Iraqi forces backed by Sunni tribes advanced into the town of Dhuluiyah north of Baghdad on Sunday in a new attempt to push out Islamic State group jihadists, officials said. In October, Iraqi forces retook most of Dhuluiyah from IS, but the jihadists later launched a...
DAMASCUS, (AP)— Three Syrian diplomats left Damascus for Kuwait Monday where they will reopen their country's embassy in the Persian Gulf nation, a Syrian official said. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, told The Associated...
A senior commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards was killed by a sniper's bullet in the northern Iraqi city of Samarra as he was training Iraqi troops and Shiite militiamen fighting militants of the self-declared Islamic State, Iran says. Brig. Gen. Hamid Taqavi, who...
The NATO- led International Security Assistance Force ended its 13-year combat mission in Afghanistan on Sunday. From Jan. 1, 2015, the mission will evolve into training and advising the nascent Afghan security forces. The 13,000 foreign troops for...
