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Iraqi forces supported by the US-led international coalition have moved to the final assault on Mosul as the forces try to retake the town from terrorists still staging resistance. The operation, which started in October last year, is edging towards Read more
Turkey’s National Security Council has officially announced the end of its Euphrates Shield military operation into Syria and deemed it “successfully completed” in accomplishing the mission of “preventing the threat from Daesh and (enabling the) return of Syrian refugees to Read more
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is in Iraq to “focus on the dire humanitarian situation on the ground” as the war against the extremist Islamic State group intensifies in Mosul. He said that the protection of civilians should be the Read more
The UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Presidency Council (PC) have slammed the creation of the Libyan National Guard (LNG) purportedly by the Government of National Salvation (GNS) as a move “to lead the capital into bloody armed Read more
Lieutenant General Abdul Ghani Al Assadi is hopeful that taking over the western side of Mosul will not be as difficult as the eastern part. It took the Iraqi army and its allies three months to take over almost all Read more
Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif warned Israel that they have nuclear power and would use it on the Jewish state after a news agency quoted former Israeli Defense Minister Yaalon stressing that “if Pakistan send [sic] ground troops into Read more
The United Nations has urged the Libyan people to work for “national reconciliation” in the wake of an end to operations for the liberation of Sirte from the Daesh Takfiri terrorists. The head of the Libyan Government of National Accord Read more
The Tal Afar was taken from the fighters of the Islamic State on late Wednesday and Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi stated that the “72nd and 92nd brigades will enter the city” while the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), a pro-Baghdad Shia Read more
Two Egyptians and an Algerian have been arrested on Thursday in Italy on suspicion of conspiracy to commit international terrorist acts with links to the Islamic State jihadist group. The three men were arrested near Milan and in Turin at Read more
Colonel John Dorrian, a spokesman for the US-led coalition, revealed that US troops have increased from around 4,000 to 4,460 within a week as Iraqi forces continue “shaping operations” for the assault on Mosul, the capital of the self-declared Islamic Read more