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Saudi Police Say Shoot Dead ISIL suspect, Officer Killed

Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday that police have shot dead an ISIL Takfiri member, and that an officer was gunned down in a separate incident, the interior ministry said Wednesday. The interior ministry said in a statement that officers were called at 6:00 pm (1500 GMT) on Tuesday to an ...

March 8, 2017

Turkey

Turkey, Russia, US Military Chiefs Coordinating against Terror: Turkish PM

The top generals of the Turkish, Russian and US military met Tuesday in a bid to step up coordination in Syria and avoid clashes between rival forces in the fight against ISIL Takfiri group. The meeting between Turkish Chief of Staff Hulusi Akar, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of ...

March 8, 2017

Syria

Syrian Army Liberates Aleppo Water-pumping Station from ISIL Terrorists

Syrian government forces have retaken from the ISIL terrorist group a pumping station that supplies water to second city Aleppo, a monitoring group said Tuesday. “Regime forces took over the area of Al-Khafsa and seized the water-pumping station after the withdrawal of the ISIL ‘jihadists’,” said Rami Abdel Rahman of ...

March 7, 2017

Syria

Ceasefire Announced in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta: Russia

A ceasefire has been declared in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, a militant bastion near Damascus, to run from midnight last Sunday to March 20, Russia’s defense ministry said. “A ‘regime of silence’ has been introduced from 00:01 on March 6 to 23:59 on March 20 (Damascus time) in the area of ...

March 7, 2017

Syria

Syrian Army Regains Jazal Oil Field in Homs

Syrian Army and Armed Forces units continued on Tuesday their intensive operations against terrorist organizations, restoring control over new areas and killing a number of terrorists. Homs Army units restored control over Jazal oil field in the eastern countryside of Homs central province. A military source told SANA that army ...

March 7, 2017

Syria

Total of 1,291 Settlements Have Joined Syrian Ceasefire: Russia

The number of settlements that have joined the cessation of hostilities in war-torn Syria has increased to 1,291, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday. “Within the last 24 hours, truce agreements have been reached with representatives of eight settlements in Daraa [1], Hama [3], Homs [3], and Quneitra [1] provinces, ...

March 7, 2017

Iran

Iran Keeps Ban on US Visitors in Response to Trump Order

Iran said Tuesday it would continue its retaliatory measure of barring US visitors in response to President Donald Trump’s updated travel ban on predominantly Muslim countries. “Our earlier counter-measure against Trump’s previous order is still in place,” said deputy foreign minister Majid Takht Ravanchi at a conference entitled “What to ...

March 7, 2017

Turkey

Turkish, US, Russian Army Chiefs Hold Surprise Meeting

Turkey’s military says Turkish, US and Russian chiefs of military staff are meeting in southern Turkey to discuss developments in Syria and Iraq. The surprise meeting between Turkey’s Gen. Hulusi Akar, the U.S. Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joe Dunford, and Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the chief ...

March 7, 2017

Iraq

Iraq Forces Retake Government HQ, Bridgehead in Mosul

Iraq announced Tuesday that its forces have retaken the provincial government headquarters and a second bridgehead from the ISIL terrorist group in west Mosul. The building was retaken in the city’s Dawasah District on Tuesday by a rapid reaction unit serving the country’s Interior Ministry, Lieutenant Colonel Abdel Amir al-Mohammadawi, ...

March 7, 2017

Iran

US Navy Spy Ship Forced to Change Course After Iranian Attack Vessels Approach

The USNS Invincible, escorted by the British Royal Navy, experienced a close encounter with high-speed attack ships deployed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, ultimately compelling the US spy ship and her formation to alter her course. The Invincible, while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, which the US Energy Information Agency ...

March 6, 2017