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Iraq army preparing to recapture Mosul

Thu Jun 19, 2014 14:16:57

Iraq’s armed forces are gearing up to enter the city of Mosul after reestablishing control over Baiji oil refinery in the strategic Salahuddin Province, Army says.

Syria batters Nusra Front stronghold in Lebanon border

Thu Jun 19, 2014 14:14:49

Syrian military forces have pounded the strongholds of foreign-backed militants of the notorious al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front in the Lebanese border village of Arsal.

US flying F-18 surveillance missions over Iraq: officials

Thu Jun 19, 2014 14:09:12

The United States is flying F-18 surveillance missions over Iraq from an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, officials confirm to Fox News, as President Obama weighs options for "increased security assistance" in the country.

Syria FSA militants pledge allegiance to ISIL

Thu Jun 19, 2014 12:51:32

A number of the foreign-backed militants affiliated to the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) have accepted to swear allegiance to the terrorist group of so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a report says.

London protestors: BBC coverage of Iraq crisis ‘sectarian’

Thu Jun 19, 2014 11:55:54

A group of Iraqis have staged a demonstration in the British capital, London, to express their anger at the inflammatory and sectarian reporting of events in the Arab country by the state-run British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Press TV reports.

Iraq repels terrorist attack on Beiji oil refinery

Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:30:26

Iraqi security forces have repelled terrorists targeting the country's main oil refinery and regained partial control of a city near the Syrian border.

59 generals brought to court over abandoning Mosul

Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:28:25

Iraq Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said in a statement on Wednesday that 59 top military officers will be brought before court for fleeing their posts last week as Takfiri militants of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant seized Mosul, northern Iraq's biggest city.

At least 150 Australians fighting in Syria, Iraq: official

Thu Jun 19, 2014 09:27:17

Around 150 Australians have fought with radical militants in Syria and Iraq, raising government fears of a terrorist threat to Australia if the militants return home, the foreign minister said on Thursday.

US rules out air attack on Iraq terrorists

Thu Jun 19, 2014 08:13:08

American officials have confirmed that the Iraqi government has explicitly asked the Pentagon to conduct airstrikes against militants taking their country by storm, but the United States is reportedly ill-prepared to wage suck attacks.

Terrorism to strike back against West: Assad

Thu Jun 19, 2014 07:57:24

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that terrorism will strike back against the West and other countries that "supported" attacks in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East.

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