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Iraq Latest News

Iraq PM ‘Abadi’ orders swift executions of Islamic State militants

June 29, 2018 MEO Staff

12 militants on death row were executed shortly after Abadi’s statement in response to murders of captives by Islamic State group Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Thursday ordered the immediate execution of hundreds of [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

The Danger that Lurks in Sisi’s Egypt: Reuters

April 7, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s unsurprising 97 percent win, announced Monday after a widely-derided sham election, asserts the recession of civil environment in Egypt and thus, reaffirms the exponential power of the military’s influence in nearly every facet [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt launches ‘major operation’ in Sinai 

February 9, 2018 MEO Staff

Army moves into Nile Delta and northern Sinai to confront ‘terrorist elements’, days after gearing up hospitals to expect influx of casualties The Egyptian army announced on Friday it had launched a major operation against [ More … ]

Libya Latest News

Libyan crude pipeline destroyed by armed militants, say officials

December 27, 2017 MEO Staff

Oil industry sources said Libya had lost around 90,000 barrels as a result of the explosion Armed men were responsible for the explosion that damaged a Libyan crude oil pipeline on Tuesday, a military source [ More … ]

Syria Latest News

Kurdish militia announces capture of key oil field in east Syria

October 23, 2017 MEO Staff

The Syrian Democratic Forces said they captured a major oil field in Deir Ezzor province on Sunday, pressing their offensive against Islamic State fighters in eastern Syria. The US-backed group said they took al-Omar field [ More … ]

Islamic State Latest News

US-backed forces announce full capture of Raqqa from IS

October 18, 2017 MEO Staff

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said on Tuesday they had fully captured the Islamic State group’s former Syrian stronghold Raqqa, after more than four months of fighting. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces [SDF] said on [ More … ]

Iraq Latest News

Iraq: Scores killed in suicide attack on popular Anbar cafe

October 12, 2017 MEO Staff

At least 12 civilians were killed after a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew himself up inside a popular cafe, a military source told The New Arab. Scores of people were killed in a [ More … ]

Iraq Latest News

Iraqi forces make quick gains in IS-held Tal Afar

August 21, 2017 MEO Staff

Iraqi forces have advanced from the south into Tal Afar, as the last Islamic State group militants prepare to ‘fight to the death’ in the stronghold. Iraqi forces and pro-government militias have made gains into [ More … ]

Islamic State Latest News

Lebanese army, Hezbollah start offensives on ISIS at Syrian border

August 19, 2017 MEO Staff

 The Lebanese army launched an offensive on Saturday against an Islamic State enclave on the northeast border with Syria as the Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah announced an assault on the militants from the Syrian side [ More … ]

Islamic State Latest News

Turkey detains Russian ‘planning drone attack on US warplane’

August 11, 2017 MEO Staff

Turkish authorities detained a Russian suspected member of the Islamic State for allegedly plotting a drone attack on an American warplane at a US base in southern Turkey. A Russian suspected member of the Islamic [ More … ]

Libya Latest News

Libya: Siege threatens humanitarian disaster in Libya’s Derna

August 8, 2017 MEO Staff

Locals warn of dwindling resources as Khalifa Haftar’s siege of the city enters seventh day Residents of the eastern city of Derna are facing critical shortages as Libya’s General Khalifa Haftar’s troops, Known as Libyan [ More … ]

Syria Latest News

Syria: Assad forces capture last Islamic State-held town in Homs

August 6, 2017 MEO Staff

IS is losing ground fast in Syria to separate campaigns waged by Russian-backed Syrian army and by US-backed Kurdish forces and their allies Syrian government and allied forces have taken the last major town in [ More … ]

Lebanon

US Special Forces operating in Lebanon ‘close to Hezbollah’

August 6, 2017 MEO Staff

US Special Forces are operating in Lebanon ahead of an imminent battle with Islamic State group militants near the north-eastern border with Syria, the department of defence has confirmed. US Special Forces are operating in [ More … ]

Lebanon

Nearly 8,000 refugees and fighters reach Syria from Lebanon after truce deal

August 4, 2017 MEO Staff

The refugees and fighters from al-Qaeda’s former Syrian branch arrived in bus convoys into the rebel-held area of Al-Saan in the central Syrian Hama province. Nearly 8,000 Syrian refugees and fighters from Lebanon arrived in [ More … ]

Iraq Latest News

Iraqi forces predict ‘easy’ victory in IS-held Tal Afar

August 1, 2017 MEO Staff

A senior Iraqi general predicts the battle for IS-held Tal Afar to be relatively easy, with IS militants “worn out and demoralised” after their Mosul defeat. A senior Iraqi general predicted a relatively easy victory [ More … ]

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