OTTAWA — Canada is extending its military mission in Iraq and the Middle East. Defence Minister Anita Anand announced the 12-month extension today, just hours before...
The New York Times plans to return thousands of documents its journalists “recovered” from Iraq. The newspaper, which came under fire for removing the documents from...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned US-backed Kurdish forces he wouldn’t hesitate to use force to retake one-third of the country they currently control. Assad also warned...
Several Saudi military officers were wounded in an attack on a military base in the western city of Taif after gunmen killed a policeman and seized his weapons...
Iraqis head to the polls on Saturday in the first parliamentary election since the country declared victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant...
Gunmen set off at least three explosions in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and then battled security forces from buildings they occupied in the latest in a spate...
Russia has said media reports claiming two Russian soldiers were captured by ISIL in Syria “are hardly official information”. Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the Russian presidency, said...
A Hamas security man and a member of a rival group were killed on Thursday in a confrontation in the southern Gaza Strip near the Palestinian...
Sixteen women, including a 16-year-old German girl who ran away from home, have been arrested in Mosul as Iraqi forces re-captured the northern city from the...
Syrian troops and allied forces fighting ISIL have reportedly reached the Iraqi border for the first time since 2015, advancing close to a strategic area that...
Fighters from the ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as ISIS) group have killed more than 160 people in one day last week to...