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By Ali Shikho, Ahmed Qassim and Ali Jawwad BAGHDAD (AA): The Iraqi army and its allies on Monday continued to make gains in and around Daesh-held Mosul amid an ongoing campaign — now in its fourth week — to purge members of the terrorist group from Iraq’s second-largest city. In a statement, General Abdulamir […]

8th Nov 2016

Iraq: Mass grave found near Daesh-held Mosul

By Ali Shekhu and Ali Jawad BAGHDAD (AA): A mass grave has been found in an area south of the Daesh-held city of Mosul, a top Iraqi security official said on Monday. “The grave, located in the district of Hamam al-Alil, contains the remains of 100 people, including civilians, who were killed months ago […]

4th Nov 2016

Iraq: 37 Daesh terrorists killed in Mosul operation

By Arif Yusuf,Zeynep Tufekci MOSUL, (AA): At least 37 Daesh terrorists have been killed in the operation to retake Iraq’s oil rich city of Mosul, that country’s defense ministry said Friday. The ministry said that the operation targeted Daesh positions in Mosul’s western regions. The statement added that 14 bomb-laden vehicles were destroyed during […]

2nd Nov 2016

Iraqi forces ‘liberate’ strategic Kokjeli district of Mosul

By Ahmed Qassim, Ibrahim Salih and Haydar Hadi NINEVEH, (AA): Iraqi counter-terrorism forces on Tuesday captured Mosul’s eastern Kokjeli district from members of the Daesh terrorist group, according to an Iraqi army source. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Lieutenant-General Abdel-Wahab al-Saedi, who led the operation, said anti-terrorism forces had managed to “fully liberate eastern parts […]

1st Nov 2016

Iraqi army, allies retake 5 more villages near Mosul

By Ibrahim Saleh and Ahmed Qasim BAGHDAD (AA): The Iraqi army and its allies on Monday announced the recapture of five more villages near the northern city of Mosul, according to official statements. The assertions come hours after the army’s Joint Operations Command announced the launch of the second phase of the campaign — […]

31st Oct 2016

Iraqi army takes 2 more villages from Daesh

By Ahmed Qasim and Ibrahim Salih NINEVEH, Iraq (AA): Iraqi forces have captured two more villages near the northern city of Mosul from Daesh terrorists, according to an Iraqi army officer. Ahmed al-Shemari, a captain in the Iraqi army’s Nineveh Operations Command, said army forces seized control of the villages of al-Hokool and Ali […]

15th Oct 2016

US: 3 charged with bomb plot on Muslims, mosque

NEW YORK (AA): Three members of an anti-Muslim militia on Friday faced charges of conspiring to detonate explosives at an apartment complex where members of a local Somali community reside in the state of Kansas. “These charges are based on eight months of investigation by the FBI that is alleged to have taken the investigators […]

7th Oct 2016

Turkey: Blast near police station in Istanbul injures 10 people

ISTANBUL (AA): The suspected PKK terrorist who detonated a bomb-laden motorcycle that injured nearly a dozen victims in Istanbul has been captured, a security source said Friday. The suspect was caught with a fake ID card at a security check point in Aksaray province , the source added. Two other suspects in the car were […]

29th Sep 2016

Iraq: Daesh terror group loses more territory in Anbar

By Suleiman al-Qubaisi ANBAR, (AA): The army on Wednesday recaptured the Al-Dabour Island region in Iraq’s western Anbar province from the Daesh terrorist group, Iraqi Army General Qassim al-Muhammadi told Anadolu Agency. “The Iraqi army, backed by airstrikes carried out by the international coalition and the Hashd al-Ashaeri [a pro-government Sunni tribal militia], has […]

27th Sep 2016

Nigeria: 8 soldiers, 25 Boko Haram terrorists killed in Borno State

By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, (AA): Eight soldiers and 25 Boko Haram terrorists were killed in two separate encounters in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state on Sunday as government troops intensified operations to clear the insurgency from the region, according to the military. In the first incident, army spokesman Sani Usman said four soldiers, including an […]

