Iraqi counter-terrorism forces have recaptured two more villages east of Mosul from the Daesh terrorist group, military sources said Tuesday. "Iraq’s Anti-Terrorism Agency has managed to restore the villages of Khazna and Tob Zawa," Saad al-Lehebi, a major in the Iraqi army’s Nineveh...

Russian warships heading for Syria could be used to target civilians in the besieged city of Aleppo, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned on Tuesday, calling on Moscow to implement a lasting ceasefire. NATO is monitoring the movement of the eight-strong carrier battle group from...

French President Francois Hollande called Tuesday on the U.S.-led coalition backing the offensive against ISIS in Mosul to prepare for the aftermath of the city's fall, including returning extremists. "The recapture is not an end in itself. We must already anticipate the consequences of the...

 (The Daily Star)- A Syrian Kurd leader in France on Tuesday accused Turkey of "massively attacking" Kurdish forces trying to recapture Raqqa, the ISIS stronghold in Syria. "With its artillery and aircraft, the Turkish army is taking advantage of the media and international community's...