Residents of Mosul said Islamic State was using civilians as human shields as Iraqi and Kurdish forces captured outlying villages in their advance on the jihadists’ stronghold. The leader of Islamic State was reported to be among thousands of hardline militants still in the city, […]
Yemen’s Houthi-run administration welcomed a 72-hour ceasefire starting on Wednesday intended to allow aid to reach areas cut off by months of fighting and in dire humanitarian need. In its first statement on the truce, a governing council composed of the Iranian-allied Houthi group and […]
In June 2014, ISIS stunned the world by seizing Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city. It was touted as proof that this group was a new kind of terrorist threat — one that could take and hold territory. Shortly afterward, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared his […]
Daesh militants are taking heavy casualties as the Iraqi military and its allies continue their implacable advance on the city of Mosul. Iraq’s elite counter-terrorism forces prepare for an operation to re-take the Islamic State-held City of Mosul, outside Irbil, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 […]
Iraqi and Kurdish forces and US-led coalition forces have begun their assault on the Daesh-held city of Mosul in northern Iraq. Geopolitics expert Semyon Bagdasarov suggests that the White House is anxious to capture the city ahead of presidential elections next month, to demonstrate the […]
Kurdish leaders reported some initial success as Iraqi forces launched a long-anticipated ground offensive Monday to retake the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants. Since 6:00 a.m. local time, “200 square kilometers have been liberated” from Islamic State, according to Kurdish President Masoud […]
Russian and Syrian armed forces are preparing for an 8-hour “humanitarian pause” in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Thursday, the Russian defense ministry said. Speaking to reporters Monday in Moscow, Lieutenant-General Sergei Rudskoi said Russian and Syrian forces will halt their fighting in the […]
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the EU is not considering sanctioning Russia over its actions in Syria. “This has not been proposed by any member state,” she told reporters Monday in Luxembourg. Mogherini said there are discussions about sanctions against members of […]
The Islamic State forced the world to take notice when the extremist group overran Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq, in June 2014. Just months earlier, President Obama had described ISIS as “the JV team.” But by August 2014, the U.S. was bombing ISIS […]
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels have captured the symbolically important northern Syrian village of Dabiq from Islamic State militants. The seizure of the village, 10 kilometers from the Turkish border, was announced by Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu as he met with U.S. Secretary of State John […]
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