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IRAQI FORCES CLOSE IN ON TIGRIS IN ISLAMIC STATE STRONGHOLD MOSUL
This is a very important factor, thanks to which Daesh Islamic State has not been able to move its fighters... READ MORE›
DAESH CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR NEW YEAR'S ATTACK ON ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB
Turkey's jets regularly bomb the group in the northern Syrian town of Al-Bab... READ MORE›
HOW TRUMPS AMERICA FIRST FOREIGN POLICY COULD BREAK FROM OBAMAS APPROACH
Donald Trump has derided some of the same international partnerships Barack Obama has promoted and has challenged Obama's focus on multilateralism... READ MORE›
'ERDOGAN'S ACCUSATIONS OF US SUPPORTING TERRORISTS A PARTING SHOT FOR OBAMA'
Michael Maloof, a security analyst and former Pentagon official, told RT that the US still supports ISIS to topple Syrian President Assad... READ MORE›
TURKEY AND RUSSIA 'AGREE TERMS OF SYRIA CEASEFIRE'
Astana, the Kazakh capital, staged Syrian peace talks in 2015, but critics said they excluded most of the mainstream opposition and so were largely pointless... READ MORE›
MASS GRAVES FOUND IN ALEPPO, BODIES SHOWED SIGNS OF TORTURE, RUSSIAN OFFICIAL SAYS
The Russian Air Force has helped Syrian President Bashar Assad and its allies to capture Aleppo, Syria's largest city, after weeks of a siege... READ MORE›
FAKE NEWS LEADS TO NUCLEAR THREAT FROM PAKISTAN TO ISRAEL
Now it seems that another fake news story has prompted the defense minister of Pakistan to threaten to go nuclear... READ MORE›
FAKE NEWS PROMPTS NUCLEAR THREAT FROM PAKISTANI MINISTER TO ISRAEL
Now it seems that another fake news story has prompted the defense minister of Pakistan to threaten to go nuclear... READ MORE›
DAESH-LINKED NEWS AGENCY RELEASES VIDEO OF BERLIN SUSPECT SWEARING ALLEGIANCE TO THE RADICAL GROUP
Tunisian suspect Anis Amri was killed in an early-morning shootout with police Friday in Milan... READ MORE›
FINAL ALEPPO EVACUATIONS UNDERWAY AS NORTHERN SYRIA DIGS OUT FROM HEAVY SNOW
The evacuations were set in motion last week after Syria's opposition agreed to surrender its last footholds in eastern Aleppo... READ MORE›
'THE JOURNEY IS NOT YET OVER'
Volunteers who worked with the Calais refugee children are more worried about those who remain in France, waiting for a decision on their future... READ MORE›
DAESH CLAIMS DEADLY JORDAN ATTACK THAT KILLED CANADIAN
Seven members of the Jordanian security forces, two local bystanders and the Canadian tourist were killed in the attacks which also left 34 people wounded... READ MORE›
'LOVELY' CANADIAN TOURIST AMONG THOSE SLAIN IN JORDAN ATTACKS
Earlier this year, Jordanian security forces engaged in a deadly shootout with suspected Daesh sympathizers in a northern Jordanian town... READ MORE›
ALEPPO'S FALL TO SYRIAN TROOPS WILL TEST TRUMP'S STANCE WITH RUSSIA
Indeed, Trump was already trying to portray Tillerson's connections with Russia as a plus... READ MORE›
ASSAD ACCUSES WEST OF SEEKING ALEPPO CEASEFIRE TO SAVE 'THE TERRORISTS'
Mohammed Abu Jaafar, head of forensics in eastern Aleppo, said eastern Aleppo residents felt duped... READ MORE›
12 LESSONS FROM DONALD TRUMP'S EVENTFUL TRANSITION
Next Monday, barring some world-historical shock, the electors will officially choose Trump as America's 45th leader... READ MORE›
RUSSIA GUILTY OF 'CONSTANT LIES' OVER ALEPPO, FRANCE SAYS
Japan protests over china's complaint about fighter jets... READ MORE›
DAESH RECAPTURES ANCIENT CITY OF PALMYRA FROM SYRIAN TROOPS
