(Reuters) When Iraqi forces faced a fierce Islamic State counter-attack last month at a hospital in Mosul they had stormed without enough troops to hold it, U.S. advisers
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(Reuters) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he believed peace talks in Kazakhstan would lead to local “reconciliation” deals with rebels, a sign of his confidence in a process launched
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Disagreements persist between the federal government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region Government over the participation of Shia militias into the awaited liberation of Islamic State-held
(Reuters) Russia said its war planes had joined forces with Turkish jets for the first time on Wednesday to target Islamic State militants holding the town of al-Bab in
(Reuters) The U.S. military said on Tuesday it carried out air strikes in Syria against Islamic State targets of interest to both Washington and Ankara near the town
(Reuters) An Uzbek gunman who killed 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Day told police he had to change target at the last minute to avoid
(Reuters) While fleeing Islamic State rule in northern Iraq three months ago, Laila saw two of her daughters die in front of her. Crippled by grief and the trauma
(Reuters) Kazakhstan is fully ready to hold talks on Syria in its capital Astana on Jan. 23, Russia’s RIA news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the Kazakh Foreign Minister
(Reuters) Syrian rebel groups have decided to attend peace talks backed by Russia and Turkey in Kazakhstan to press for full implementation of a ceasefire they say has been
(Reuters) When four rockets crashed into his east Mosul home in November, Abu Abdel Malik’s 60-year-old step-mother was killed instantly. But she wasn’t properly buried for more