Historic landmarks in Iraq’s Mosul are reopening as the city heals from Islamic State devastation
For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul ...
Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan aim to jointly tackle Islamic State, Ankara says
Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Jordan will take steps toward jointly combating Islamic State in the region and they aim to hold a ...
Islamic State members held for years in a Syria prison say they know nothing of the world
A prison in Syria holds about 4,500 members of the Islamic State group who have been there for years without trial ...
Why Trump is on the warpath in Somalia
But in typical Donald Trump style, after the new US president ordered an airstrike on the area last weekend, he posted on ...
Turkey says it will join with neighbors to fight the Islamic State group in Syria
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Jordan will come together to fight the remnants of the ...
This artist fled civil war, now he’ll represent Australia on the world stage
Multimedia artist Khaled Sabsabi, a one-time hip hop performer, has been selected to represent the country at the Venice ...
Officer kicked and beat handcuffed inmate, breaking his ribs at Florida prison, feds say
The inmate was identified in court filings as Mufid Elfgeeh, “one of the first Islamic State group terrorist recruiters ever ...
US-backed commander says his Kurdish-led group wants a secular and civil state in post-Assad Syria
Abdi said the Kurds of Syria do not want to break away from the country or set up their own autonomous government and ...
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Trump says U.S. carries out airstrikes on Islamic State in Somalia
WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - U.S. forces carried out airstrikes in Somalia on Saturday targeting a senior Islamic State attack planner ... countries to include Iraq, Afghanistan, and much of ...
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Regime change in Syria has Iraqi factions backtracking on push for US withdrawal
BAGHDAD — The fall of Bashar Assad in Syria has led Iran-allied factions in neighboring Iraq to reconsider their push for U.S. forces to exit the country, multiple Iraqi and American officials ...
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Turkey says it will join with neighbors to fight the Islamic State group in Syria
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Jordan will come together to fight the remnants of the Islamic State group, a move that would allow the United States to cut ties with Kurdish militants ...