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ERDOGAN SLAMS US 'SUPPORT FOR KURDISH YPG FIGHTERS'
Ankara says Washington can no longer use fighting ISIL as an excuse to support Kurdish fighters in northern Syria... READ MORE›
BILLIONS PLEDGED FOR IRAQ'S POST-ISIL RECONSTRUCTION
Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and several non-state actors including the EU, agree to fund post-ISIL Iraq... READ MORE›
RESCUER PULLS OWN MOTHER FROM WRECKAGE
Rescuers help wounded after Syria raids Jump to media player Rescuers says scores of people have died in Syrian government attacks on rebel-held Eastern Ghouta... READ MORE›
FRANCE WILL 'STRIKE' IF SYRIA REGIME USES CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Macron France will 'strike' if Syria regime uses chemical weapons... READ MORE›
ABU BAKR AL-BAGHDADI: 'ALIVE BUT WOUNDED' IN SYRIA
Iraqi intelligence chief says Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi suffered severe wounds to his legs in air raid but is alive in Syria... READ MORE›
IRAQI TRIBESMEN WARN ISIL FIGHTERS' FAMILIES
In Iraq's western Anbar province, tribesmen starting to rebuild have warned they will take revenge on the families of ISIL fighters if they return... READ MORE›
ISIL LEADER BAGHDADI 'ALIVE IN SYRIA BUT INJURED AND NO LONGER IN CONTROL'
Since then he is thought to have been moving around villages along the Syria-Iraq border still under Isil's control... READ MORE›
U.S. WANTS FOREIGN FIGHTERS IN SYRIA TO FACE JUSTICE IN THEIR HOMELANDS
The Syrian Democratic Forces are currently holding thousands of IS detainees, including hundreds of foreign fighters from a number of nations... READ MORE›
ISRAEL SAYS DRONE IT SHOT DOWN WAS IRANIAN COPY OF U.S. CRAFT
Israel said the drone, operated by Iran from a base inside Syria, traveled three or four miles into its territory Saturday morning before being shot down... READ MORE›
THE DRONE SHOT DOWN BY ISRAEL WAS AN IRANIAN COPY OF A U.S. CRAFT, ISRAEL SAYS
Israel said the drone, operated by Iran from a base inside Syria, traveled three or four miles into its territory Saturday morning before being shot down... READ MORE›
SAUDI SCHOLAR: WOMEN NEED NOT WEAR ABAYA ROBES
A senior religious scholar in Saudi Arabia has said women should not have to wear the loose-fitting abaya robe to cover up their bodies in public... READ MORE›
SDF TO STUDY ANY REQUEST TO HAND OVER BRITISH IS MILITANTS CAPTURED IN
The senior Turkish security official said Turkey is open to joint cooperation, including intelligence, with all its international partners... READ MORE›
HOW TWO LONDON SCHOOLBOYS BECAME THE WORLDS MOST WANTED MURDERERS
Revealed How two London schoolboys became the worlds most wanted murderers... READ MORE›
U.S. TROOPS MAY BE AT RISK OF 'MISSION CREEP' AFTER A DEADLY BATTLE IN THE SYRIAN DESERT
The Syrian government accused the United States of aggression in launching the strikes, which it said killed scores of people... READ MORE›
LAST OF BRITISH IS 'BEATLES' GANG CAPTURED BY KURDS
Two British men believed to be members of a notorious Islamic State group IS cell have been seized by Syrian Kurdish fighters, US officials say... READ MORE›
US-LED AIR RAIDS IN SYRIA 'KILL 100 PRO-ASSAD FIGHTERS'
The US said they had responded to an unprovoked attack against the Washington-backed Syrian Democratic Forces SDF, but did not give any details on casualties... READ MORE›
US KILLS MORE THAN 100 ASSAD REGIME FIGHTERS IN LARGEST DELIBERATE STRIKE AGAINST SYRIAN GOVERNMENT FORCESA
We estimate more than 100 Syrian pro-regime forces were killed while engaging SDF and coalition forces, a US military official said... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDS SAY THEY ARE HOLDING 4,000 ISLAMIC STATE SUSPECTS, INCLUDING FOREIGNERS
Human Rights Watch said in December that hundreds of detainees held by the Iraqi Kurdish authorities in Kirkuk were feared to have been forcibly disappeared... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE FIGHTERS FLEEING SYRIA AWAIT ORDERS FOR RENEWED BATTLE
