Turkey

Turkish military continues operations against PKK

Military operations in the Turkish town of Cizre continued on Sunday as security forces clamped down on Kurdish militants. Cizre has been under

18/01/2016

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Images released of Iranian capture of US sailors

Iran’s state broadcaster, IRIB, has released photos and videos of the January 12 capture of ten US Navy sailors in Iranian waters. The sailors, in

15/01/2016

Iran

Iran's IRGC says has released detained US sailors

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said it had released 10 members of the U.S. Navy.

13/01/2016

World News

Iran detains US sailors in Persian Gulf

Iran detained the crews of two US Navy boats in the Gulf on Tuesday after their vessels reportedly drifted into Iranian waters. Ten US sailors –

13/01/2016

Iran

Iran seizes two US Navy boats said to have strayed into Iranian-claimed waters

Iranian military forces have taken two US Navy boats into custody after allegedly straying into Iranian-claimed waters. Ten American sailors are

12/01/2016

Iraq

Iraqi forces hold Ramadi as ISIL launch major counter attacks

Iraqi forces continue to bolster their positions in Ramadi after reclaiming the shattered Iraqi city from ISIL on Monday. Terrified families emerge

08/01/2016

World News

Indian opposition party protests militant attack on air base

Members of India’s opposition Congress party have been protesting over an attack on an air force base near the Pakistan border.

03/01/2016

Afghanistan

Taliban captures more ground in Helmand, Afghanistan

The Taliban has captured more ground in Afghanistan’s Helmand province after months of heavy fighting. Helmand is where most of the world’s

27/12/2015

Iraq

Iraq 'few days' from liberating Ramadi from ISIL

Iraqi forces say they have recaptured a number of southern neighbourhoods from the group calling itself Islamic State (ISIL) in the city of Ramadi

25/12/2015

Iraq

Battle for Ramadi continues

US-led airstrikes continue to pound Islamic State militants in Ramadi as the battle for the capital of Anbar province enters its fourth day. The

25/12/2015

Syria

Rebels could leave Yarmouk under UN-backed deal

An agreement to give safe passage to militants and rebel fighters in southern Damascus could come into effect as soon as Friday, says the Syrian

25/12/2015

Egypt

Arab League demands Turkey withdraw troops from Iraq

Foreign ministers of the Arab League held an emergency meeting in Cairo on Thursday at the request of the Iraqi government. On the agenda: finding a

24/12/2015

World News

Israel to deploy new missile interceptor

"David's sling" in operation mid-2016

21/12/2015

Syria

Scores killed, over a hundred injured as air strikes target rebel-held city in northwest Syria

Air strikes thought to have been carried out by Russia have reportedly killed scores of people and injured many more in the rebel-held city of Idlib

21/12/2015

World News

Putin says Russia has more military capability than it's using in Syria

President Vladimir Putin says Russia is not using all its military capability in Syria and could do more if necessary. He was speaking at a Kremlin

20/12/2015

Saudi Arabia

Islamic Military Alliance: a bridge over troubled water

16/12/2015

Iraq

US Defence Secretary seeks support against ISIL

Meeting Iraqi PM Seeking support for fight against ISIL Elite troops already sent to Iraq, Syria Washington offering helicopters for Ramadi The

16/12/2015

Spain

Funerals for Spanish police officers killed in Kabul

Two Spanish police officers killed in a suicide attack at Spain’s embassy in Kabul last Friday have been given state funerals. The King of Spain

15/12/2015

World News

Call South Sudan's leaders to account on child soldiers says report

The army base at Pibor in Southern Sudan is new, within a stone’s throw of the school whose classrooms its soldiers occupied for several years until

15/12/2015

USA

Brand new US warship breaks down on way to home port

14/12/2015