TIKRIT, IRAQ- Iraq said security and allied forces backed by US-led coalition aircraft "liberated" the city of Tikrit on Tuesday, its biggest victory yet in the fight against Islamic State jihadists....
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- At least 62 children have been killed and 30 injured in Yemen over the past week as fighting has escalated with a Saudi-led air campaign, the UN children's agency...
KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT, Omar Hasan- International donors pledged $3.8 billion on Tuesday to help alleviate war-torn Syria's humanitarian crisis, which Kuwait's emir warned was the worst in "modern...
ISTANBUL, TURKEY, Dilay Gundogan- "Now stand up, pray and repent," the man told Turkish photojournalist Bunyamin Aygun. "We are going to execute you tomorrow by the sword." "I had all my life before...
DAMASCUS, SYRIA- A mortar attack on a historic souk in central Damascus on Monday killed one person and wounded dozens, Syria's official news agency said. "Terrorists launched two mortar rounds on...
BEIRUT, LEBANON, Sara Hussein- Syrian troops regrouped on Sunday after a coalition including Al-Qaeda's local affiliate seized the city of Idlib, the second provincial capital to fall from government...
TUNIS, TUNISIA, Kaouther Larbi- Tunisia said Sunday it had killed the leader of the jihadists behind the massacre at its national museum, as foreign leaders joined thousands of Tunisians in a march...
SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT, Haitham el-Tabei- Arab leaders met in Egypt Saturday for a summit overshadowed by the Saudi-led offensive against Yemeni rebels to discuss a joint-Arab military force to...
SANAA, YEMEN, Jamal al-Jabiri- The United Nations evacuated staff from war-torn Yemen as Russia warned Saudi-led air strikes on Iranian-backed rebels were affecting crunch nuclear talks between world...
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND- The UN Human Rights Council decided Friday to send a mission to war-torn Libya to investigate a range of abuses by different sides and help bring perpetrators to justice. The...
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