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Syrian forces have captured the fortified area near Deir ez-Zor that was struck by Russian cruise missiles, which Moscow says killed over 200 jihadists. Troves of weapons, explosives and damaged armored vehicles were found on the site where the terrorists had holed up. As the Syrian troops were clearing out the area, they discovered a […]
Following an intense battle over the weekend, the Syrian army has liberated the town of al-Sukhnah, the last major Islamic State stronghold in Homs province. RT’s Ruptly video agency brings you exclusive footage from the recaptured city. On Sunday, the Syrian army further “tightened the noose on ISIS terrorists in al-Sukhnah” in a swift but […]
Thomson Reuters BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S.-backed Iraqi troops pushed into the last Islamic State stronghold in Mosul on Sunday, an Iraqi commander said, formally launching the final major battle of an eight-month campaign to drive the militants from Iraq’s second largest city. The IS group captured Mosul when it swept across northern and central Iraq […]
Published time: 15 Jun, 2017 07:17 Islamic State fighters have moved to capture a giant cave stronghold from the Taliban that was once Osama bin Laden’s hideout back in the early 2000s, Afghan officials have said. The complex, called Tora Bora, still has strategic and symbolic importance. Read more Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) launched […]
Thomson Reuters A top Iraqi commander expects to dislodge Islamic State from Mosul in May despite resistance from militants in the densely populated Old City district. The battle should be completed “in a maximum of three weeks”, the Iraqi army’s chief of staff, Lieutenant General Othman al-Ghanmi, was quoted as saying by state-run newspaper al-Sabah […]
Published time: 18 Mar, 2017 13:54 Syrian rebels and their families began retreating from the outskirts of Homs, the last remaining opposition-held stronghold in central Syria, after a Russian-brokered evacuation deal was signed earlier this week. The first buses carrying rebels and their families departed from the al-Waer neighborhood in western Homs early on Saturday, […]
Iraqi government forces recaptured the eastern side of Mosul, ISIS’ last urban stronghold in Iraq and the country’s second-biggest city, in late January, and since February 19, the fight against ISIS there has ground on anew in western Mosul. A US-led coalition of dozens of countries has aided Iraqi forces on the ground and in […]
Iraqi government forces recently launched the next phase of their offensive against ISIS in Mosul, the terrorist group’s last urban stronghold in the country. US-led coalition forces have supported Iraqi troops since the campaign against ISIS in Mosul began in mid-October, and that backing as continued in the weeks since the eastern side of the […]
REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi forces captured several villages on Sunday, as they advanced from the south toward the western side of Mosul that is still under control of Islamic State, Iraqi military said. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi earlier on Sunday announced the formal start of the ground offensive on western Mosul, asking […]