Daesh militants re-entered the city Saturday for the first time since they were expelled by Syrian and Russian forces amid much fanfare nine months ago... READ MORE›
PENTAGON SAYS IS GROUP SUFFERING FROM FEWER FIGHTERS AND RESOURCES
Airwars, a London-based collective of journalists and researchers, uses local sources, photographs and media accounts to keep a detailed list of every known coalition air strike... READ MORE›
IRAQI ARMY DENIES BOMBING CIVILIANS IN ISIL-HELD QAIM
Military claims air strikes killed ISIL foreign fighters, accusing media and politicians of aiding propaganda effort... READ MORE›
BRITISH SPY CHIEF SAYS IS PLOTTING ATTACKS AS RUSSIA MAKES 'DESERT' OF SYRIA
Islamic State group militants in Syria are plotting attacks against the United Kingdom and her allies as Russia tries to destroy President Bashar Assad's o... READ MORE›
IRAQI ARMY MISTAKENLY BOMBS CIVILIANS IN ISIL-HELD CITY
Iraqi air force kills at least 52 civilians waiting for salaries in western city of al-Qaim with dozens of others hurt... READ MORE›
LIBYAN TROOPS CLEARING SIRTE OF REMAINING ISIL FIGHTERS
Even in Tripoli, the unity government's rule is far from secure, with a third rival administration backed by hardline armed groups recently attempting a comeback... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE RETREAT REVEALS TERROR PLOTS AGAINST EUROPE
Maj Gen Jones said I am absolutely certain that an extraordinary amount of intelligence will come out of Mosul... READ MORE›
THE FIVE BIGGEST CONFLICTS OF INTEREST LOOMING OVER THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY
The Trump Organization lists six other hotels in the U.S. on its website... READ MORE›
ARAB-KURD TENSIONS SIMMER IN SHADOW OF MOSUL CAMPAIGN
The Kurdistan Regional Government has changed course, declaring its commitment to Baghdad to retreat from territory that Kurdish forces have taken from ISIL... READ MORE›
IRAQ HOME OF LARGEST RALLY AGAINST TERROR IN THE WORLD
There are worse stands than that made in Karbala on Arbaeen... READ MORE›
TALK RADIO STATION BROADCASTS EMOTIONAL VOICES OF IRAQIS TRAPPED BY ISIS IN MOSUL
Mohammad said that after watching how the Islamic State operated, he decided that Mosul needed an alternative radio station... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES STRUGGLE TO TELL FRIEND FROM FOE IN MOSUL STREET BATTLE
A commercial drone circling overhead drew gunfire from troops unsure if it belonged to Islamic State or the Iraqi military... READ MORE›
IRAQI SPECIAL FORCES SEIZE MOSUL DISTRICT IN FRESH PUSH
One departing person said they had permission from Islamic State and no one will stop us on the road from Mosul to Raqqa ... READ MORE›
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AMPUTEE SOLDIER'S MUSLIM FACEBOOK POST GOES VIRAL
Chris Herbert, who served in the British Army in Basra, Iraq, lost his right leg when a bomb went off next to his Land Rover in 2007... READ MORE›
OPERATION TO RETAKE IRAQI CITY FROM IS 'BEGINS'
A military operation to recapture the Iraqi city of Mosul from so-called Islamic State IS has begun, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says... READ MORE›
'COINCIDENCE ISIS LAUNCHED OFFENSIVE STRAIGHT AFTER US STRIKE ON SYRIAN TROOPS?'
The US coalition carried out airstrikes on the Syrian Army near the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor on Saturday... READ MORE›
ISIS LEADERS 'ACCEPTING DEFEAT IN MOSUL AND RAQQA AND ENCOURAGING RECRUITS TO COMMIT TERROR IN EUROPE'
I think that was the case with most of the other European countries as well, said Rachid... READ MORE›
FOR THE 'CHILDREN OF ISIS,' TARGET PRACTICE STARTS AT AGE 6. BY THEIR TEENS, THEY'RE READY TO BE SUICIDE BOMBERS.
