U.S.-backed Syrian alliance declares attack on Islamic State in Raqqa
AIN ISSA, Syria (Reuters) – A U.S.-backed alliance of Syrian armed groups has launched an operation to retake the northern city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of Islamic State in Syria, the group said on Sunday.
U.S.-backed Syrian alliance declares attack on Islamic State in Raqqa
AIN ISSA, Syria (Reuters) – A U.S.-backed alliance of Syrian armed groups has launched an operation to retake the northern city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of Islamic State in Syria, the group said on Sunday.
Islamic State hits back in Mosul but faces new Raqqa front
BAGHDAD/AIN ISSA, Syria (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters targeted Iraqi troops with car bombs and ambushes in Mosul, stalling an army advance in their north Iraq stronghold, but faced attack on a new front on Sunday when U.S.-backed rebels launched a…
U.N. says investigating Afghanistan air strike deaths
KABUL (Reuters) – The United Nations said it was investigating an incident in which more than 30 civilians were killed in U.S. air strikes called in support of a special forces raid on suspected Taliban militants in northern Afghanistan on Thursday.
Algeria says army seized missiles, explosives in desert area
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria’s army seized a cache of weapons, including 17 anti-aircraft missiles on Sunday in the southern desert province of Adrar, the defense ministry said.
Pentagon identifies three Army trainers killed in Jordan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Defense Department on Sunday identified three U.S. Army trainers killed on Friday when their convoy came under fire as it entered a military base in Jordan.
Italy PM Renzi turns on party rebels, says they want to regain power
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi accused rebels within his center-left party on Sunday of using a forthcoming referendum on constitutional reform to try to oust him from office and seize back power for themselves.
Montenegro says foiled Russian-backed plan to kill PM Djukanovic
PODGORICA (Reuters) – A special prosecutor investigating an alleged plot to sway last month’s election in Montenegro said on Sunday a group of “Russian nationalists” had planned to assassinate Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic to get an opposition party i…
Ceasefire between Somalia’s Puntland and Galmudug collapses, 19 killed
Garowe, Puntland, Somalia (Reuters) – A week-old ceasefire between the forces of two semi-autonomous regions of Somalia broke down on Sunday as fighting over a disputed border area erupted again, killing at least 19 soldiers, army officials on both sid…
Erdogan blasts West as Turkey’s Kurdish party boycotts parliament
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Europe on Sunday of abetting terrorism by supporting Kurdish militants and said he did not care if it called him a dictator.
