Two elite Iraqi units linked up in Mosul on Saturday and will form a joint front to advance westward against the Islamic State group, officers said. The Rapid Response Division reached the northern edge of Al-Intisar neighbourhood, while the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) advanced to the...

A police officer and a soldier were killed by a roadside bomb in Egypt's northern Sinai peninsula Saturday, security sources said. The bomb was detonated remotely when the victims' armoured vehicle passed by during a security operation, the sources said. There was no immediate claim of...

A total of 23 Daesh terrorists, including planners for the group, were “neutralized” in the Syria's north during the ongoing Turkish-led Operation Euphrates Shield, according to the Turkish military. The Turkish Armed Forces said on Saturday that Turkish jets destroyed 12 Daesh targets...

A Yazidi woman held captive by ISIS militants for more than two years managed to escape when Iraqi forces pushed into Mosul and provided information that helped them retake a neighbourhood of the city, Iraqi commanders said. The 42-year old woman, who asked to remain unnamed, was kidnapped...