Nearly half a million displaced Syrians have returned to their homes since the beginning of the year, mainly to find family members and check on property, the UN refugee agency said Friday. The agency said it had seen “a notable trend of spontaneous returns to and within Syria in 2017.” ...
Iraq will declare victory in the eight-month battle to retake second city Mosul from Takfiri terrorists in the “next few days,” a senior commander said on Friday. “In the next few days, we will announce the final victory over Daesh,” Staff Lieutenant General Abdulghani al-Assadi told AFP in Mosul, using ...