Iraq has begun trial proceedings for nearly 900 Iraqi members of the Islamic State group caught fleeing many territories in neighboring Syria, a judicial source said on Sunday. They were handed over to Iraqi authorities by the Syrian Democratic Forces, which ousted IS from swathes of eastern Syria including territory …
Read More »Iraq, Iran, and Syria consider transnational railway line.
Iraq says negotiations are underway with Iran and Syria to develop a transnational railway line linking the three countries. Iraqi Republic Railways Company chief Salib al-Hussaini said a summit will be held between the countries to further discuss the matter. The comments made on the sidelines of the joint Syrian-Iraqi …
Read More »Without territory or new recruits, Islamic State is in its death throes.
The last fighters are holding out, just. The leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is still alive but hiding somewhere in the desert. We have already had one “final defeat” of Islamic State. This came 18 months ago when the organization’s capital, Raqqa, fell. Once, it held territory the size of the …
Read More »Syria | 150 Daesh family members leave the last redoubt.
Members of the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have evacuated dozens of people from the last pocket of land held by the Daesh Takfiri terrorists on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River in Syria, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. Militants from the Western-backed and …
Read More »US plans to keep troops in Syria’s al-Tanf base: Report.
The United States is reportedly planning to keep some of its forces in a military base in southeastern Syria despite a total withdrawal ordered by US President Donald Trump. Informed sources told Washington-based Foreign Policy magazine on Friday that given the strategic importance of the al-Tanf garrison, situated in Syria’s …
Read More »Civilians storm & burn Turkish military base in northern Iraq.
A mob of angry civilians has attacked a Turkish military camp near the Iraqi city of Dohuk, burning equipment, and vehicles. The incident comes in response to the deaths of civilians during Turkish airstrikes, local media reports. The incident occurred in northern Iraq on Saturday, when a large mob of …
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