Coptic Orthodox Church condemns targeting of Iraqi Christians
Scores of Christians flee Mosul amid continued prosecution by Islamist extremists
Iraq receives Russian jets as it takes fight to militants
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki on Thursday announced that Baghdad was buying…
Iraq battles militant onslaught as Kerry presses unity
The militant onslaught has displaced hundreds of thousands of people, alarmed world…
Beirut blast killed Lebanese security officer
The explosion happened at around midnight near an army checkpoint and a…
Kerry in Iraq as Sunni militants seize strategic town, airport
Kerry met with Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and was to hold talks…
Israel launches air raids on Syrian positions in Golan
The air raids came after the 13-year-old son of an Israeli defence…
Shi’a rebels wound 17 Yemen police in ambush
AFP - Some 17 Yemeni policemen were wounded in an ambush by…
Iraq militants ‘turning back clock’ in captured Mosul
Security forces in Mosul wilted in the face of the onslaught, in…
Sunni militants take control of Iraq-Syria border point
An army major confirmed that the town and its surrounding areas were…