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Yemen

Yemeni Army, Popular Committees Strike Saudi Aggression in Various Areas

Yemeni army and Popular Committees fought off a major advance by Saudi-led aggression forces towards Thobab city in Taez, killing a large number of militiamen as 8 cars used to evacuate the corpses and the injured were seen in the area, according to a military source. A number of Saudi-led ...

January 7, 2017

Iraq

Turkey to Withdraw Troops from Iraq’s Bashiqa

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says his administration has reached an agreement with Turkey over Baghdad’s demand for the withdrawal of Turkish military forces from a camp in the north of Iraq. Abadi made the announcement on Saturday after he met with visiting Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim in the ...

January 7, 2017

Turkey

Turkey Parliament to Debate Expanding Erdogan Powers

Turkey’s parliament will next week start a fortnight of debates on a controversial new constitution aimed at expanding the powers of the presidency under Recep Tayyip Erdogan, state media said on Saturday. The new constitution, which will replace the basic law drawn up in the wake of Turkey’s 1980 military ...

January 7, 2017

Iraq

Iraq Forces Near Tigris River in Mosul: Spokesman

Iraqi forces battling the ISIL group in Mosul are approaching the Tigris River, which runs through the center of the city, the spokesman for the Counter-Terrorism Service said Saturday. Iraq launched a massive operation on October 17 to retake Mosul from the ‘jihadists’, who seized the city more than two ...

January 7, 2017

Turkey

Turkish General Staff: Forces Destroy 12 ISIL Targets in Northern Syria

The Turkish Armed Forces have eliminated 21 terrorists and destroyed 12 targets of the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) takfiri group over the past 24 hours as part of the Euphrates Shield operation in northern Syria, the Turkish General Staff said. On August 24, the Turkish ...

January 7, 2017

Iraq

Iraqi Air Force Crushes ISIL Terrorists in Tal Afar

The Iraqi warplanes raided ISIL positions in Tal Afar in western Mosul, killing 20 terrorists. The Iraqi defense ministry added in a statement that air raids also destroyed a number of ISIL weaponry depots and booby-trapped vehicles.

January 6, 2017

Syria

Syrian Army Advances in Wadi Barada in Damascus countryside

A ceasefire agreement which had concluded in Wadi Barada in Damascus countryside ended as the deal was scheduled to last for few hours. Before the cease agreement, the Syrian army controlled Dahret Nahila height which overlooks Kfar Awamid, Burheleya, Kfarzet and Husseiniya in Wadi Barada area in Damascus countryside, killing ...

January 6, 2017

Turkey

Yirdrim: Turkey Military Camp in Bashiqa Doesn’t Violate Iraq’s Sovereignty

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim stressed what he called the importance of the deployment of his country’s troops in Iraq, claiming that they are training the local fighters in Bashiqa military camp to fight ISIL terrorist group. Yildirim, who is scheduled to visit Iraq on Saturday, stated that he will ...

January 6, 2017

Turkey

Izmir Car Bomb Attack Blamed on PKK, 18 Suspects Arrested

18 people were detained on suspicion of links with a deadly car bomb explosion near a courthouse in the city of Izmir in Turkey, Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag announced Friday. A police officer and a court employee have been killed and at least three people were injured in the ...

January 6, 2017

Iraq

Hashd Shaabi volunteer forces during battles west of Mosul

Iraqi Forces Advance against ISIL during Mosul Night Raid

Iraqi army and elite forces advanced against militants of the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group in eastern Mosul in their first night-time raid in the city, a spokesman said on Friday. Counter-terrorism service (CTS) forces pushed across a tributary of the Tigris river shortly ...

January 6, 2017