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Kurdish-led militias launch offensive against ISIL-held Raqqa

A US-backed alliance of Kurdish-Arab militias has started to clear ISIL fighters from the area north of the Raqqa which is the extremists de facto capital in…

Syria

Syria: US-backed fighters launch offensive to retake ISIL's Raqqa

A US backed coalition of Kurdish fighters in Syria has reportedly launched a major offensive to capture ISIL’s de-facto capital, Raqqa.

Iraq

Iraqi offensive in Fallujah causing concern over civilian safety, says UN

Iraqi forces have begun shelling ISIL targets as the fight for Fallujah rages through a second day.

Syria

ISIL-claimed bombings on Assad strongholds are condemned by US and Russia

Bomb blasts which killed nearly 150 people and injured another 200 in the Syrian coastal towns of Jableh and Tartous have been condemned by both the US and…

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Yemen

ISIL targets army recruits in deadly Yemen bombing

Yemen’s government has suffered one its deadliest attacks to date.

World News

ISIL says deadly Syria blasts 'targeted supporters of Bashar al-Assad'

ISIL has claimed responsibility for multiple, deadly explosions in the Syrian coastal cities of Jableh and Tartous.

Iraq

Iraqi forces storm ISIL stronghold of Fallujah

Iraqi forces have begun storming Fallujah, the first city to fall to ISIL, more than two years ago.

Russia

US rejects Russia proposal for joint air strikes in Syria

The US has rejected a Russian proposal to carry out joint air strikes against jihadist groups in Syria, saying they have different…

Libya

Libyan forces advance on ISIL stringhold of Sirte

Libyan forces claim to have pushed back ISIL fighters towards their stronghold of Sirte on the Libyan coast.

Iraq

A Yazidi girl's harrowing tale of escape from ISIL captivity

Lamiya Aji Bashar, an Iraqi Yazidi, tells a tortuous tale of her escape from ISIL captivity.

Iraq

More than 70 killed in bloody day of violence in Baghdad

More than 70 people have been killed and over 140 wounded in a day of attacks in Baghdad. A car bomb went off in the Shi’ite Sadr City on Tuesday

Austria

World powers ready to arm Libya's UN-backed government

Meeting in Vienna, more than a dozen foreign ministers say they will back a Libyan request for an exemption from the UN arms embargo.

Yemen

ISIL suicide attack kills at least 30 in Yemen

The bomber reportedly detonated their device as recruits lined up at a police headquarters in the coastal city of Mukalla.

Iraq

Dozens killed by Baghdad car bomb

Iraqi police say the device exploded in the Shia district of Sadr City during the morning rush hour. ISIL says it carried out the attack.

World News

Australian police foil alleged ISIL boat plot

Police in Australia have arrested five men suspected of trying to sail a small boat from North Queensland in a bid to eventually ending up in Syria

Egypt

Egypt: Funeral for eight policemen shot dead in Cairo

Egypt has held a military funeral for eight policemen gunned down in an ambush in the capital. The minister of the interior attended the ceremony in Cairo.

Syria

Clearing mines from the ancient site of Palmyra with restoration work ongoing

“Palmyra was under control of the co-called Islamic State for almost a year. During that time, its architectural heritage was partially destroyed

Syria

Euronews visits frontline village in Syria

Euronews has visited Kaukab where village leaders said they have renounced armed struggle against the Assad government after rebels lost control of the area.

Germany

Germany's first Syria war crimes trial opens in Frankfurt

A 21-year-old man has gone on trial in Germany for alleged war crimes in Syria. The case in Frankfurt is the first of its kind in Germany related to

Syria

US urges Russia to rein in Damascus after upsurge in Syria violence

There have been stark warnings about the war in Syria following the recent increase in fighting in Aleppo that’s sabotaged a ceasefire and peace