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The Iraqi Army said on Wednesday that it has recaptured two neighborhoods – Al-Sadeh and Al-Ahmadiya – in Mosul’s Old City. Al Arabiya News Channel also reported on Wednesday that ISIS militants are hiding in few houses loaded with explosives as the countdown to liberate a small remaining portion of the militant-occupied Iraqi city of […]

Moscow has warned the US against taking unilateral action in Syria, as there is no threat from the Syrian military, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said. The statement comes after the US accused Syria of preparing for a chemical attack, without giving any evidence. Asked if Russia had warned the US administration against any unilateral action in […]

Six suspected members of the Isis terror group were arrested in Spain, Britain and Germany on Wednesday in an operation led by Spanish authorities investigating a jihadist recruiting network, the Spanish interior ministry said. Raids were continuing Wednesday morning targeting the group, based on the island of Majorca and led by an Islamist imam, who […]

France’s new President Emmanuel Macron invited US President Donald Trump on Tuesday to attend the country’s national day parade next month, his office said, adding that the US leader promised to examine the possibility. Macron, who has made clear his differences with Trump notably on climate change, invited Trump and his wife Melania to attend the […]

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi forces have taken over 70 percent of western Mosul’s Old City district, Islamic State militants’ last refuge in Iraq’s second largest city, police forces said. Federal Police chief, Lt. Gen. Shaker Jawdat, said his forces moved Wednesday through al-Farouq street towards Bab al-Toub, Serjkhana, Bab Jadid and Bab Lakash, all areas in […]

The Russian chief of staff, General Valery Gerasimov, accompanied Assad, according to a statement by Russia’s Defense Ministry. The two discussed coordinating actions of the Syrian government forces with the help of the Russian military against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) and the Al-Nusra Front in Syria. Assad and Gerasimov also talked about implementing the […]

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Nicolas Maduro said a stolen police helicopter fired on Venezuela’s Supreme Court Tuesday in what he called a thwarted “terrorist attack” aimed at ousting him from power. The confusing exchange, which is bound to ratchet up tensions in a country already paralyzed by months of deadly anti-government protests, took place as […]

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday left open the possibility of longer-term assistance to Kurdish YPG militia in Syria, saying the US may need to supply them weapons and equipment even after the capture of Raqqa from ISIS. NATO ally Turkey, which views the YPG as a threat, has said Mattis assured it in […]

Pyongyang has likened U.S. President Donald Trump to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, characterizing Trump’s “America First” policy as “the American version of Nazism,” state media reported Tuesday, as Washington grapples with the North Korean nuclear issue. Tens of thousands of men and women pump their fists in the air and chant as they carry placards […]

A federal judge halted late on Monday the deportation of all Iraqi nationals detained during immigration sweeps across the United States this month until at least July 10, expanding a stay he imposed last week. The stay had initially only protected 114 detainees from the Detroit area. Family members of detainees line up to enter […]