ANKARA – Airstrikes on PKK bases in northern Iraq on Wednesday destroyed arms dumps and shelters, the military said in a statement. The airstrikes targeted the...
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Wednesday its campaign to capture Raqqa from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) was in its final stages and...
ANKARA – Turkish jets destroyed PKK weapons positions, arms dumps and shelters in northern Iraq late Tuesday, the military said in a statement. Airstrikes hit targets...
BAGHDAD – The National Alliance, an Iraqi Shia parliamentary bloc, has declared its opposition to next week’s scheduled referendum on Kurdish regional independence, vowing not to...
Qatar’s ruler has called Saudi Arabia’s crown prince to discuss the crisis between Doha and four Arab countries, state media from both sides report. Emir Sheikh...
Hurricane Irma is lashing Cuba with strong winds and heavy rain after devastating several Caribbean islands. The category five storm made landfall on the Camaguey Archipelago,...
Israel’s top prosecutor has said he is considering charging the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with fraud. The attorney general said he would make...
The Syrian army says Israeli jets have attacked a military base in the west of the country, amid reports of a strike on a suspected chemical...
The US-led coalition says it will keep blocking a convoy of evacuated Islamic State militants in Syria from reaching IS-held territory on the Iraq border. The...
Iraq’s prime minister says Nineveh province has been “fully liberated” from so-called Islamic State, after the district of Tal Afar was recaptured. Haider al-Abadi’s announcement followed...
The Iraqi army says it has taken a number of villages on the outskirts of Tal Afar as part of a major offensive against so-called Islamic...