Turkish-trained forces are participating in the military operation to recapture Iraq’s northern city of Mosul from Daesh terrorist organization, the former Mosul governor said Monday.  Atheel Nujaifi, who is also the commander of Nineveh Guards, which were trained by Turkey in Bashiqa...

A long-awaited offensive to seize back the Iraqi city of Mosul after two years of Isis control has begun, the country’s prime minister has announced. In an address on state television, Iraq’s Haider al-Abadi said: “We have been battling Isis for more than two years. We started fighting...

(AMN)- The leader of Iraq's Kurdistan Region's, Masoud Barzani, says time has come to retake Mosul from ISIS. "All preparations for the battle to liberate Mosul have been completed," said Barzani in a statement posted on the Kurdish regional presidency's website on Saturday. The...

 Lebanon's largest Christian party has rallied thousands of its supporters to push for the election of its leader, former Army Gen. Michel Aoun, as president. The supporters of the Free Patriotic Movement waved the party's trademark orange flags at a rally marking the 26th anniversary...