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Syrian Army Forces in tough battle with Isis terrorists before entering Al-Mayadin [Video]

Mon Oct 16, 2017 07:51:12

Footage shows Syrian army forces in heavy clashes with Isis terrorists during battle with the militants' sharpshooters and entering the gates of the town of al-Mayadin in Deir Ezzur province.

Iran shuts border with northern Iraq - Iranian news agency

Sun Oct 15, 2017 14:14:56

Iran has closed its border gates with northern Iraq in response to an independence referendum in Iraq's Kurdish region last month, Iran's Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday.

Nearly 700,000 Iraqis from war-torn Mosul still displaced: NGO

Sun Oct 15, 2017 13:38:15

Nearly 700,000 Iraqis from the former Isis stronghold of Mosul and nearby areas are still displaced despite the city's recapture in July, the Norwegian Refugee Council said Sunday.

Kurds block Iraqi forces access to Kirkuk's oil fields, airbase

Sun Oct 15, 2017 13:09:58

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters rejected a warning from an Iraqi paramilitary force to withdraw from a strategic junction south of Kirkuk, which controls the access to some of the region's main oilfields, a Kurdish security official told Reuters on Sunday.

Syrian Isis fighters evacuate Raqqa city - SDF

Sun Oct 15, 2017 11:15:38

A group of Isis fighters evacuated the Syrian city of Raqqa overnight, taking civilians with them as human shields, a militia spokesman told Reuters on Sunday.

Syria urges Turkish troops' pullout from Idlib

Sun Oct 15, 2017 09:32:37

The Syrian government has strongly denounced an incursion of Turkish military forces into the country’s northwestern province of Idlib, demanding immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Turkish troops.

Macron ‘considering’ trip to Iran after Rouhani invite

Sat Oct 14, 2017 14:57:47

French President Emmanuel Macron spoke by phone with his Iranian counterpart following US President Donald Trump's "decertification" speech on Friday

Buses inside Raqqa to transport ISIS fighters and families out- monitor

Sat Oct 14, 2017 14:34:13

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said on Saturday there were buses inside Syria's Raqqa which would be used to transport remaining ISIS fighters and their families out of the city.

Danger of war, Germany warns after Trump's move on Iran nuclear deal

Sat Oct 14, 2017 14:26:46

If the United States terminates the Iran nuclear deal or reimposes sanctions on Tehran it could result in Iran developing nuclear weapons and raise the danger of war close to Europe, Germany's foreign minister said on Saturday.

Baghdad gives ultimatum on Kirkuk pullback: Kurds

Sat Oct 14, 2017 14:00:32

Baghdad has set a pre-dawn Sunday deadline for Kurdish forces to abandon positions in the disputed oil province of Kirkuk they took during the fightback against the ISIS group, a senior Kurdish official said.

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