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A boy walks and collects toys from the rubble of destroyed houses in Yemen’s northwestern city of Saada May 27, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer
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A member of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up of an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters, drives down a road leading to the Tabqa dam as they advance in their battle for ISIS’ stronghold in nearby Raqqa. AFP
US-Turkey Differences on Kurds Set to Grow as Ankara Calls for McGurk’s Ouster
Turkey called Thursday for the removal of Brett McGurk, the US diplomat coordinating the international coalition fighting ISIS, after it accused him of backing Syrian Kurdish militia, a move that would likely aggravate tension between Ankara and Washington. Washington...Caption:
People inspect the site of an air strike in Yemen’s northwestern city of Saada April 22, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer
Yemen: Houthis Deploy Forces to Saada As Local Residents Gear Up to Dislodge Militias
Jeddah- Yemen’s Houthi coup militias have relocated a large number of their armed insurgents to Saada governorate, pumping medium range arms at an unprecedented rate to the area, said Yemen army forces. Shoring up their posts in the northwestern governorate is the...Caption:
Khalifa Haftar attends a news conference at a sports club in Abyar, a small town to the east of Benghazi. May 17, 2014. Reuters
Chief of Staff of Egyptian Army Visits Benghazi, Meets Haftar
Cairo- Chief of Staff of Egyptian Armed Forces Lieutenant-General Mahmoud Hijazi arrived on Wednesday in the eastern Libyan port city of Benghazi, on the first official visit by a senior Egyptian military official to Libya since the fall of the regime of Muammar...Caption:
In this photo provided by Egypt’s state news agency, MENA, Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center right, welcomes Jordan’s King Abdullah II, to Cairo International Airport, Egypt, Wednesday, May 17, 2017. (MENA via AP)