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Militants of the Islamic State had been on their back heels this week as they lost territories to the Assad government and to the rebels backed by the West and Arab States. Both sides owe their progress to Russia’s airstrikes Read more
President Erdogan said the 10 October double suicide attack considered as the most deadly in the country’s history is “a completely collective act” carried out by the Kurdish militants, ISIS and the Syrian intelligence. Erdogan made the claim in a Read more
Baghdad’s fight against the Islamic State group seems to be taking a new turning point as officials confirm that Iraq is cooperating with the newly established intelligence center staffed by Russian, Iranian and Syrian military officials to launch attacks against Read more
Cairo and Paris are expected to ink mega military and economic deals on Saturday during the two-day visit French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, is paying this weekend to Egypt at the head of a high level ministerial delegation. The French Read more
The spokesman for the Saudi-led military coalition, Brig. Gen Ahmed Asiri, has stressed that fighting is still going on and there are no plans to halt operations because they are yet to receive official information from the Houthi Movement and Read more
Russia’s military intervention in Syria is slowly straining diplomatic ties between Ankara and Moscow as the Russian Ambassador to Turkey was summoned for the second time, since the military operation began last week, to protest against the violation of its Read more
Prime Minister Netanyahu issued a stern warning on Monday after two rockets targeting Israel were launched from the Gaza Strip by Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade, a Salafist organization affiliated with the Islamic State. Recent clashes between Palestinians and Israeli Forces Read more
Iraq announced Sunday that an agreement has been reached with Iran, Russia and Syria to cooperate against the Islamic State through an intelligence committee to be based in Baghdad. Saad al-Hadithi, the spokesman for Iraqi Prime Minister’s office, who made Read more
President Hadi arrived in Aden on Tuesday marking the end of his exiled government’s efforts to return back to Yemen with the help of the Saudi-led coalition and pro-government militias. The unannounced arrival witnessed armored vehicles positioned around the airport Read more
France has announced that it will be carrying out airstrikes in Syria a week after its foreign minister Laurent Fabius stated that the military was carrying out surveillance flights over the country for possible strikes on the militants of the Read more