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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 Iranian parliament has requested that the government should demand for compensation from the US for its “hostile actions and crimes” towards the country for the past 63 years. The law voted by the parliament on Tuesday accused the US Read more
State-run Turkish news agency, Anadolu, reported that Turkish shelling and US-led coalition military airstrikes have killed more than 27 Islamic state militants in Syria as they were about to fire rockets into Turkey from northern Aleppo. The airstrikes were reportedly Read more
President Erdogan of Turkey accused European countries of betraying his country as he alleged that “they have left us alone in our struggle against this organization (ISIS) which is shedding our blood both through suicide bombings and by attacks on Read more
Protesters who stormed the Iraqi parliament over the weekend have begun to leave the heavily fortified Green Zone where the Parliament is located after making numerous demands. They called for a parliamentary vote approving the technocratic non-partisan government proposed by Read more
King Mohammed VI of Morocco held talks Monday with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain shortly after arriving in the Gulf country on a brotherly and working visit. The two leaders reviewed their countries’ long-standing historic relations and Read more
The number of US soldiers in Iraq will be increased by at least 217 troops according to Defense Secretary Ash Carter during a surprised visit to the country on Monday. He said the objective is to “make sure the defeat Read more
The Iraqi Parliament has failed to respect the Sunday deadline to approve Prime Minister Abadi’s new cabinet made up of technocrats and academicians, as dominant Parliamentary political blocs want a partisan cabinet in a bid to create balance between all Read more
Muqtada al-Sadr, an Iraqi influential Shia cleric, who had initiated a protest at the gates of the Green Zone in Baghdad to request a cabinet reshuffle and the establishment of a government of technocrats met with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Read more
The war in Iraq against the Islamic State could be taking a new turn after the death of a US marine in a rocket attack by the extremist group on a small outpost near Mahmour, South of Mosul, and the Read more