Middle East

Baghdad: IS fighters targeted Iraqi troops with car bombs and ambushes in Mosul, stalling an army advance in their north Iraq stronghold, on Sunday. The...

Ain Issa (Syria): A US-backed alliance of Syrian armed groups said on Sunday it had launched an operation to retake the northern city of Raqqa, the de facto...

Near Hammam Al Alil: Iraqi troops advancing towards Mosul battled on Saturday for the last town left between them and the IS stronghold to the north, which...

Al Hoceima (Morocco): Thousands of chanting, flag-waving Moroccans protested in a northern city on Friday, keeping up pressure on authorities a week after a...

Beirut: Syrian rebels and civilians showed no sign of leaving the besieged opposition-held sector of Aleppo on Friday, despite a Russian deadline to resume...

Bartella/Ali Rash: Iraqi special forces recaptured six districts of eastern Mosul on Friday, a military statement said, expanding the army's foothold in...

Cairo: An Egyptian judge who tried former president Mohamed Morsi in 2015 survived an assassination attempt on Friday when a parked car exploded as his...

Baghdad/Bartella: US-backed Iraqi forces moved closer on Wednesday to a town south of Mosul where aid groups and regional officials say IS has executed...

Moscow: Russia on Wednesday told anti-government rebels holed up in Syria's Aleppo to leave by Friday evening, signalling it would extend a moratorium...

Rabat: Moroccan authorities have charged 11 people over the death of a fishmonger who was crushed in a garbage truck while trying to stop police from...