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...

U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura is still in the process of finalizing who will come to Syria peace talks in Geneva that start on Feb. 23, his spokeswoman Yara Sharif told a regular U.N. briefing Friday. She said there had already been positive responses to the invitations that had been...

Turkey has increased scrutiny of Russian-speaking Muslim communities in the past few months following a series of attacks blamed on ISIS, a concrete example of the renewed relationship between the two countries. Turkish police have raided the homes of Russian-speaking immigrants in Istanbul,...