Two masked militants on motorbike killed a Lebanese army soldier Sunday night in the northeastern town of Arsal. Sergeant-Major Khaled Ezzedine was killed immediately after the two gunmen opened fire at him near his house, the army directorate said in a statement on Monday. The soldier’s body was moved to ...
Iraqi forces have launched a campaign to retake Mosul, the self-declared capital of the ISIL Takfiri group, the prime minister said Monday. “Today I declare the start of these victorious operations to free you from the violence and terrorism of Daesh,” Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said in a televised ...
