Iraqi forces are gaining ground in a northern town that they are fighting to retake from terrorists ahead of a push for the city of Mosul, commanders said on Thursday. Security forces began the operation on Tuesday to oust the so-called 'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant' (ISIL) ...
A Bahraini appeals court on Thursday upheld an order dissolving the country’s main opposition group despite international criticism of the Gulf kingdom’s intensified crackdown on dissent. A lower court had ordered the dissolution of the Al-Wefaq association in July over accusations including “harbouring terrorism” and ordered its funds to be ...
