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Afghanistan Enacts Law To Control Cyberspace
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has signed into law a cybercrime bill targeting online crime and militancy by...
Iraqi Forces Fight To Clear Last Jihadists From Mosul
Iraqi forces engaged in "heavy" fighting with the Islamic State group on Monday as they battled to clear the last...
Saudi Police, Civilians Wounded In Shootings
A policeman and two civilians have been wounded in shootings in a Shiite-majority province in Saudi Arabia, police said...
Iran Congratulates Iraq On Mosul Victory
Iran has congratulated Iraq on its declared victory over the Islamic State jihadist group in Mosul and offered its help...
Mosul Victory Marks Win For Pentagon Training Plan
The Iraqi military's hard-fought victory over the Islamic State group in Mosul marks a defining moment not just for...
UK Warns More To Do To Combat IS After Mosul Victory
Britain's Defence Minister Michael Fallon praised Iraq on Sunday for defeating the Islamic State group in Mosul but...
World Jihad’s Low-Profile Boss
Discreet in his youth and invisible as the world's most wanted man, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi rose through the ranks quietly...
Mosul Loss Huge, But Not Deadly, Blow To ‘caliphate’
Mosul was the largest city in the "caliphate" proclaimed by the Islamic State group and its loss is a huge blow to the...
Iraq’s Second City and Cultural Jewel
Mosul, wrested from the Islamic State jihadist group on Sunday, is Iraq's second city and one of its cultural jewels....
The Islamic State Group In Iraq, Syria
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory Sunday in the "liberated" city of Mosul, the Islamic State...
Iraq PM Declares Victory In ‘liberated’ Mosul
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory in the "liberated" city of Mosul on Sunday, his office said,...
Exhausted and Mourning, Families Emerge From Mosul Ruins
With the battle to retake Iraq's Mosul from the Islamic State group drawing to an end, dozens of women and their...
Mosul Victory Imminent, US Says, As Iraqi Forces Celebrate
Iraq will announce imminently a final victory in the nearly nine-month offensive to retake Mosul, a US general said...
Erdogan Warns Syrian Kurds of Turkey’s Right To Defence
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey would never allow a Kurdish state in Syria near its border, and...
Mosul Victory Announcement ‘imminent’
Iraqi authorities will imminently announce a final victory in the battle to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State...
IS Fighters Killed Trying To Flee West Mosul
A group of jihadists tried to escape across the Tigris River from west Mosul where they hold a dwindling pocket of...
Mosul Becomes ‘graveyard’ For Foreign Jihadists
The decaying bodies of foreign jihadists are piling up among the ruins of Mosul where the last few dozen Islamic State...
US, Russia Agree On Ceasefire In South Syria From Sunday
Russia and the United States have agreed to a ceasefire in southern Syria starting from midday on Sunday, Russian...
US-Led Strikes Claim Another 119 Civilian Lives
A review of past air and artillery strikes has found that another 119 civilians were killed by the US-led coalition in...