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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

SIRTE, LIBYA — Sheltering in tunnels, improvised bunkers and rooms fortified by sand-filled fridges, Islamic State is holding out in the Libyan city of Sirte, defending itself with snipers, booby-traps and car bombs against pro-government forces. After a six-month campaign of often fierce street fighting, […]

The United Nations was forced to postpone planned medical evacuations in the eastern part of the ancient city of Aleppo Friday because security assurances were not given by groups fighting in the city. “Medical evacuations of sick and injured could unfortunately not begin this morning […]

The Iraqi Army and Kurdish Peshmerga forces are bracing for a major offensive aimed to liberate Mosul, the main Daesh stronghold in Iraq. However, the operation may put at risk the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians residing in the city. Iraqi security forces […]

Said Mamuzini, the representative of the Arab Democratic Party of Kurdistan (KDP), spoke to Sputnik about the military operation underway in Mosul, saying that amid the military offensive, Daesh terrorists are fleeing the region with their families. Iraqi forces deploy in the area of al-Shourah, […]

The Iraqi forces are making an unexpectedly fast progress toward the Iraqi city of Mosul to free it from Daesh terrorists, the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi’s spokesman said Wednesday. CAIRO (Sputnik) — On October 17, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi announced the start of […]

US-led coalition’s focus on the liberation of Iraqi Mosul may be explained by the approaching US presidential elections, Soheib Ahmad Kakeh Mahmoud, a journalist from the Kurdish News Network in Iraqi Kurdistan told Sputnik. Iraqi security forces advance in Qayara, south of Mosul, to attack […]