least 56 terrorists were killed in northern Syria over the last 24 hours by Turkish forces and the U.S.-led coalition, according...
Mosul Airport, Iraq: Iraqi forces on Thursday entered Mosul airport, which lies on the southern edge of the city, for the first time...
GENEVA: Syria's main opposition delegation on Wednesday asked for direct discussions with government representatives at the Geneva IV peace talks aimed at ending...
GENEVA: UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said he is not expecting a breakthrough at Syria peace talks in Geneva this...
NINEVEH, Iraq: The Islamic State-appointed “governor” (wali) of Tal Afar was killed in an airstrike by Iraqi warplanes that also killed his son,...
Iraq: Iraqi security forces on Wednesday -- backed by air and artillery support -- began advancing on Mosul airport located west of the...
DUBAI: An online commercial released by Nike this week showing Arab women fencing, boxing and spinning on ice-skates has stirred controversy over its...
BAGHDAD: US-backed Iraqi security forces closing in on the Islamic State-held western half of Mosul stormed the city's main airport and a nearby...
A sentence uttered last Wednesday, February 15 by US President Donald Trump during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding...
Jerusalem: The United Nations raised concerns Wednesday over newly announced demolition plans in a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank that...
Geneva: Russia has called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to stop his bombing campaign while peace talks take place this week, but a...
cairo: Thousands of mourners gathered in a small Egyptian town yesterday for the funeral of the Muslim cleric known as “the blind sheikh”...
Tehran: The United States should expect a “strong slap in the face” if it underestimates Iran’s defensive capabilities, a commander of the elite...
Jerusalem: Israel's environment ministry said yesterday it would not renew the license of an ammonia container in the northern city of Haifa, less...
Geneva/Beirut: Rival negotiators arrived in Geneva yesterday for UN-brokered talks aimed at ending Syria's six-year conflict with persistent violence and deadlock over the...
Dubai: Iran has sent a delegation to Saudi Arabia for talks on Iranians attending Haj, state television reported yesterday, after Tehran boycotted the...