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Iraq Forces Advance After Jihadists ‘trapped’ In Mosul
Iraqi forces said Monday they had taken more territory from the Islamic State group as they press an offensive that has...
Insiders Aided Kabul Hospital Attack, Survivors Say
Insiders including two interns were among the attackers who launched a gun-and-grenade assault this week on...
Toll In Damascus Bombings Jumps To 74 Dead
The toll from twin bombings targeting Shiite pilgrims in the centre of Damascus has risen to 74 dead, a monitor said on...
In Conflict Zones, Companies Struggle With Ethics Vs Profits
Some multinationals working in conflict zones are turning to ethically dubious practices to keep their factories...
Iraq Paramilitaries Say Mass Grave of Hundreds Found
Iraqi paramilitary forces announced Saturday that they had discovered a mass grave at Badush prison near Mosul...
Fear and Hunger In Iraq’s West Mosul
The luckiest of west Mosul's residents under Islamic State group rule had tomato concentrate. Potatoes were an almost...
Iraq Says No Sign of IS Chemical Weapons Use In Mosul
Iraq's UN envoy said Friday there was no evidence that the Islamic State group had used chemical weapons in the battle...
Air Strike Kills 26 In Yemen
An air strike by a Saudi-led Arab coalition on a market in Yemen killed 20 civilians and six rebels on Friday, medical...
Hamas Condemns Israel Mosque Loudspeaker Bill
Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Friday denounced planned Israeli legislation that would quieten mosques, warning...
Niger Puts 1,000 ‘Boko Haram Fighters’ On Trial
Niger has begun the trials behind closed doors of about 1,000 suspected fighters from the Boko Haram jihadist movement,...
Mosul Church Turned Into IS Religious Police Base
The elegant columns of a west Mosul church stand plastered with Islamic State group propaganda after the jihadists'...
NDC Won’t Be In Opposition For 8 Years
Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Koku Anyidoho has rubbished claims by Madam...
Kidnappings Blight War-Scarred Kabul City
The bruises, scabs and chain markings have long faded but Haji Ghulam is still visibly traumatised by his month-long...
Amal Clooney Urges Iraq To Allow Probe of IS Crimes
Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney on Thursday urged Iraq to agree to a UN investigation of atrocities committed by the...
US Deploys More Troops In Syria, Turning Up Heat On IS
The United States turned up the heat on the Islamic State group Thursday, sending an additional 400 US troops into...
Tired But Happy, Iraqis Finally Escape Mosul Jihadists
Civilians rush down a hillside on the outskirts of Mosul to waiting Iraqi forces, tired but happy after finally being...
Suicide Bombers Kill 26 At Iraq Wedding Celebration
Two suicide bombers attacked a celebration being held the night before a wedding north of Baghdad, killing 26 people, a...
Otiko Djaba Is A Liar
Former Deputy Transport Minister Joyce Bawa Mogtari has said her sister Otiko Afisa Djaba lied when she claimed that...
IS Hopes To Hold Onto Shreds of ‘caliphate’
The Islamic State group has lost most of the land it once held in Iraq and Syria but hopes to cling to scraps of a...