Turkey, US on collision course over Kurdish role in battle for Raqqa All the foreign powers oppose IS, but their Syrian proxies have mainly fought against one another. Updated 04 Mar, 2017 08:29am
Death of IS tactician comes at critical moment BEIRUT: The US air strike believed to have killed Abu Mohammad al-Adnani has deprived the militant Islamic State... Published 01 Sep, 2016 06:15am
Saddam’s former army is secret of Baghdadi’s success Baghdadi has expanded his turf from eastern Syria and western Iraq to include Libya and Sinai Peninsula. Published 18 Jun, 2015 06:41am
Iran expands regional ‘empire’ ahead of nuclear deal The man behind what some see as an attempt to create a Persian and Shia “empire” on Arab land is Major General Soleimani Published 25 Mar, 2015 06:28am
Iraq’s implosion could redraw ME boundaries BEIRUT: The capture of Iraqi cities Mosul and Tikrit by Al Qaeda-influenced jihadis has not only redrawn the map of ... Published 15 Jun, 2014 08:39am
