Military history by country
Iraqi PM Warns Islamic State Fighters
The Iraqi prime minister has warned so-called Islamic State (IS) militants fighting in Mosul to lay down their weapons...
Iraqi Troops Storm Town Southeast of Mosul
Mosul is home to more than a million civilians. Iraq's federal police forces and Iraqi army troops attacked the town of...
No Retreat From Mosul Assault
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi told his followers on Thursday there could be no retreat in a "total war"...
Dozens Killed As Air Strikes Hit Prison In Hudaydah
Many others were injured in the air strikes in Hudaydah Dozens of people have been killed at a Yemeni prison complex in...
US Orders Civilians To Leave Turkey Over Imminent Threat
The US government has ordered all civilian family members of its Istanbul consulate staff to leave Turkey because of...
Airstrikes Leave Dozens Dead In Yemen
A pair of airstrikes targeting a Yemeni prison killed dozens of inmates off the nation's west coast Saturday, the...
Women, Children Flood Mosul As ISIS Loses Ground
The civilians from southern villages appear to have been forced into the city by ISIS, and witnesses said they looked...
Shi’ite Militias Launch Offensive To Seal Off Western Mosul
Iraqi Shi'ite militias said on Saturday they had launched an offensive towards the west of Mosul, an operation that...
ISIL ‘using Thousands As Human Shields’ In Iraq’s Mosul
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant appears to be using tens of thousands of people as "human shields" in and around...
Russia’s UN Human Rights Council Seat Under Threat
Russia's seat on the UN Human Rights Council is under threat due to its support of the Syrian government's air campaign...
Ferocity of Kirkuk Attack Points To Tough Fight For Mosul
Ferocity of Kirkuk attack points to tough fight for Mosul Smoke rises as Kurdish forces take position at a site of an...
Somali Pirates’ Hostages ‘ate Rats’ To Survive
A group of sailors who were held hostage by Somali pirates for nearly five years survived in part by eating rats, one...
Islamic State, Pakistani Taliban Claim Killing of Police Officer
Islamic State fighters and the Pakistani Taliban on Monday said they killed a police official in northwest Pakistan,...
Asian Sailors Freed By Somali Pirates Arrive In Kenya For Flights Home
26 Asian sailors freed after more than four years of captivity in a small fishing village in Somalia arrived in the...
Burkina Police Kill Jihadist In Firefight In Capital
Burkina Faso's police chief said on Sunday that his forces shot dead a jihadist overnight in Ouagadougou and were...
US Defence Chief Carter In Surprise Iraq Visit To Assess Battle For Mosul
the defense secretary has arrived in Iraq to retake the northern city of Mosul US Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrived...
Militants Fight Back In Western Iraqi Town
Many have fled the area round Mosul as government and Kurdish forces close in. Forces of so-called Islamic State have...
Turkey Insists Its Forces ‘cannot Remain Idle’
Turkey has insisted that its forces cannot remain idle during the fight to drive so-called Islamic State militants from...
Other Side of War On Terror
Despite the failure of the Middle East policy, the United States has not abandoned its strategy aimed at global...