Islamic state
Syrian hostages who escaped Islamic State receive rapturous homecoming
Middle East
October 30, 2017
Syrian hostages who escaped Islamic State receive rapturous homecoming
Twenty six Syrian hostages who escaped from their Islamic State captors received an emotional homecoming on Sunday in the central…
Turkey detains 61 people over suspected Islamic State links : Anadolu
Middle East
October 29, 2017
Turkey detains 61 people over suspected Islamic State links : Anadolu
Turkish police detained 61 people over suspected links to Islamic State in anti-terror operations in two cities, the state-run Anadolu…
Their caliphate in ruins, IS militants melt into the desert
Middle East
October 29, 2017
Their caliphate in ruins, IS militants melt into the desert
Islamic State militants, routed from one urban stronghold after another in Syria, have recently been moving deeper into Syria’s remote…
Iraq, Syria converge on Islamic State’s last strongholds
Middle East
October 26, 2017
Iraq, Syria converge on Islamic State’s last strongholds
Iraqi forces launched an attack to drive Islamic State from the last territory it holds in Iraq on Thursday and…
Iraqi leader visits Iran as Tehran seeks to drive wedge with Washington
Middle East
October 26, 2017
Iraqi leader visits Iran as Tehran seeks to drive wedge with Washington
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told Iraq’s US-backed prime minister on Thursday that he should not rely on the…
Russia: Less than 5 percent of Syria still under IS control
Middle East
October 24, 2017
Russia: Less than 5 percent of Syria still under IS control
Russia’s defense minister says less than five percent of Syria remains under control of the Islamic State group. At the…
Russia accuses US-led coalition of ‘barbaric’ bombing of Syria’s Raqqa
Middle East
October 22, 2017
Russia accuses US-led coalition of ‘barbaric’ bombing of Syria’s Raqqa
Russia accused the US-led coalition in Syria on Sunday of wiping the city of Raqqa “off the face of the…
US-backed militias seize key oil field in east Syria: SDF
Middle East
October 22, 2017
US-backed militias seize key oil field in east Syria: SDF
US-backed militias said they captured a major oil field in Deir al-Zor province on Sunday, pressing their offensive against Islamic…
Foreigners who joined IS faced almost certain death in Raqqa
Middle East
October 21, 2017
Foreigners who joined IS faced almost certain death in Raqqa
The forces fighting the remnants of the Islamic State group in Syria have tacit instructions on dealing with the foreigners…
IS claims responsibility for Afghan mosque attack
Middle East
October 21, 2017
IS claims responsibility for Afghan mosque attack
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in the capital as Afghan officials…