
Iraqi government forces have pushed deeper in Mosul’s militant-held district of Old City as they are battling to purge ISIL Takfiri militants out of their last bastion in the country’s second largest city, warning civilians to stay inside and telling extremists to “surrender or die.” Staff Major General Maan al-Saadi, ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Iranian missile program is aimed at uprooting terrorism and extremism. “Iran’s missile capability protects its citizens in lawful self-defense,” the minister said on his Twitter account on Monday following the country’s missile attack against Takfiri terrorists’ positions in eastern Syria. He added ...