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The German government Wednesday announced its forces in Iraq will stay in the Middle East country until October at the request of the Iraqi counterpart, reports say. The forces, 500, will remain in Iraq until the end of October, to Read more
The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), on the basis of accurate information provided by the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), foiled in the early hours of Wednesday an imminent terrorist plan following the dismantling of an extremist cell Read more
Eight Egypt soldiers were injured and killed in a counter-terrorism operations Sunday in Sinai province, reports citing the army. The fatalities and injuries occurred during clashes with militants loyal to the Daesh group operate, in the northern Sinai. The army Read more
The US State Department spokeswoman Thursday placated Turkey as she referred to Kurdish militia YPG in Afrin in Northern Syria as Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a group blacklisted by Turkey and European countries and the US as terrorist. Ankara Saturday Read more
Top US diplomat Sunday in Riyadh invited Iran-backed militia, which have been fighting the Islamic State group (IS) alongside the Iraqi army, to go back home now that the terror group is almost defeated. Tillerson at a joint press conference Read more
Authorities in eastern province of Elazig announced Friday local police have arrested 22 members of the Islamic State group (IS) in coordinated raids. The suspect terrorists, all of them men, were arrested in the city of Elazig, the province governor’s Read more
A Shia militia battling on the side of the Iraqi army against the Islamic State (ISIS) has blamed the US-led coalition of shelling its fighters near the Syrian border – a blame the US has rejected. Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada militia, Read more
Kuwait confirmed it would host during the first quarter of next year a donor conference on the reconstruction of areas liberated from the Islamic State group (ISIS) in Iraq. The confirmation was made by the country’s deputy foreign minister Khaled Read more
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the explosion that brought down the famous leaning minaret at Mosul’s mosque where al-Baghdadi announced the establishment of the Islamic Caliphate in June 2014 marks the official victory over the extremist group. “Daesh’s bombing Read more
The Iranian supreme leader Sunday told a gathering of officials that Europe is reaping what it sowed in the Middle East in reference to the string of terror attacks claimed by the Islamic State group (IS). “Today, Daesh (IS) is Read more