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By Ahmed Rasheed | BAGHDAD A coalition of mainly Shi’ite Iraqi militias advancing on the Islamic State-held town of Tal Afar plans to seize a nearby military air base from the jihadists, the first …
Bishkek (AKIpress) – A Turkish high-rank delegation, headed by Mehmet Erdogan, the head of the Turkey-Mongolia Friendship Group in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, started an official visit in Mongolia on October 25. …
Ka-52K attack helicopters deployed on the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier will test-fire the latest Hermes extreme-range anti-tank guided missiles for the first time in Syria in the battle with Islamic State, the daily newspaper …
Russia on Friday despatched the naval destroyer Smetlivy to Syria to join its battle group there for a few months, Russian government daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta reported.
The International Organization for Migration estimates that almost 16,000 people have been displaced by fighting since the Mosul operation against the Islamic State militants began. But, there are also reports that tens of thousands …