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GENEVA — A senior U.N. official says humanitarian agencies will take advantage of a 72-hour cease-fire in Yemen to rush life-saving aid to tens of thousands of people in areas that have been cut off by the conflict for a long time. The cease-fire is […]

There are signs that leaders from self-styled Islamic State (IS) have fled Mosul as Iraqi forces close in on the city, the US military says. “Make no doubt the Iraqi security forces have the momentum,” Gen Gary Volesky said. The Iraqi army has been moving […]

The general running the coalition’s ground campaign in Iraq is urging Iraqi forces fighting for Mosul not to “go so fast that they start to give opportunity to the enemy.” “I’m not telling the Iraqis not to rush to Mosul. I’m telling them, ‘You’ve got […]

UN rights experts blasted Saudi Arabia for severely punishing children, including sentencing minors to death, in a report of their review of the country’s compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. They also called the oil-rich monarchy out for systemic discrimination […]

Found guilty of murder three years ago, a Saudi prince has been executed, according to the country’s Ministry of Interior. A statement released by the ministry claims that Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabir has been executed, stressing “King Salman’s keenness on enforcement of security, justice […]

Despite pledges that the more than 6,000 US troops currently in Iraq are non-combat only and presumably safe, American forward air controllers and other special advisors helping Iraqi forces in the battle to retake Mosul are most certainly at risk. US special operations forces known […]

Seven-year-old Bana Al Alabed tweeted that the city of Aleppo was quiet Tuesday in the wake of overnight bombing by Syrian and Russian forces. The lull in airstrikes gave her the chance to step outdoors and enjoy some early autumn rain. With the help of […]

Aid agencies in Iraq are bracing for a humanitarian catastrophe, as the assault on the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul gets under way. Up to a million civilians are expected to flee the fighting, adding to the already desperate refugee situation. The director of healthcare […]

BADANA, Iraq (AP) — This farming village east of Mosul was turned into a bunker during more than two years of Islamic State rule: A network of tunnels and cramped living quarters betrays an extremist group increasingly forced to operate underground by a punishing air […]