• Russia won’t support Western-backed UN motion on Syria: Putin

    Russia won’t support Western-backed UN motion on Syria: Putin

    Feb 28, 2017 15:40

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has denounced a draft United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution that would impose sanctions on the Syrian government over its alleged use of chemical weapons, stressing that Moscow will not support fresh restrictive measures against Damascus.

  •  Iraqi troops make headway against Daesh in western Mosul

    Iraqi troops make headway against Daesh in western Mosul

    Feb 28, 2017 15:17

    Iraqi government soldiers and their allied forces have made more achievements in their push to take back the western flank of the strategic northern city of Mosul from Takfiri Daesh terrorists.

  • Iraqi forces retake key bridge in western Mosul

    Iraqi forces retake key bridge in western Mosul

    Feb 27, 2017 15:03

    Iraqi security forces have managed to take control of a key bridge and a neighborhood as they push further into western Mosul, the last major urban stronghold of Daesh terrorists in the country.

  • Putin hails Syria talks in Astana as foundation for Geneva

    Putin hails Syria talks in Astana as foundation for Geneva

    Feb 27, 2017 14:59

    Russia says the latest rounds of Syria peace talks in Kazakhstan created a “mechanism” to control the truce holding across the Arab state, and helped revive the United Nations-backed negotiations underway in Geneva, Switzerland.

  • Largest mass grave with bodies of 4,000 people found in Iraq

    Largest mass grave with bodies of 4,000 people found in Iraq

    Feb 26, 2017 20:06

    A mass grave believed to contain the bodies of thousands of Iraqi security personnel killed at the hands of the Daesh Takfiri militants has been discovered not far from the strategic northern city of Mosul, where government forces and their allies are engaged in the last phase of an operation to drive the extremists out of their last major stronghold in the country.

  • Iraqi forces gain control of two more neighborhoods in western Mosul

    Iraqi forces gain control of two more neighborhoods in western Mosul

    Feb 26, 2017 17:33

    Iraqi government forces have regained control of two neighborhoods in the western part of Mosul in a new phase of joint operations with allied fighters from Popular Mobilization Units to push Daesh Takfiri terrorists out of their last urban stronghold in the country.

  • Syrian forces make fresh gains against Daesh near Aleppo: Monitor

    Syrian forces make fresh gains against Daesh near Aleppo: Monitor

    Feb 26, 2017 17:26

    Syrian army soldiers and their allied fighters have reportedly managed to advance over the weekend into areas controlled by Daesh terrorists in the country’s northwest adjacent to the city of Aleppo.

  • Iraqi jets strike Daesh positions in Syria: Premier Abadi

    Iraqi jets strike Daesh positions in Syria: Premier Abadi

    Feb 24, 2017 18:10

    Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says Iraqi fighter jets have pounded the positions of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Syria.

  • Bomb attack kills 35 civilians, 7 militants near al-Bab

    Bomb attack kills 35 civilians, 7 militants near al-Bab

    Feb 24, 2017 14:25

    More than 40 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a bomb attack near the Syrian border city of al-Bab, which was recently taken by Turkish forces and allied militants from Daesh terrorists.

  • Turkey says nearly in full control of Syria's al-Bab

    Turkey says nearly in full control of Syria's al-Bab

    Feb 23, 2017 20:17

    Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik says his country’s armed forces and allied militants are almost in full control of the Syrian city of al-Bab taking the city from the Daesh Takfiri terrorists.