At least 27 elite police troopers were reported killed in a fierce firefight with suspected Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in the Philippines Muslim south Sunday. Von Al Haq, the military chief of the rival Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), told the Philippine Daily...
(Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered the first group of about 100 U.S. troops to head to the Middle East in the next few days to establish training sites for Syrian opposition fighters battling Islamic State militants, the Pentagon said on Friday. Admiral...
As Salman bin Abdulaziz becomes the new king of Saudi Arabia, he is not expected to make any significant policy changes regarding falling oil prices, the economy and relations with other states in the Middle East, experts say. "We actually predict King Salman to...
Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) - Iraq's premier expressed confidence Friday that the country's struggling army is capable of retaking the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group. The chief problem, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told a gathering of political and economic leaders...
