Daesh blows up Mosul’s biggest hotel
– As the Mosul operation enters its sixth day, more than 30 villages have been retaken from Daesh control – Daesh terrorists have detonated a five-star hotel in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul amid an [ More … ]
– As the Mosul operation enters its sixth day, more than 30 villages have been retaken from Daesh control – Daesh terrorists have detonated a five-star hotel in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul amid an [ More … ]
– Carter will hold talks in Iraq on the progress of the anti-Daesh operation in Mosul – U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter is in Iraq on Saturday for an unscheduled visit to assess the [ More … ]
At least one young man suffered gunshot injury, while dozens suffered breathing problems as clashes broke out following Friday prayers in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem. The gunshot injury was reported when Israeli police forces [ More … ]
– Security forces patrol in armed vehicles on Kirkuk streets where efforts to clear Daesh continue – Street-to-street fighting between Daesh militants and security forces in Iraq’s northern city of Kirkuk took place on Saturday, a [ More … ]
Orhan Buyruk, a Turkish national arrested late last month at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport for suspected “espionage”, was released by Israeli authorities, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Wednesday, Anadolu Agency reported. In a tweet, [ More … ]
– Saudi television reports Houthi leader Hassan Sharif killed in clashes RIAD, Saudi Arabia (AA) – The Shia Houthi militant group and factions supporting ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh has violated a UN-backed truce 897 [ More … ]
Hundreds of Jordanians staged a sit-in after Friday prayer outside the National Electric Power Company of Jordan (NEPCO) in protest against the controversial Jordan-Israel natural gas deal. The protesters chanted slogans and held banners calling [ More … ]
Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad, Ramadan Shallah, urged on Friday the Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to pluck up his courage and cancel the Oslo agreement. Reaching out to Gaza by phone during a [ More … ]
Israel is seeking to buy three more advanced submarines from Germany at a combined price of $1.3 billion, an Israeli newspaper reported Friday The planned purchase aims to replace within the next decade the oldest [ More … ]
– US defense chief says Turkey should have a role in Mosul – There is “an agreement in principle” to include Turkey in the offensive to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from Daesh, Secretary [ More … ]
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has awarded the Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Reza Raouf Sheibani the Order of Merit of the First Class, marking the end of his duties as ambassador of the Islamic Republic to Damascus, according [ More … ]
Libya neighboring countries have announced their rejection of intervention in Libyan internal affairs, according to LANA. Libya neighboring countries declared Wednesday commitment to the political solutions conducive to genuine reconciliation through inclusive dialogue among Libyan [ More … ]
Libyan pro-government forces have freed five foreign nationals held by Islamic State in Sirte after heavy fighting in their battle to capture the final district of the city, a local official said on Thursday, according [ More … ]
-Move comes four days after Syrian intelligence chief meets Egyptian officials in Cairo – Syria’s Assad regime has given Egypt the green light to play a coordinating role between it and UN agencies operating in [ More … ]
– Syrian opposition fighter says liberation of Jarabulus sparked wave of new faces joining anti-Daesh militia – A commander of a Turkey-backed Syrian opposition force said Friday the number of fighters in his group tripled [ More … ]
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