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Major General Ismail al-Mahlawi of the Iraqi army said “the last stronghold of Daesh” (Arabic acronym for the Islamic State) as part of the Fallujah “liberation process” has been recaptured. The stronghold is the al-Hasai district lying five kilometers south Read more
Lt. General Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi, commander in charge of the Fallujah operation, said there are “violent clashes” on the city’s outskirts as “the counter-terrorism troops along with other armed forces and Anbar (province) police have started pushing into the city” from Read more
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced, late on Sunday, the beginning of a military offensive to retake from the Islamic State group Fallujah, known as the ‘City of Minarets and Mother of Mosques.’ Abadi said in the televised statement “the moment Read more
The Vienna conference held on Monday with the participation of the permanent members of the Security Council and several Arab and European countries decided that the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) should be exempted from the UN arms embargo Read more
The US has admitted to having established a base in Iraq after the site came under attack for the second time on Monday by militants of the Islamic State group. The first attack took place three days earlier. Iran-backed Asaib Read more
President Sisi in an interview with Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper said countries considering military intervention in Libya should rather give the needed support to the Libya National Army headed by General Khalifa Haftar because “it can do the job much Read more
As Libya clocks 5 years since the war began with the uprising against the Gadhafi regime, UN special envoy told Associated Press that the Islamic State poses a major threat to the country’s stability and security. He said “every day Read more
Ministers and government officials of 18 countries together with the representatives of the U.N, E.U and the Arab League met in Rome to discuss Libya urging for the establishment of a transitional unity government to end the war as well Read more
France, one of President Assad’s toughest western opponents to his stay in power, seems to be reviewing its position after a member of the French cabinet stated that Assad doesn’t necessarily have to leave power before a political transition. France Read more
Turkey could for the first time be engaged militarily in the Syrian war after Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu stated that Turkish forces are “instructed to retaliate to any development that would threaten Turkey’s border security.” The statement was made following Read more