Islamic state
US-based NGO calls for protecting fleeing Copts properties in Arish
Egypt
March 11, 2017
US-based NGO calls for protecting fleeing Copts properties in Arish
US-based Egyptian NGO pleaded with government institutions to preserve the belongings and assets of Coptic Christians who fled Al-Arish city…
Egypt says 2 security officers killed, 4 wounded in northern Sinai
Egypt
March 10, 2017
Egypt says 2 security officers killed, 4 wounded in northern Sinai
Egypt's Interior Ministry and security officials say militants have detonated a roadside bomb, killing two officers and wounding four in…
Rubble and ash in Mosul museum retaken from Islamic State
Art news
March 9, 2017
Rubble and ash in Mosul museum retaken from Islamic State
The antiquities museum in the Iraqi city of Mosul is in ruins. Piles of rubble fill exhibition halls and a…
IS leader Baghdadi flees Mosul as Iraqi forces advance
Middle East
March 9, 2017
IS leader Baghdadi flees Mosul as Iraqi forces advance
Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is reported to have abandoned Mosul, leaving local commanders behind to lead the…
US may deploy up to 1,000 ‘reserve’ troops for IS fight
Middle East
March 9, 2017
US may deploy up to 1,000 ‘reserve’ troops for IS fight
US President Donald Trump's administration is weighing a deployment of up to 1,000 American soldiers to Kuwait to serve as…
Iraq vows to target militants in neighboring countries
Middle East
March 8, 2017
Iraq vows to target militants in neighboring countries
Iraq's prime minister says it will continue to target militants in neighboring countries, as it did last month with airstrikes…
Iraq forces take Mosul’s main government complex, museum building
Middle East
March 7, 2017
Iraq forces take Mosul’s main government complex, museum building
Elite Iraqi security forces dislodged Islamic State militants from the main government buildings in Mosul on Tuesday, their last major…
Mosul train tunnel reveals assault course for elite IS fighters
Middle East
March 6, 2017
Mosul train tunnel reveals assault course for elite IS fighters
The mouth of the tunnel is hardly visible on a muddy hillside overlooking Mosul, where fighting now rages between Iraqi…
US-backed Syrian forces cut last main road out of IS stronghold: source, monitor
Middle East
March 6, 2017
US-backed Syrian forces cut last main road out of IS stronghold: source, monitor
US-backed Syrian militias cut the last main road out of Islamic State-held Raqqa on Monday, severing the highway between the…
Trump to leave Iraq off new travel ban order: White House source
World
March 6, 2017
Trump to leave Iraq off new travel ban order: White House source
President Donald Trump will remove Iraq from a list of countries targeted in a US travel ban when he is…