But there are times, she said, when Taim is overcome with dread, convinced that the Islamic State will never relinquish its hold on him... READ MORE›
ARAB ALLIES SLIP AWAY AS US AIR WAR ON ISIS INTENSIFIES
They have conducted a smattering of strikes in Syria, but have reserved most of their firepower for Islamic State targets in Iraq... READ MORE›
PARIS ATTACKS WHAT DOES DAESH MEAN AND WHY DOES ISIS HATE IT
It is a term that most Arab states and many European governments use to refer to the Islamic State or ISIS... READ MORE›
BATTLE FOR MOSUL: TURKEY CONFIRMS MILITARY INVOLVEMENT
Turkey has troops at the base in Bashiqa, north of Mosul, where they have been helping to train Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga and Sunni fighters... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE USING HOSTAGES AS HUMAN SHIELDS IN MOSUL
Iraqi and kurdish forces close in on mosul after making quick gains... READ MORE›
'THEY KNEW THE EXACT TIME AND THE EXACT PLACE'
Vladimir Putin accuses US of leaking flight path of jet to Turkey... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDS CLAIM CAPTURE OF TOWN IN ADVANCE ON MOSUL
Masoud Barzani, President of the Iraqi Kurdish region, told U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter that the Kurds had succeeded in liberating Bashiqa from Islamic State... READ MORE›
BLAST KILLS AT LEAST 80 DURING PEACEFUL PROTEST IN KABUL
A former foreign correspondent based in New Delhi and Kabul, she reports periodically from Afghanistan and other trouble spots overseas... READ MORE›
WASHINGTON'S GAME OF GOOD TERRORISTS VS BAD TERRORISTS
It is an organization that shares Washington's objective of overthrowing the Syrian government, led by Bashar al-Assad... READ MORE›
JOINT IRAQI FORCES POISED TO ENTER MOSUL TO FIGHT ISIL
He said troops asked villagers to stay in their homes as Iraqi forces moved through the streets... READ MORE›
BRITAIN CARRIES OUT FIRST SYRIA AIRSTRIKES AFTER MPS APPROVE ACTION AGAINST ISIS
Britain has carried out its first airstrikes in Syria, hours after MPs voted overwhelmingly to authorise military action... READ MORE›
WHY THE INTERNET IS PUTTING RUBBER DUCKS ON HEADS OF ISIL FIGHTERS
Since then, many Photoshop masters have been busy putting the heads of rubber ducks onto images featuring Isil fighters... READ MORE›
'EPIC IN SCALE, INCONCEIVABLE UNTIL YOU WITNESS IT'
People are being slaughtered in Syria and no one knows why... READ MORE›
US IS REASONABLY CERTAIN AIRSTRIKE KILLED JIHADI JOHN
The Pentagon said on Friday that it was reasonably certain that an American airstrike killed Mohammed Emwazi, the Islamic State's most notorious executioner... READ MORE›
'DEMAGOGUES AND CHEATS': UN RIGHTS CHIEF CONDEMNS TRUMP AND WILDERS
Speaking in The Hague, Zeid Raad al-Hussein said he was a Muslim whose role was to defend and promote the human rights of each individual, everywhere ... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP SAID 52 FALSE THINGS LAST WEEK
Some of the false claims were wildly absurd statements... READ MORE›
IRAQI ARMY FIGHTING TO REACH SITE OF ISIL EXECUTIONS
Killings meant to terrorise as fighters accused of surrounding themselves with civilians in Hamam al-Alil village... READ MORE›
HILARY BENN COMPARED TO HITLER BY PRO-JEREMY CORBYN UNION LEADER
Benn told the Commons in December Western military action against Isis was similar to the fight against Franco in the 1930s... READ MORE›
UN'S HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF COMPARES 'DEMAGOGUES' DONALD TRUMP, NIGEL FARAGE AND GEERT WILDERS TO ISIS
The UN's human rights chief has compared controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders to Donald Trump, Nigel Farage and Isis, in a hard-hitting speech at The Hague... READ MORE›
41 DEAD AFTER SUICIDE BOMBERS STRIKE ATATURK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN TURKEY
Istanbul airport attack 41 dead after suicide bombers strike Ataturk International airport in Turkey... READ MORE›
