Iraqi security forces have killed 48 of the gunmen who stormed parts of Kirkuk in a shock attack claimed by the Takfiri ISIL group, the city’s police chief said. “Forty-eight Daesh (ISIL) terrorists have been killed in the clashes,” Brigadier General Khattab Omar Aref told AFP, adding that some of ...
Russia extended a truce in Syria’s Aleppo for another 24 hours, as the United Nations said it delayed planned evacuations from the city due to security concerns. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation announced on Friday evening that the humanitarian pause in Aleppo has been ...
