IS is losing ground fast in Syria to separate campaigns waged by Russian-backed Syrian army and by US-backed Kurdish forces and their allies Syrian government and allied forces have taken the last major town in [ More … ]
The Sudanese government forces have captured the leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement-Transitional Council (SLM-TC) Nimer Abdel Rahman and other leading rebels. Also, the group confirmed the killing of its commander Mohamed Abdelsalam (aka Tarada) [ More … ]
US-backed Kurdish forces have advanced in Tabqa as they eye the ISIL stronghold of Raqqa, a spokesperson says. Kurdish forces are reported to have taken 90 percent of Tabqa city in Syria’s Raqqa province from [ More … ]
At least seven people were killed in four separate bomb attacks around Baghdad late Friday, according to a security source, reported Anadolu Agency. Nasr al-Hanun, an Iraqi chief of security force, told Anadolu Agency that five civilians [ More … ]
– Iraqi forces now stand between 5 and 6 kilometers from Mosul’s easternmost neighborhoods, military sources say – Iraqi counter-terrorism forces have recaptured two more villages east of Mosul from the Daesh terrorist group, military [ More … ]
– Nearly 300 Daesh terrorists killed, 65 bombs destroyed in operation to retake Iraq’s second city – Iraqi forces recaptured nine villages northeast of Mosul on a wide-ranging military campaign to retake the city from [ More … ]
– Kurdish Peshmerga forces continue their advance on two fronts north of Mosul – Kurdish Peshmerga forces have captured another three villages in Mosul as part of an ongoing offensive to oust Daesh terrorists from [ More … ]
– Military offensive launched Tuesday aims to liberate Shirqat district and two other areas in Anbar province from Daesh – Iraqi army forces and allied tribesmen have recaptured Haditha Island in western Iraq from the [ More … ]
– Free Syrian Army (FSA) forces on Wednesday captured the Daesh-held village of Kaklijah, some 3 kilometers (2 miles) south of the Turkish-Syrian border, a Turkish military source said, reported Anadolu Agency. FSA forces are [ More … ]
Copyright © 2016 | Middle East Observer