Raqqa: US-backed militias expect to push all Islamic State fighters out of their former Syrian headquarters of Raqqa in less than a month,...
Raqqa: US-backed militias expect to push all Islamic State fighters out of their former Syrian headquarters of Raqqa in less than a month,...
Arbil, Iraq: Iraq's Kurds defied widespread opposition to vote Monday in a historic independence referendum, sparking fresh tensions with Baghdad, threats from Turkey...
Beirut: The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces militia on Monday accused Russia of killing one of its fighters and wounding others at a gas...
Abu Dhabi: An Egyptian believed to be the world's heaviest woman died Monday morning of heart and kidney failure at an Abu Dhabi...
Beirut: US-led coalition strikes near the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold Raqa in March killed at least 84 civilians, including dozens of children,...
ANKARA: A Russian lieutenant-general died Sunday near Deir ez-Zour in Syria as a result of mortar shelling by IS militants, according to Russia’s...
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday that his country “rejects the formation of a racist state in Iraq,” on the...
NINEVEH, Iraq: Three Iraqi soldiers were killed by a landmine explosion in northern Iraq on Sunday, according to a local police officer. A...
KOCAELI, Turkey: Turkey's coast guard Sunday increased to 23 the death toll of migrants, who drowned when their boat sank in the Black...
Tehran: Iran said Sunday it had blocked all flights to and from Iraq's Kurdistan at the request of Baghdad, a day before the...
Arbil, Iraq: Iraqi Kurds were preparing to vote in a referendum set for Monday on independence for their autonomous northern region, despite warnings...
DAMASCUS: At least three civilians were killed and several injured in a missile attack Saturday in a Syrian city that falls within a...
IDLIB/ANKARA: At least 12 civilians were killed by airstrikes in Syria’s opposition-held Idlib province on Friday. Warplanes targeted a number of towns and...
Ankara: Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim warned on Saturday that Ankara's actions in response to a controversial independence referendum in Iraq's Kurdistan region...
Istanbul: A veteran Syrian opposition activist and her journalist daughter were found stabbed to death at their apartment in Istanbul, Turkish media reported...
Erbil, Iraq: Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani on Saturday delayed a scheduled news conference on a controversial independence referendum he has called for...
The former leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, Mahdi Akef, has died in a Cairo hospital aged 89. Akef, who headed the Brotherhood as...
United Nations, United States: Syria's war has taken a new turn with the expected recapture of Raqa from the Islamic State, but world...
