Iraq's U.S.-backed offensive against ISIS in western Mosul could displace up to 400,000 civilians and involve a siege in the densely populated old city, the United Nations' Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq said on Saturday. The military and security forces last month recaptured the eastern...

(The Independent)- Isis’ “business model” is failing as jihadis lose their grip on territory and the vital oil and tax revenue it brings, a new report has found. The so-called Islamic State is believed to be the richest terrorist group in the world, exploiting natural resources and looting...

The U.S.-led military coalition Saturday said its forces struck a building in the main medical complex of western Mosul, suspected to house an ISIS command center. The strike, carried out Friday, follows reports that the militants are dug in among civilians on the western side of Mosul and...

Turkish authorities detained 26 people over a car bomb attack in the southeastern town of Viransehir, the provincial governor's office said Saturday. A vehicle loaded with explosives was remotely detonated late Friday in the garden of a housing complex for judges and prosecutors, killing a...

(Al-Monitor)- When talking to the Russians, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan emphasizes Syria's territorial integrity and a peaceful resolution to that country's civil war. When talking to the Americans, Erdogan advocates a US-Turkish partnership that will also include a buffer zone. When...

A three-year-old was killed and fifteen people were wounded on Friday by a car bomb in a southeastern Turkish town, provincial governor Gungor Azim Tuna was quoted as saying by state-run Anadolu news agency. The car exploded outside a housing complex for judges and prosecutors in the town of...

An intelligence official says ISIS has attacked a battalion of state-sponsored militia southeast of Tikrit, killing at least eight militia members. The official spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to brief reporters. ISIS claimed responsibility for the Friday attack...

Turkey's military said on Friday it was close to taking the northern Syrian city of al-Bab from Islamic State, a victory that would deepen Turkish influence in an area where it has created a de facto buffer zone. Al-Bab, an Islamic State stronghold 30 km (20 miles) from the border, has been...

The death toll from a car bomb attack in a southern Baghdad neighborhood has reached 59 with 66 others injured, a police officer and medical sources said Friday. Authorities initially said the Thursday attack at an auto dealership in the al-Bayaa neighborhood killed at least 55 and wounded...

Nine civilians were killed in overnight Turkish bombardment of a extremist-held town in northern Syria, activists said Friday, but Ankara said the shelling killed 13 "terrorists". Three women were among those killed in the artillery fire on Al-Bab, which Turkish-backed Syrian rebels have...

Human Rights Watch Thursday accused Iranian-trained Iraqi paramilitary units battling ISIS of demolishing hundreds of Sunni Arab houses near the city of Mosul, but a spokesman for the units blamed the militants for the damage. The New York-based rights group said the mainly Shi'ite Muslim...

(Daily Mail)- This is the terrifying moment a suicide bomber blows himself up just yards from a group of Syrian rebel soldiers. But the ISIS soldier was somewhat unsuccessful in his mission, as he wasn't close enough to take anyone with him when the bomb went off.  It has sparked...

 Turkey's foreign minister, on a visit to Qatar on Wednesday, defended the idea of "safe zones" in war-ravaged Syria and pressed the need for them to be properly funded. Mevlut Cavusoglu said that only through making the zones habitable would tens of thousands of Syrians be encouraged...

A suicide bomber Wednesday detonated a pick-up truck in Sadr City, a heavily populated poor Shiite suburb of Baghdad, killing at least 15 and wounding 50, security sources said. The explosion, the deadliest in Baghdad so far this year, targeted a crowded street full of garages and used car...

The commander of Jordan's border guards says ISIS extremists are expanding their influence in a sprawling border camp for displaced Syrians, posing a growing threat to the U.S.-allied kingdom. Brig. Gen. Sami Kafawin spoke to The Associated Press during a tour of the desert area where...

Twice a month, beautician Chnoor Khezri takes her equipment to a camp near Mosul and gives displaced Iraqi women who have lost everything a proper pampering and some fresh confidence. In a small room inside the camp, the young Iranian Kurd takes out her brushes and scissors and puts blue wax...

Israel has temporarily withdrawn its ambassador to Egypt amid ongoing security concerns, the country's intelligence service confirmed Tuesday. "Due to security considerations the return of the foreign ministry embassy staff to Cairo has been restricted," the Shin Bet security agency said....

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Saudi Arabia's top leadership Tuesday during a visit to further strengthen ties as part of a Gulf tour ahead of Syria peace talks. King Salman hosted a luncheon banquet for Erdogan, who arrived in Riyadh late Monday, the official Saudi Press Agency...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, preparing for his first meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, will work with advisers on Tuesday to align Israeli and U.S. thinking on the Middle East and ensure "no gaps" remain. Staff have cleared most of Tuesday for discussions with...

 Iraqi forces have thwarted an attempt by around 200 extremist fighters to flee their bastion of Tal Afar toward Syria, west of the city of Mosul, a security spokesman said Monday. Forces from the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization), a paramilitary organization dominated by Shiite...