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ISIS militants return to Albu Kamal amid clashes

Damascus - Noura Khowam

ISIS militants have retaken nearly half of Albu Kamal in eastern Syria in a counter-attack on what had been the last significant town under their full control, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday. "ISIS started counter-attacking on Thursday night and retook more than 40 percent of the town of Albu Kamal," Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britain-basedRead more

American raids target ISIS sites in Yemen

Aden - Abdel Ghani Yahia

US forces killed dozens of ISIS militants in a strike on two ISIS training camps, Oct. 16, in al-Bayda governorate, center of Yemen. However, security officials and locals said the strike targeted militants belonging to al-Qaeda and not ISIS terrorist group. US Central Command announced that its forces raided two ISIS camps used to train militants to conduct terror attacksRead more

Iraqi forces advance in central Mosul, foiled ISIS's attack in Baiji

Baghdad - Najla al-Taie

The Iraqi forces broke into Yarmouk and Maghrib neighborhoods on the right side of the city of Mosul, on Tuesday, at a time when a number of young men attacked members of ISIS with knives in a neighborhood south of Mosul. While the Ministry of Defense announced that Iraqi jets repulsed an attempt to attack the front lines of theRead more

Ancient winged bull to rise again in London

London - Arab Today

An ancient Assyrian winged bull sculpture destroyed by ISIS militants in 2015 is to be remade from empty Iraqi date syrup cans and displayed in Trafalgar Square in London. The work by U.S. artist Michael Rakowitz has won the next commission for the square’s unoccupied Fourth Plinth, upon which a series of 11 new artworks have been displayed since 1999,Read more

Iraqi forces seize Iron Bridge in battle for Mosul

Mosul - Arab Today

Iraqi government forces battling ISIS militants in Mosul on Wednesday took control of the Iron Bridge linking the eastern sector with the ISIS-held Old City, federal police said. Federal police and Interior Ministry Rapid Response units seized the bridge, a police statement said, quoting a commander. The government now hold three of the five bridges crossing the Tigris river whichRead more

ISIS militants ‘trapped’ in Mosul after last road cut

Baghdad - Arab Today

Iraqi forces battling to retake Mosul have cut the last road out of the city, trapping ISIS militants inside, the US envoy to the anti-ISIS coalition said Sunday. ISIS “is trapped. Just last night, the 9th Iraqi army division, up near Badush, just northwest of Mosul, cut off the last road out of Mosul,” Brett McGurk told journalists in Baghdad.Read more

Clashes continue in Damascus' parties

Damascus - Nour Khowam

The regime forces launched dozens of missiles targeted parties of Damascus, in conjunction with the continuing clashes in the region. While violent clashes are still ongoing in the outskirts of Palmyra, and other clashes in the western countryside of Daraa in Basatin and Harasta, while the shells fell on areas in the city of Deir Ezzor. In Damascus province, violentRead more

Iraqi army resumes advance towards Dawasa and kills dozens

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Iraqi forces of Federal Police resumed their advance to Mousl’s Dawasa district, as they killed 102 extremists and arrested four during the current military operations to liberate the Iraqi second largest city. The International Coalition’s fighter jets bombed three villages controlled by ISIS militants in Kirkuk, while the Iraqi air forces killed dozens of extremists in 25 raids targeting theirRead more

Iraqi forces retake first district, push into another

Baghdad - Najla al-Taie

Iraqi military sources revealed that ISIS militants launched an attack in Anbar province, near the border with Jordan and Saudi Arabia, while Iraqi joint forces managed to advance in the right coast of the city of Mosul amid the collapse of ISIS's defenses. Meanwhile, the Iraqi forces managed to recaptured a district in western Mosul from Islamic State fighters. AccordingRead more

Iraqi forces destroyed laboratories and weapons stores in Mousl

Mosul - Arab Today

Iraqi Federal Police revealed that ISIS militants turned to use the civilians as human shields in Mousl's right bank to prevent the advance of the governmental troops, saying that they also planted explosive devices inside the houses. It added that the Iraqi air forces destroyed two laboratories to make explosives and stores of weapons in Nineveh. Leader of "We AreRead more