Middle East
All hospitals in eastern Aleppo out of action after bombardments: officials
All hospitals in Syria\'s besieged rebel-held eastern Aleppo are out of service after days of heavy air strikes, its health directorate and ...Syria, backed by ally Russia, renews assault on rebels
Syria\'s government and its ally Russia launched Tuesday a wide-ranging assault on rebel strongholds with renewed strikes on the besieged eastern neighbourhoods ...Suicide bombers kill 12 in Iraqi cities of Fallujah, Karbala
Suicide bombers targeted two major cities in Iraq on Monday, striking security forces in the Sunni city of Fallujah and Shiite pilgrims ...5,000 displaced since start of Raqa offensive: SDF
More than 5,000 civilians have fled their homes since the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces launched an offensive on the Islamic State group\'s ...Iraqi Kurds seize IS-held town near Mosul
Iraqi Kurdish forces have seized the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from the Islamic State group, an official said Tuesday, as US-backed ...Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State say nearing Mosul airport
Iraqi security forces drove Islamic State fighters from the center of a town just south of the militants\' main stronghold of Mosul ...Mosul residents say IS forcibly gathering civilians
The Islamic State group is forcibly gathering people in and around Mosul for possible use as human shields against advancing Iraqi forces, ...Syrian state media say militants fired poison gas in Aleppo
Syrian state media said militants fired poison gas at a government-held area of Aleppo on Sunday, causing 35 people to choke, a ...Islamic State using tens of thousands as human shields in Mosul: U.N.
Islamic State forces in Iraq have abducted tens of thousands of men, women and children from areas around Mosul and are using ...Wave of strikes as IS puts up tough defence of Mosul
Iraqi forces advancing on Mosul faced stiff resistance on Monday from the Islamic State group despite an unprecedented wave of US-led coalition ...




