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Many members of the security forces who fled when the ISIS overran the area have now returned, joining government-backed Sunni militia and seeking revenge. (Photo: AP)

Blowing up houses, digging up graves: Iraqis purge ISIS

Local people are purging every last vestige of the ISIS's presence: demolishing terrorists' homes and even digging up...

20 Feb 2017 10:17 AM IST

US-backed Iraqi forces launched a large-scale military operation to dislodge Islamic State militants from the western half of Mosul city. (Photo: AP)

As Iraqi forces poise to takeover Mosul, reports say 3,50,000 children...

Escape is not an option for most families, who risk summary execution by fighters from the ISIS group, sniper fire and...

20 Feb 2017 8:04 AM IST

Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Israel-US to set up joint team to upgrade bilateral relations

The main areas will be security, intelligence, cyber, technology, economics and many others, said Israeli PM Benjamin...

19 Feb 2017 9:09 PM IST

A man wears a Captain America costume during the Saudi Comic Con (SCC) which is the first event of its kind to be held in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. (Photo: AP)

Saudi gamers get together at kingdom's first-ever Comic Con

Saudi Arabia is trying to boost its entertainment sector as part of an economic and social reform drive aimed at...

19 Feb 2017 8:57 PM IST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AFP)

Netanyahu held secret Arab peace meeting: report

The then US secretary of state John Kerry wanted the sides to endorse six principles, which he laid out publicly in a...

19 Feb 2017 6:57 PM IST

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Photo: File/AP)

Israeli PM lauds 'new day' in relations with Trump's US

Benjamin Netanyahu said the two leaders see -"eye to eye-" on Iran and have formed teams to work together on a host of...

19 Feb 2017 6:26 PM IST

An Iraqi man distributes potatoes to civilians in the Samah district of Mosul, Iraq. (Photo: AP)

Mosul civilians divided over Iraqi army advice to 'stay at home'

In the east, the Iraqi forces adopted a strategy of protecting civilians by keeping them at home.

19 Feb 2017 3:19 PM IST

Abdel Basset was caught in a barrel bomb attack by regime forces on Thursday in the town of Al-Hbeit, in northwest Idlib province. (Photo: AFP)

'Daddy pick me up', screams 9-year-old as his legs are blown off in...

In an ambulance about to head to the border, Abdel Basset recounted the incident as his father Taan tried to keep his...

19 Feb 2017 2:03 PM IST

The video shows her stepping off a girder at the top of Dubais 73-storey Cayan Tower and dangling in the void, held only by a man gripping her hand.

Dubai police summon Russian model who dangled from skyscraper

A video of the model, identified as Viktoria Odintcova, went viral after she posted it on her Instagram account earlier...

19 Feb 2017 1:55 PM IST

The source said those killed on Thursday and Friday were used as human shields against attacks forcing ISIS out of southern parts of Mosul.

Islamic State bleeding money, its 'business model' in free fall

The report found that Islamic State revenue has declined from up to $1.9 billion in 2014 to at most $870 million in...

19 Feb 2017 1:03 PM IST

A fighter of the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitaries poses for a picture carrying a Kalashnikov assault rifle next to an Iraqi flag at a defensive position near the frontline village of Ayn al-Hisan, on the outskirts of Tal Afar west of Mosul. (Photo: AFP)

Iraqi planes drop leaflets on Mosul to say offensiveâ€‰against ISIS is...

Other leaflets warned Islamic State members to 'lay down their weapons and surrender', the ministry said in a statement.

19 Feb 2017 12:11 PM IST

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi (Photo: AP)

Iraq forces launch operation to retake west Mosul: PM

Iraqi federal forces launched a huge offensive on October 17 to retake Mosul, the jihadists' last major bastion in the...

19 Feb 2017 10:26 AM IST