Middle East

Qayyara West Airfield: A U.S. general in the international coalition in Iraq says that IS militants defending western Mosul are disorganised and some...

Beirut: U.S.-backed Syrian militias cut the last main road out of IS-held Raqqa on Monday, severing the highway between the group's de facto capital and...

Mosul/Baghdad: U.S.-backed Iraqi forces captured the second of Mosul's five bridges on Monday, giving a boost to their onslaught on IS's remaining...

Benghazi (Libya): East Libyan forces carried out fresh air strikes on Monday and said they were mobilising ground forces as they attempt to win back two of...

Occupied Ramallah: A Palestinian gunman fired at Israeli soldiers and military police during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Monday and the Israeli...

South of Mosul: The mouth of the tunnel is hardly visible on a muddy hillside overlooking Mosul, where fighting now rages between Iraqi forces and IS...

Ankara: A Syrian pilot whose plane crashed in Turkey on Saturday said in an initial statement to Turkish authorities that his aircraft was shot down on its...

Dubai: Iran and neighbouring Azerbaijan agreed on Sunday to work towards completing their portion of a planned freight railway route from Europe to South...

Baghdad: U.S.-backed Iraqi forces are about to reach the main government complex in Mosul, their next target in the offensive to dislodge IS from the city,...

Occupied Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday to voice opposition to what...