29th Aug 2016

Pakistan: Cricket-team attack suspects die in gun battle

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): Three people allegedly involved in a 2009 gun-and-bomb attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore have been killed in a late-night clash between the security forces and terrorists, police said Sunday. A spokesman for Punjab province’s counter-terrorism department said the accused – who had already been in […]

18th Aug 2016

Turkey: 3 killed, 71 injured in terror attack in eastern Turkey

By Necat Hazar VAN, (AA): Three victims were killed Tuesday in a terror attack in the eastern city of Van, authorities told Anadolu Agency. Deputy Gov. Mehmet Parlak said the casualties occurred when PKK terrorists detonated a bomb-wired vehicle near a police station in the Ipekyolu district. Speaking also to Anadolu Agency, ruling AK […]

7th Aug 2016

Syrian opposition claims to have broken Aleppo Govt siege

By Mohamed Misto and Halit Suleyman ALEPPO, (AA): The Syrian opposition said Saturday that anti-Govt fighters has broken a government siege on opposition-held areas in the northern city of Aleppo. Jaish al-Fatah (Army of Conquest) fighters seized control of regime positions in Ramousa area in southern Aleppo, opening the route to opposition-held neighborhoods in […]

3rd Aug 2016

UN urges end to hospital attacks in Syria

UNITED NATIONS (AA): The United Nations on Tuesday called for an end to airstrikes against hospitals in Syria. “The United Nations is deeply disturbed by the ongoing destruction of civilian infrastructure, particularly medical facilities, across the country,” according to a statement by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric. The UN has in recent days […]

27th Jun 2016

Nigerian army frees over 5,000 people from Boko Haram

By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS (AA): The Nigerian army said on Sunday it had “liberated over 5,000 people” from several northeastern villages where they had been held by Boko Haram militants. “Troops of 21 Brigade and Civilian JTF [Joint Task Force] conducted a fighting patrol to Zangebe, Maiwa, Algaiti and Mainari villages in which they […]

20th Jun 2016

Iraq: 600 families flee as fighting rages in N Iraq

By Arif Youssef & Ali Jawwad BAGHDAD (AA) – Around 600 Iraqi families have fled their homes in the northern Nineveh province as fighting has raged between Iraqi forces and Daesh terrorists south of Mosul. “Some 600 families have arrived at refugee camps in Dibkah [in northern Iraq],” Mohamed al-Husseini of the Iraqi Ministry […]

18th Jun 2016

Iraqi forces retake Fallujah from Daesh terrorists

By Haydar Hadi BAGHDAD (AA): Iraqi forces have retaken the western city of Fallujah from Daesh, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said late Friday. “Fallujah is back home,” Abadi said in a televised speech. “Our goal is to protect the holy things of the people of Fallujah and to ensure the security of the […]

7th Jun 2016

Iraqi forces uncover mass grave in Daesh-held Fallujah

By Arif Yusuf BAGHDAD (AA): A mass grave containing the remains of 400 people was found in the western city of Fallujah, an Iraqi officer has said. “The mass grave was uncovered in northern Fallujah as security forces were clearing landmines and explosives from the area,” colonel Walid al-Duleimi told Anadolu Agency. He said […]

6th Jun 2016

Afghanistan: Lawmaker among 3 killed in Kabul bomb attack

By Mohammad Fahim Abed KABUL (AA): An Afghan lawmaker, Sher Wali Wardak, and his two guards were killed in a bomb attack outside the deputy’s house in the Afghan capital Kabul Sunday afternoon, an Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman said. According to spokesman, Wardak was seriously injured in attack and later succumbed to his wounds […]

24th May 2016

Iraqi forces retake 12 districts of Fallujah from Daesh

By Ibrahim Saleh BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi forces have captured 12 districts of Fallujah only hours after the launch of a military campaign aimed at retaking the city from the Daesh terrorist group, according to a local security source. Fallujah is considered Daesh’s primary stronghold in Iraq’s western Anbar province. Federal police officer Raed […]

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