Turkey’s military says Turkish, US and Russian chiefs of military staff are meeting in southern Turkey to discuss developments in Syria and Iraq. The surprise meeting between Turkey’s Gen. Hulusi Akar, the U.S. Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joe Dunford, and Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the chief ...
Iraq announced Tuesday that its forces have retaken the provincial government headquarters and a second bridgehead from the ISIL terrorist group in west Mosul. The building was retaken in the city’s Dawasah District on Tuesday by a rapid reaction unit serving the country’s Interior Ministry, Lieutenant Colonel Abdel Amir al-Mohammadawi, ...