ISIS fighters are fleeing Syria and Iraq, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said in remarks in Washington last week, using an acronym for Islamic State... READ MORE›
U.S. STARTS IRAQ DRAWDOWN AFTER DECLARATION OF VICTORY OVER ISLAMIC STATE
An AP reporter at the Al-Asad base in western Iraq saw troop movements reflecting the contractors' account... READ MORE›
U.S. STARTS IRAQ DRAWDOWN AFTER DECLARATION OF VICTORY OVER IS
The contractors and the Iraqi officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations and declined to reveal the exact size of the drawdown... READ MORE›
SADDAM'S ELDEST DAUGHTER RAGHAD ON MOST WANTED LIST
The Iraqi government has placed the name of late Saddam Hussein's daughter, Raghad, on the most wanted list, together with 59 other individuals... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS OF ISIS FIGHTERS FLEE MANY TO BATTLE AGAIN
Mustafa Balli, a spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces headquarters, blamed the Turkish assault on Afrin for what he said was the Islamic State's resurgence... READ MORE›
TURKISH ARMY SUFFERS DEADLIEST DAY IN SYRIA'S AFRIN
YPG fighters targeted the Turkish army tank in Sheikh Haruz, northeast of Afrin, killing five soldiers... READ MORE›
8 TURKISH TROOPS DIE IN OFFENSIVE AGAINST KURDISH MILITIA IN SYRIA
In a statement late Saturday, the Turkish military said five soldiers were killed after their tank in Syria came under attack near Afrin... READ MORE›
RUSSIA STRIKES BACK AFTER WARPLANE IS DOWNED IN SYRIA
Hundreds killed in turkey's military campaign in syria says russia... READ MORE›
FIRST ALLEGED FOOTAGE OF RUSSIAN SU-25 JET SHOT DOWN OVER SYRIA'S IDLIB (VIDEO)
The pilot managed to eject from the aircraft and parachute down safely, but was then killed by militants on the ground, the MoD stated... READ MORE›
PILOT KILLED AFTER SYRIAN REBELS DOWN RUSSIAN WARPLANE
The violence in Idlib came as fighting raged between Turkish troops and Turkey-backed opposition gunmen with Syrian Kurdish fighters in the northern Syrian enclave of Afrin... READ MORE›
3 OF 5 SCULPTURES STOLEN FROM TEMPLE FOUND IN NEW YORK
Only a handful of more than 500 Eshmoun statues pillaged from the storerooms of Byblos citadel in 1981 have been identified and returned to Lebanon... READ MORE›
FIGHTING INTENSIFIES AS TURKEY-BACKED FORCES PUSH INTO SYRIAN KURD ENCLAVE
Turkey has mobilized some 10,000 Syrian opposition fighters to fight in its campaign against a Kurdish militant group in Afrin... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Khalaf
ISIS CAPTURES U.S.-SUPPLIED WEAPONS FROM SYRIAN REBELS
Sophisticated weapons the U.S. military secretly provided to Syrian rebels quickly fell into the hands of the Islamic State, a study released Thursday disclosed... READ MORE›
FRENCH MAGAZINE CAUSES UPROAR AFTER PUTTING ISRAEL NEXT TO N. KOREA AS 'NOT A REAL COUNTRY'
Meanwhile, North Korean statehood is itself denied by France, Japan and South Korea, which claims to be the sole legitimate government on the Korean Peninsula... READ MORE›
IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER: SAUDIS BETRAYED MUSLIM WORLD
An Israeli cabinet minister said in November that Israel had covert contacts with Saudi Arabia amid common concerns over Iran... READ MORE›
TRUMP-SALMAN IMAGE IN ALGERIA ANGERS SAUDI ARABIA
-- ????????? Smwa2l December 16, 2017 The following day, Sami bin Abdullah al-Saleh, Saudi ambassador to Algeria, voiced the Saudi's annoyance with the image, Anadolu Agency said... READ MORE›
BRITISH MAN FIGHTING ISIS IN SYRIA HAS BEEN KILLED IN RAQQA, SOURCES SAY
Oliver Hall, 24, who travelled to Syria last August, is believed to have been clearing mines with the Kurdish YPG... READ MORE›
SHE LEFT FRANCE TO FIGHT IN SYRIA. NOW SHE WANTS TO RETURN. BUT CAN SHE?
