The Iraqi government has put together an armed force of 10,000 people to retake the province of Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the head of Mosul's provincial council said on Sunday. "The government has prepared its 'Freeing...

TEHRAN: Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem will visit Tehran this week for a conference on combating extremism that will also be attended by his Iraqi counterpart, Iranian state media said Sunday. Moallem was set to meet with Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, who has already...

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(Reuters) - Syrian state television said on Sunday that Israeli jets had bombed areas near Damascus international airport and in the town of Dimas, near the border with Lebanon. An Israeli army spokesman said he would not comment on the "foreign reports". Israel has struck...