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An Iraqi special forces soldier fires at a drone operated by ISIS militants in Mosul. Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Mosul Battles Turn into ‘War of Alleyways’

by Dalshad Abdullah | Mar 6, 2017 | Middle East

Mosul- Iraqi forces reached on Sunday the outskirts of Mosul’s old city center after pushing into some neighborhoods in West Mosul, which turned their battle with the ISIS terrorist organization into a “war of alleyways.” On Sunday, Iraqi security forces fought ISIS...

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Opinion: The World Will Not Die For Us

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Oct 21, 2016 | Opinion

The Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus recently warned against the danger of disagreements over the battle for Mosul and said that this might be an excuse to launch World War Three. There is a problem in Iraq due to Shiite-Sunni sectarian conflict and...

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Opinion: Battles to Purge

by Hussein Shobokshi | Oct 20, 2016 | Opinion

It is very important and useful to follow the military operations taking place in Syria and Iraq under the cover of removing terrorist groups from territories that they had occupied. This scenario always leads to the displacement of the indigenous population of cities...

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James Gatdet Dak, South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar’s spokesman, speaks on the recent fighting in South Sudan during a Reuters interview in Nairobi, Kenya, July 13, 2016, Reuters.

Spokesman: South Sudan Vice President Leaves Juba, Not Hunting for War

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 13, 2016 | World

South Sudan’s vice president has officially withdrawn alongside his troops to outside of Juba but is not planning for war, his spokesman said on Wednesday, as a ceasefire that ended heavy fighting with the president’s forces entered its third day. Forces...

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Russian Su-34 bombers, Su-27 fighters and MiG-29 fighters fly in formation above Red Square during the Victory Day parade in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2015. Reuters

Russian Air Power to Rescue Regime Forces in Lattakia

by Nazeer Rida | Jul 4, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- Russian airpower caught up with Lattakia’s rural area battles. The air campaign got involved two days after Bashar al-Assad regime forces and the Russia-backed Suqur al-Sahara Brigade, otherwise known as Desert Hawks Brigade, faced devastating battle zone...