A spokesman for the Syrian Kurdish Defense Forces, Mustafa Bali, said his leadership urged all countries, European or other, to extradite their women and children... READ MORE›
TRUMP HAS SCORED SOME SUCCESSES IN FOREIGN POLICY
, descriptionText President Donald Trump delivers first speech to UN General Assembly... READ MORE›
TURKEY DEPLOYS THOUSANDS OF FSA REBELS AT SYRIA BORDER
According to estimates, there are between 8,000 to 10,000 Kurdish fighters in the Afrin area of Syria... READ MORE›
HOUTHIS TAKE OVER YEMENI CAPITAL SANAA, ANNOUNCE 'END OF CRISIS' - LOCAL MEDIA
On Monday, Yemen's embattled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi ordered his armed forces to launch a massive military offensive against Houthis in Sanaa... READ MORE›
SAUDI SISTERS WHO FLED TO TURKEY FEAR FORCED RETURN
They tried to flee to New Zealand on February 8 from Hong Kong, where they had arrived from Saudi Arabia via undocumented methods... READ MORE›
'WE PUT OUR MAN ON TOP', TRUMP SAID ON MBS, BOOK CLAIMS
Controversial book about the US president suggests close ties between Trump administration and Saudi crown prince... READ MORE›
DEADLY TWIN BLASTS ROCK CENTRAL BAGHDAD
Eight people were also killed in a suicide bombing on Sunday in the al-Tarmiyah area in northern Baghdad... READ MORE›
QUETTA CHURCH ATTACK VICTIM: WHAT PLACE IS SAFE?
Islamabad, Pakistan - No-one in the Gil family misses the weekly service at the Bethel Memorial Methodist Church, in Quetta... READ MORE›
ROUHANI: SAUDI TENSIONS WITH IRAN 'TO COVER UP DEFEATS'
Saudi Arabia accuses Iran of arming Houthi rebels in Yemen and blamed it for a missile attack north of its capital earlier in November... READ MORE›
ISIS STRATEGY: TRUMP TAKES CREDIT FOR ISIS SETBACKS
The Obama strategy was designed to support local ground forces in Iraq and Syria with coalition air power, advisers and training... READ MORE›
IRAQ'S RAPID-FIRE TRIALS SEND ALLEGED ISIS MEMBERS -- INCLUDING FOREIGNERS -- TO THE GALLOWS
The men are among hundreds of foreigners detained in Iraq on terrorism charges after the toppling of the Islamic State's self-declared caliphate... READ MORE›
CHESS FEDERATION SAYS ISRAEL EXCLUDED FROM SAUDI-HOSTED MATCH
Saudi Arabia's Center for International Communication said in a statement that more than 180 players would participate but did not immediately respond to a request for comment... READ MORE›
IRAQI-JEWISH ARCHIVE TRIGGERS 'TRAUMATIC MEMORIES'
If this collection goes to Iraq, Iraqi Jews won't have access to it for the most part... READ MORE›
GUNMEN ATTACK MILITARY TRAINING CENTRE IN KABUL
Gunmen stormed a military training centre in the Afghan capital, Kabul, triggering clashes with police... READ MORE›
'US BETRAYAL OF KURDS AN ATTEMPT TO FIX TROUBLED RELATIONS WITH TURKEY & FAILED SYRIA POLICY'
Of course, they have never been fighting against the Syrian government forces... READ MORE›
DEADLY SUICIDE BLAST HITS AFGHAN CAPITAL
At least 11 people were killed in a suicide bombing targeting security forces in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday... READ MORE›
FIVE KILLED AS ISIL BOMBER TARGETS SPY AGENCY
The attack near Abdul Haq Square comes one week after gunmen stormed a military training centre in Kabul, an assault also claimed by ISIL... READ MORE›
GERMAN OUTCRY OVER TANKS USED BY TURKEY
Turkey's president has vowed to crush the People's Protection Units YPG militia, which controls Afrin and more than 400km 250 miles of Syria's northern border... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN SAYS TURKEY WILL 'CLEAN' ENTIRE SYRIAN BORDER
More than a week into their offensive, however, Turkey and allied Syrian rebel groups have made only modest progress fighting into hilly terrain against entrenched foes... READ MORE›
OFFICIALS RAISE IRAN-IRAQ EARTHQUAKE DEATH TOLL TO AT LEAST 530
The 2003 Bam earthquake in the southern Kerman province killed at least 31,000... READ MORE›
US ACCUSES SYRIA OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS USE IN EAST GHOUTA
The United States has accused the Syrian government of using chemical weapons against its people... READ MORE›
IRAQ FORMALLY DECLARES END TO FIGHT AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE
Iraqi forces pushed back against the group city by city, finally retaking Mosul this summer... READ MORE›
IRAQ SAYS ITS WAR AGAINST IS HAS ENDED
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Iraqi forces were in full control of the countrys border... READ MORE›
CIVILIAN DEATHS IN 2017 US-LED ANTI-ISIL PUSH 'TRIPLE'
Monitor says US-led coalition fighting ISIL in Iraq and Syria killed up to 6,102 civilians in 2017... READ MORE›
IRAQI YAZIDIS ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING, KILLING CIVILIANS
A human rights organisation has accused Yazidi fighters in Iraq of forcibly kidnapping and killing 52 civilians from the Imteywit tribe earlier this year... READ MORE›