Iraqi Special Forces said they pushed deeper into Mosul Friday despite heavy resistance from ISIL militants using civilians as cover, and were holding half a dozen city neighborhoods seized in the last 10 days. The elite Counter Terrorism Service troops broke through ISIL defense lines to enter the city early ...
Russian military experts have found unexploded shells indicating that terrorists in Aleppo have been using chemical weapons in their regular attacks on civilian and Syrian government-held areas of the city, according to a Russian Defense Ministry statement. “While conducting reconnaissance in the ‘1070’ area [south-western suburbs of Aleppo], the officers ...
