Syrian deputy Foreign Ministry rejected on Wednesday the participation of Saudi Arabia and Qatar in the Astana peace talks on Syria next week, stressing that negotiations should not include every party that supports, arms and funds terrorism. “Once Qatar and Saudi Arabia halt their support to terrorism, then we can ...
Iraqi forces have retaken the entire eastern coast of Mosul from the ISIL group, the head of the Counter-Terrorism Service announced on Wednesday. Speaking at a press conference in Bartalla, a town east of Mosul, Staff General Talib al-Sheghati announced “the liberation… of the left bank” of the Tigris River ...