DUBAI (Reuters) - The leader of the al Qaeda offshoot now calling itself the Islamic State has called on Muslims worldwide to take up arms and flock to the "caliphate" it has declared on captured Syrian and Iraqi soil. Proclaiming a "new era" in which Muslims will ultimately...

(Zaman Alwasl)-   Islam Army, main unit of the Islamic Front, Tuesday expelled militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria from al-Marj suburbs in the Eastern Ghouta, rebel source told Zaman Alwasl. Islam Army took control of Mayda’a...

Washington, July 1 (IANS) US President Barack Obama said that about 200 troops arrived in Iraq to protect the US embassy in Baghdad amidst fierce fighting in the war-torn country, a media report said Tuesday. The new troops, who arrived Sunday and Monday, will provide security...

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