Middle East

Mosul (Iraq): U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Wednesday began a push towards the mosque in Mosul, military officials said. The forces had encircled the militant...

Erbil (Iraq): Iraq's army said it had encircled IS' stronghold in the Old City of Mosul on Tuesday after taking over an area to the north of the...

Amman/Beirut: Government air and artillery bombardments hit rebel-held areas of the Syrian city of Deraa, on the border with Jordan, on Tuesday after a...

Luxembourg: The European Union will consider sending a new security mission to help stabilise Iraq after the expected recapture of Mosul from IS, EU foreign...

Mosul/Baghdad: IS militants defended their remaining stronghold in the Old City of Mosul on Monday, moving stealthily along narrow back alleys as...

Moscow: Russia said on Monday it would treat U.S.-led coalition aircraft flying west of the River Euphrates in Syria as potential targets and track them...

Madrid: Hundreds of migrants, some of them drifting in rubber dinghies off the coast of Libya, were picked up by Spanish and Italian ships on Saturday,...

Mosul: Iraqi forces began storming the IS-held Old City of Mosul on Sunday, an assault they hope will be the last in the eight-month campaign to seize the...

Beirut: The Syrian army said it would suspend combat operations in the southern city of Deraa for 48 hours from Saturday, as mediators announced two...

Erbil: The Iraqi army and minority sect tribal fighters have dislodged IS from the Al Waleed border crossing into Syria, an Iraqi military statement said on...