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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›
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›
INTENSE BATTLES CONTINUE IN NORTHERN SYRIA AS ACCESS TO AID WORSENS FOR CIVILIANS
Turkey has mobilized some 10,000 Syrian opposition fighters to fight in its campaign against a Kurdish militant group in Afrin... READ MORE›
SYRIAN FORCES MAKE GAINS AS TURKEY CONTINUES SPAT WITH NATO ALLY FRANCE
Syrian government forces have pushed into an opposition stronghold, as Turkish troops and allied Syrian fighters battle Kurdish militants in a nearby area... READ MORE›
FRANCE 'WILL INTERVENE' IF JIHADIST NATIONALS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MIDDLE EAST
France has said it will intervene if its nationals are sentenced to death in Iraq or Syria for belonging to jihadist groups... READ MORE›
ARISTOCRATIC RELATIVE OF JOHN PROFUMO SAYS FIGHTING TURKISH ARMY IN SYRIA WILL MAKE HIM 'BLACK SHEEP'
As the great nephew of John Profumo, it is hard to imagine what one could do to become the black sheep of the family... 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›
TILLERSON SEEKS TO SHOW 'AMERICA FIRST' ISN'T AMERICA ALONE
Along the way, he also accused Russia of responsibility for chemical weapons attacks in Syria and chastised Turkey for attacking U.S.-backed Kurd forces there... READ MORE›
US SENDS MIXED SIGNALS AFTER TURKISH MOVE ON SYRIAN KURDS
US sends mixed signals after Turkish move on Syrian Kurds... READ MORE›
RUSSIA ACCUSES US OF TRYING TO DERAIL SYRIA PEACE INITIATIVE
He renewed a threat to extend the offensive east to the city of Manbij, which is also under the control of US-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters... READ MORE›
AFRIN VIOLENCE KILLS DOZENS ON BOTH SIDES
Observatory Director Rami Abdulrahman said 48 Turkey-backed Syrian fighters with Free Syrian Army groups had been killed... READ MORE›
SYRIA AIR STRIKES 'KILL 150 IS MILITANTS'
The US-led coalition against the jihadist group Islamic State IS says it has killed up to 150 militants in air strikes on a headquarters in Syria... READ MORE›
GERMAN POLITICIANS DECRY ARMS SALES TO TURKEY AMID ONGOING OPERATION AGAINST SYRIAN KURDS
German politicians decry arms sales to Turkey amid ongoing operation against Syrian Kurds -- RT World News... 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›
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›
TURKEY SEES BETRAYAL AS US BACKS SYRIAN KURDS
Led and endured with huge losses by US-backed Syrian Kurds... READ MORE›
GERMAN WOMAN TO BECOME FIRST EUROPEAN FEMALE EXECUTED IN IRAQ FOR BELONGING TO ISIL
In September 2017, a Baghdad court sentenced to death by hanging a Russian man who was captured in Mosul and found guilty of fighting for Isil... 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›
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›
RUSSIA'S WORLD CUP LIKELY TARGET FOR ISLAMIC STATE
Russia's World Cup likely target for Islamic State US analysis firm... READ MORE›
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE GIANT U.S. EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD?
But it's still cheaper than the U.S. embassy complexes in Kabul, Afghanistan and Baghdad, Iraq... 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›
SYRIA KURDISH PARTY APPEALS TO WORLD AGAINST TURKISH THREATS
BEIRUT AP -- Syria's dominant Kurdish party is appealing on the international community to help ensure the security of a Syrian Kurdish enclave threatened by Turkey... READ MORE›
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IRAN-IRAQ EARTHQUAKE DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO MORE THAN 400
More than 70,000 people were in need of emergency shelter, the Iranian Red Crescent said... READ MORE›
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›
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›
GIRLS IN IRAQ 'COULD BE MARRIED AT NINE' IF DRAFT LAW IS APPROVED
The proposal is part of a draft law recently approved by 40 MPs that would see the restoration of religious courts, says Equality Now EN ... 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›
AT LEAST 445 KILLED AS HUGE EARTHQUAKE HITS IRAN-IRAQ BORDER
Iran's English-language Press TV said at least 450 people were killed and 7,000 were injured, while the semi-official Tasnim agency put the total at 445 killed and 7,370 injured... READ MORE›
TRUMP HAS SCORED SOME SUCCESSES IN FOREIGN POLICY
, descriptionText President Donald Trump delivers first speech to UN General Assembly... 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›
SAUDI-IRAN PROXY WARS: IN PURSUIT OF REGIONAL HEGEMONY
How does Saudi Arabia advance Sunnis by humiliating the Sunnis of Lebanon?... 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›
IRAN-IRAQ QUAKE A SUDDEN WAVE OF DEATH
READ MORE Iran-Iraq earthquake What happened and why Fatemeh said people were screaming and wailing in the streets following the major temblor... 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›
NASRALLAH REJECTS ARAB LEAGUE STATEMENT ON HEZBOLLAH
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has rejected claims made by Arab foreign ministers that the Lebanese group is arming rebels in Yemen... 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›
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›
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›
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›
IRAQ 'CHILD MARRIAGE' BILL PROPOSES TO SCRAP MINIMUM AGE
Conservative Shiite deputies on October 31 proposed an amendment to a 1959 law that set the minimum age for marriage at 18... READ MORE›