The Russian Ministry of Defense says that the US-led coalition is responsible for striking mourners in the Iraqi city of Daquq on Friday, killing dozens of civilians, including women and children. The coalition jets apparently identified the mourning procession as Islamic State terrorists, said General […]
Mr. Arango, the Times Baghdad bureau chief, is reporting from villages and humanitarian aid camps near Mosul. JADAA, Iraq — The first thing Musar Abid did when he escaped the Islamic State this week was grab a razor. “I shaved this morning,” he said, smiling […]
BAGHDAD — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s push for Iraq to let Turkey play a role in the Mosul battle encountered resistance Saturday from Iraq’s prime minister, who said his country’s forces will oust Islamic State the militants from the northern city. “I know that […]
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is sending dozens of additional intelligence analysts to Iraq to pore over a trove of information that is expected to be recovered in the offensive to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State, data that could offer new clues about possible terrorist […]
By SARAH ALMUKHTAR and TIM WALLACE Raging fires and smoke marked a satellite image on Thursday of Mosul, Iraq, revealing the main thrust of the battle to retake the Islamic State stronghold. Iraqi and Kurdish forces pushed toward the city on three fronts, aided by […]
The Vatican and Egypt’s prestigious Sunni Muslim center of Al-Azhar are resuming their dialogue, at a time that Egypt under President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is pressing its campaign against Islamic extremism both at home and across the Middle East. Share: VATICAN CITY – The Vatican and […]
MOSCOW — Russia’s largest naval deployment in years raised eyebrows as the flotilla sailed past Norway through the English Channel on the way to the eastern Mediterranean Sea to support Moscow’s air campaign in Syria. The British Royal Navy shadowed the Russian fleet Friday as […]
Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea expressed optimism over the latest developments witnessed on the local political scene, stating that the presidential vacuum will come to an end with a president “made in Lebanon.” Following his meeting with MP Michel Aoun in Rabieh in the presence […]
NNA – There will be a president of the Lebanese republic on October 31, and the new Prime Minister is Saad Hariri, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea indicated following talks with the former premier at Bayt-al-Wasssat on Friday. “I hope an agreement would be reached […]
HASSAN SHAM, KURDISTAN IRAQ — Islamic State militants launched an assault Friday on the northern oil city of Kirkuk, drawing troops and resources away from the battle toward Mosul as Iraqi and Kurdish peshmerga forces continue to move in on the country’s second-largest city. A […]
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