Syrian President Bashar al-Assad expected that the upcoming Syrian peace talks in Astana will focus on ceasefire rather than political dialogue. In an interview with Japanese channel TBS, Assad said the talks will also tackle conciliation between the Syrian sides. “We don’t have, let’s say, expectations concerning Astana talks. But ...
Iraqi forces on Thursday battled terrorist holdouts in the last pockets of east Mosul still held by gunmen from the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group, a top commander said. The head of Iraq’s elite Counter-Terrorism Service, which has been doing most of the fighting ...
