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'DISTURBING REPORTS' OF CIVILIAN DEATHS IN SYRIA'S AFRIN
Turkey's military operation has displaced tens of thousands from Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin, UN official says... READ MORE›
UN: WAR CRIMES LIKELY COMMITTED IN SYRIA'S EASTERN GHOUTA
Hussein said civilians were being pounded into submission or death in the Syrian government offensive and that aid was being prevented from entering the area... READ MORE›
SYRIAN OBSERVATORY: TURKISH JETS ATTACK PRO-GOVERNMENT FORCES IN AFRIN
Despite making slow progress at first, the offensive has gained control over all Afrin's border areas adjoining Turkey... READ MORE›
RUSSIA VETOES UN RESOLUTION LINKING IRAN WITH TERROR ACTIVITIES IN YEMEN
In November, a ballistic missile fired from Yemen came close to hitting the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh... READ MORE›
INTERNATIONAL OPEN LETTER CALLS FOR END TO 'SYRIAN GENOCIDE'
The Syrian military, with support from Russian warplanes, is currently battering the besieged Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta... READ MORE›
RUSSIA-SPONSORED TRUCE BEGINS IN SYRIA'S EASTERN GHOUTA
A five-hour truce comes into effect in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, after intense government bombardment kills more than 550... READ MORE›
KURDISH SYRIAN EX-LEADER SALIH MUSLIM ARRESTED IN PRAGUE
The arrest came after Turkey called on the Czech Republic to arrest the former co-leader and sent warrants for his arrest to Prague, Turkish officials said... READ MORE›
SYRIAN KURDISH LEADER ARRESTED IN PRAGUE
Syrian Kurdish leader Saleh Muslim was arrested in Prague at the behest of Turkey, the main Kurdish-led political coalition said on Sunday... READ MORE›
DO WESTERNERS FIGHTING WITH SYRIA'S KURDS POSE A THREAT BACK HOME? (PART 2)
Hundreds of foreign nationals are fighting in Afrin to defend the Kurdish revolution in northern Syria... READ MORE›
WOMEN ARE FREE AND ARMED IN KURDISH-CONTROLLED NORTHERN SYRIA
Women Are Free, and Armed, in Kurdish-Controlled Northern Syria... READ MORE›
REFUGEE RETURNS EXPECTED AFTER AFRIN OPERATION
We know that many Syrian refugees in Turkey want to return home if a secure environment is established in their region of origin... READ MORE›
'PAINFULLY UNPRODUCTIVE': PLENTY OF TENSION, AND LITTLE PROGRESS ON MIDEAST AT MUNICH GATHERING
Representatives from Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Israel, Qatar and Lebanon entered the live-streamed fray... READ MORE›
CONFESSED KILLER IN DEADLY SWEDEN TRUCK RAMPAGE CLAIMS HE ACTED ON BEHALF OF ISLAMIC STATE
IS proclaimed an Islamic caliphate in parts of Syria and Iraq but has been largely crushed by U.S.-backed coalition forces over recent months... READ MORE›
PRO-GOVERNMENT FIGHTERS MOVE INTO SYRIA'S AFRIN
Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey's foreign minister, said on Monday his military would hit back if pro-Syrian forces intervened in Afrin to help the YPG... READ MORE›
IRAQ TO DEPORT FRENCH FEMALE JIHADIST AFTER SENTENCE SERVED
Melina Bougedir, 27, was arrested last summer in former Islamic State group stronghold Mosul with her four children, three of whom have already been repatriated to France... READ MORE›
KURDISH SYRIA WHERE THE FALLEN FIND FAME
KOBANI, Syria -- Soldiers wear pictures of them on their shoulder patches... READ MORE›
ISIL CLAIMS ATTACK ON PRO-GOVERNMENT MILITIA IN IRAQ
The killings raise questions about the continued presence of ISIL fighters in Iraq after Baghdad declared victory in its fight against the armed group in December... READ MORE›
TURKEY SUSPECTED OF USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST SYRIA, ISSUES DENIAL
Syrian doctors claimed that they saw evidence of a gas attack carried out by Turkish forces, but Turkey has denied the use of chemical weapons... READ MORE›
12 ISIL WIDOWS SENTENCED TO DEATH LIFE BY IRAQI COURT
A dozen foreign women who joined ISIL husbands while fighting in Iraq sentenced by a court in Baghdad... READ MORE›
IRAN DENIES 'HEGEMON' PLANS, DENOUNCES SAUDI AND ISRAEL
The Saudis are now on the side of the Israelis, trying to somewhat gather support, especially in Washington, DC, for a potential preliminary attack against Iran... READ MORE›
MEET AMERICAS SYRIAN ALLIES WHO HELPED DEFEAT ISIS
Mr. Muhammad said he has fought alongside the Americans throughout northern Syria, on at least 13 battlefields... READ MORE›
FLASH-FLOODING IN BAGHDAD, BASKING IN THE SUN IN RIYADH
Sunday looks persistently windy throughout eastern Turkey and Cyprus, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Iraq and northern Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›
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›
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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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›