Iraqi forces have fully retaken east Mosul from the Islamic State group, a top commander said on Wednesday, three months after a huge offensive against the jihadist bastion was launched. Elite forces have in recent days entered the last neighbourhoods on the eastern side of Mosul, on the...

A senior Turkish official says two-thirds of a border wall to prevent infiltration from Syria has been completed, and that authorities had prevented a few attempts to dig tunnels underneath the wall. Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak said Wednesday the entire project would be finished in...

(The Guardian)- Jürgen Klopp will consult Liverpool’s lawyers over whether to select Joël Matip at Plymouth Argyle amid concern the defender’s inclusion could result in the club’s expulsion from the FA Cup. The Liverpool manager is in the farcical position of needing legal advice...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State forces launched major attack against regime forces and its mercenaries’ locations in Deir Ez Zor with the hope of expelling the regime forces and gaining sole control of the province. The regime officers and soldiers in Deir Ez Zor, especially those in the...