The US-led counter-IS coalition in Iraq and Syria said in a statement Sunday that it had temporarily stopped all of its attacks on IS and training of local forces
Soleimani was considered Iran's most powerful figure after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accuses Iran of attempting to build proxy networks in Afghanistan, asserting that Tehran is trying to coordinate with the Taliban and its offshoot, the Haqqani network
Commander of Iran's elite Quds Force was killed along with several other Iranian-backed Iraqi militia leaders in US drone-launched missile that targeted his convoy in the Iraqi capital
Iranian and Iraqi officials have so far confirmed US attack killed eight other people who were accompanying Soleimani at Iraqi’s Baghdad airport
President Donald Trump last year labeled the IRGC a foreign terrorist organization
a look at the history and facts of the Iranian-backed Iraqi group
While international attention on China’s treatment of the minority Muslim group in Xinjiang has focused mainly on ethnic and religious issues, Beijing’s economic development plans in the strategic region also play a key role, some experts say
Clashes between Syrian regime forces and opposition groups occur in southeastern countryside of Idlib province, UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Friday
German armed forces say they are working to keep far-right extremists away from their units or to remove them once they have been identified
Majority of the casualties from attack were residents of Afrin who were displaced in early 2018 following a Turkish incursion
TEASER: Recent unrest in Iraq erupted in October when thousands of people in the capital, Baghdad, and major Shiite provinces in central and southern Iraq demanded end to corruption and misgovernance
Days of anti-government protests in Iran have renewed debate over the status of minorities in the country, with some experts warning Iranian authorities are blaming minority groups for unrest in bid to justify further crackdowns on them
Suspects were apprehended during several anti-terror operations in 10 provinces of the country following Nov 13 suicide bombing of a police station in Medan in North Sumatra, according to the country’s National Police
Some observers say government’s religious messaging is mixture of ideology and political propaganda aimed at promoting president’s ambition to be seen as leader and protector of the Muslim world
Experts say terror group has been seeking to establish more ties with local extremist groups, particularly in some parts of Africa and the Middle East
Amadou Kouffa is a member of JNIM, which has been blamed for the deaths of more than 500 civilians and the kidnapping of dozens of others in attacks in the Sahel region
Children's mother recalls to VOA moment when rocket landed on their home on Oct. 10
Turkey blames YPG, asks world leaders to take stand against group it calls terrorists
Kurdish officials tell VOA that crossfire in the villages of Anek al-Hawa, Tal Muhammad, Khirbet Jammu and Mahmudiya continues as Syrian militia, supported by Turkey, try to enter Tal Tamr
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