LOOTED IRAQ MUSEUM OPENS 12 YEARS ON
Abc online iraq's looted national museum reopens in baghdad after being closed for nearly 12 years 15 hrs ago... READ MORE›
OBAMA ORDERS US SPECIAL FORCES TO 'ASSIST' FIGHT AGAINST ISIS IN SYRIA
The move came as diplomats worked in Vienna to restart talks on a political transition that would remove Syrian president Bashar al-Assad... READ MORE›
PARIS ATTACKS: FIVE THINGS THE WORLD MUST DO IN RESPONSE
Daesh occupies a large area of Iraq and Syria, which it calls a caliphate... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA SAYS THERE IS 'NO FUTURE' FOR ASSAD IN SYRIA
Laurent Fabius, France's foreign minister, derided Russian claims to be leading the anti-terrorist campaign in Syria, as media strikes rather than real strikes ... READ MORE›
THIRD RUSSIAN AIR STRIKE ON SYRIAN REBEL GROUP KILLS LEADER
FSA groups, often led by former Syrian army officers, have widely been eclipsed by jihadists including the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front and Islamic State... READ MORE›
FLEE OR STAY FOR MOSUL RESIDENTS BOTH CHOICES ARE RISKY
Families and aid workers worry that the Islamic State will use civilians as human shields, as they did earlier this year in the fight for Falluja... READ MORE›
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KURDISH-LED FORCE ANNOUNCES START OF OPERATION TO RECLAIM RAQQA FROM ISIS
Over the summer, Turkish forces intervened in northern Syria, targeting Islamic State militants but also acting as a curb to Kurdish territorial ambitions in the country... READ MORE›
RAQQA ATTACK AGAINST ISIL NEEDS TO START SOON
Tensions between the Kurds and Turkey may also be slowing operations against the Islamic State in Syria... READ MORE›
SYRIA'S CIVIL WAR IS A MELEE OF FIGHTING FACTIONS AND ALLIES
Allies include Saudi Arabia and Turkey Enemies include Assad, Iran, Syrian Democratic Forces and the Islamic State... READ MORE›
PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT OF ISLAMIC STATE ATTACKS ON WEST KILLED IN SYRIA
The Islamic State group's spokesman and chief strategist, who laid out the blueprint for the extremist group's attacks against the West, has been killed wh... READ MORE›
ISIS SAYS GROUP'S SPOKESMAN AND CHIEF STRATEGIST KILLED IN SYRIA
Al-Adnani is a Syrian who was born in the northern province of Idlib and is believed to be in his late 30s... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE GROUP SAYS SPOKESMAN KILLED IN SYRIA
Al-Adnani is a Syrian who was born in the northern province of Idlib and is believed to be in his late 30s... READ MORE›
SENIOR IS-LEADER ADNANI 'KILLED IN SYRIA'
Islamic State holds territory in the province of Aleppo, but not in the city where rebels are fighting Syrian government forces... READ MORE›
U.S.-BACKED SYRIAN FORCES GAVE DEFEATED ISIL MILITANTS SAFE PASSAGE
Roughly 2,000 Islamic State militants were killed by airstrikes alone in the three-month Manbij offensive, according to the U.S. official... READ MORE›
SYRIANS LIFT VEILS AND CUT BEARDS AFTER BEING LIBERATED FROM ISLAMIC STATE RULE
Manbij, located between Kobane and Aleppo, was ruled by the Islamic State group for about two years... READ MORE›
TALLY OF BRITONS JOINING ISIS AND SIMILAR GROUPS ABROAD GROWN TO 850
She left Scotland in November 2013, apparently informing her family only that she was about to enter Syria from Turkey... READ MORE›
AMID SERIES OF HIGH-PROFILE ISLAMIC STATE ATTACKS, THE ONLY RED LINES LEFT ARE DRAWN IN BLOOD
The nature of the attacks and their apparently coordinated timing suggested the Islamic State group could be to blame, although no one claimed responsibility... READ MORE›
U.S.-BACKED SYRIAN FIGHTERS FIND TROVE OF ISLAMIC STATE PAPERS, DIGITAL DEVICES, TUNNEL NETWORK
Their goal was to cut Islamic State military supply lines in the Euphrates Valley between Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›