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In Mosul battle, Iraq forces face fewer IS-planted bombs

Iraqi forces used to facing deserted, explosives-rigged streets and booby-trapped buildings are discovering fewer bombs planted by jihadists in Mosul than in earlier battles against them. The Islamic State group has no qualms about killing civilians, but the presence of a large number of...

Bomb kills four at Syria-Jordan border camp

A car bomb blast killed at least four civilians at a camp for displaced Syrians by the border with Jordan Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights activists said. "A car bomb exploded on the outskirts of the Rukban camp on the Jordanian border, killing four displaced people and...

Turkey can no longer insist on Syria settlement without Assad

Turkey can no longer insist on a resolution of the conflict in Syria without the involvement of President Bashar Assad, as the situation on the ground has changed dramatically, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said Friday. "As far as our position on Assad is concerned, we...

Jordan boosts border forces amid ISIS threat from Iraq, Syria

Jordan is deploying more forces to face a growing threat to its borders, as ISIS extremists in neighboring Iraq and Syria are being dislodged from some strongholds, the commander of the kingdom's border guards said Thursday. ISIS, which seized large parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014, is under...