Several thousand Iraqi federal police are ready to join the assault against the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group in east Mosul, a spokesman said on Monday, reinforcing troops who have faced weeks of fierce counter-attacks from the militants. The extra forces are being deployed ...
The Syrian army and its allies are in the “final stages” of recapturing Aleppo after a sudden advance that has pushed armed groups to the brink of collapse in an ever-shrinking enclave, a Syrian general said on Monday. A Reuters journalist in the government-held zone said the bombardment of terrorists’ ...
