Iraqi forces aim to dislodge ISIS militants from west Mosul within a month, despite gruelling urban combat in densely populated terrain, the head of the elite Counter Terrorism Service told Reuters on Thursday. As Iraqi forces advance deeper into west Mosul, they are facing increasingly...

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Thursday Turkey would strike against U.S.-backed Kurdish YPG militia in Manbij if they advanced into the Syrian city and found them present, according to NTV television. A spokesman for President Tayyip Erdogan said the YPG should move out of Manbij to...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Russian-backed Syrian regime forces have captured  an airbase in the eastern countryside of Aleppo province amid reports saying the Islamic State has handed over the strategic stronghold to regime, pro-government Press TV and local reporter said Thursday. A...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that Germany and Turkey had many ties such as NATO membership and their joint fight against Islamic terrorism but differences had come to the fore recently and everything should be done to resolve that. "There are on the one hand many common...