Elite Iraqi forces were engaged in "intense" fighting with jihadists in eastern Mosul on Saturday, an officer said, as civilians gathered on the city's outskirts to flee. Iraqi forces launched a massive operation to retake the country's second city from the Islamic State group on October 17,...

(Hurriyet Daily News)- Turkish warplanes hit Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets in west of Salva town in Syria late on Nov. 11, resuming its flights in Syrian airspace after more than two weeks of suspension. 18 members of the ISIL were killed in strikes targeting two...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Nine civilians were killed by Russian airstrikes on Friday in northwestern province of Aleppo, a Civil Defense official said. Some 30 people were injured when Russian warplanes struck residential areas in the opposition-held Kfar Dael village, Beibars Meshal, a civil defense...

A flotilla of Russian warships is now in the eastern Mediterranean off the Syrian coast after being sent to reinforce Russia's military in the area, a naval commander said on state television. The commander of Russia's flagship Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier Sergei Artamonov said via...