American global intelligence company Stratfor published a report on the advances of the Iraqi coalition near the Iraqi city of Mosul. Two US military Black Hawk helicopters take off from its compound in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul (file photo) © AFP 2016/ Mauricio […]
The northern Iraqi city of Mosul, currently occupied by Daesh terrorist group will need to feel the effect of political reforms in order to heal after its liberation from Daesh, experts told Sputnik on Friday. Iraqi security forces gather in Qayara, south of Mosul, to […]
Helgurt Hikmet, the Press Secretary of the Ministry of Peshmerga in the Iraqi Kurdistan region, spoke to Sputnik about the situation in Mosul and involvement of thousands of Peshmerga soldiers in the fight against Daesh. Iraq’s elite counter-terrorism forces prepare for an operation to re-take […]
As the US-led coalition rushes to free the Iraqi city of Mosul from Daesh, the jihadists are said to be preparing to use civilian residents as human shields against advancing forces. Peshmerga forces near Mosul, Iraq © Sputnik/ Hikmet Durgun ‘Thousands of Peshmerga Fighters Involved […]
The so-called Islamic State (IS) group is “a brutal opponent” in the fight for Mosul, the head of coalition forces for Iraq and Syria has told the BBC. US Lt Gen Stephen Townsend was speaking on the sidelines of the battle to retake the Iraqi […]
Russia and Syria have temporarily halted airstrikes on the beleaguered eastern part of Aleppo, the part of the city controlled by the rebels. Instead, Aleppo has been showered with leaflets that urge rebel fighters and civilians to flee. Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Thursday […]
UNITED NATIONS — The international community Thursday stepped up pressure on Syria and its allies to end the bombing of eastern Aleppo and allow aid workers in and civilians out of the besieged city. At an informal meeting of the U.N. General Assembly called by […]
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s major Christian political parties participated Wednesday in a rare legislative session – the first to be convened in almost a year – in a bid to ease tensions with Speaker Nabih Berri over the presidential elections. Berri announced Tuesday that the Amal Movement’s […]
MOSCOW: The Russian military said a U.S.-led coalition airstrike on a Syrian village in the province of Aleppo has killed six civilians. The military’s Reconciliation Center in Syria said Tuesday’s strike on the village of Hassajek also wounded four people and destroyed two houses. Russian […]
AL-HUD, Iraq (AP) — The mutilated bodies of Islamic State group fighters were still strewn on the ground of this northern Iraqi town on Wednesday. One was burned. Another’s face was flattened by abuse. Iraqi troops on the march toward Mosul moved into al-Hud a […]
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