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A navy vessel off the Mediterranean coast of Egypt’s Rafah caught on fire after an exchange of fire with militants on the coast, military spokesperson Mohamed Samir said in a Thursday statement.

Gen. Kevin Killea. “With more than 5,200 strikes in Syria and Iraq since the beginning of the air campaign, the coalition continues to show its commitment to supporting anti-[ISIL] forces”.

However, he stated that these talks did not mean the end of Taliban fighting.

Anti-terror police carried out simultaneous raids in four areas, including Istanbul, the news agency said. However, the nationalities of the three foreign detainees were not immediately revealed.

Egypt has been fighting a jihadist insurgency in Sinai since the army, then led by Sisi, overthrew Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Qazi M. Khalilullah said on Thursday that Prime Minister Nawaz Shar…

At the outset of his statement, Obama sought to temper any extraordinarily positive expectations by reminding Americans, again, that the effort to defeat the Islamic State “will not be quick”, and military forces are still staring down a “long-term...

BAGHDAD (AP) — The trial of suspected militants accused of killing hundreds of Iraqi soldiers during last year’s Islamic State group blitz began on Wednesday in Baghdad.

The rebels said that they have formed a new alliance, called “Ansar al- Shari’ah”, which aims “to liberate the city of Aleppo and its countryside and to endeavor with the other factions to develop a joint charter to govern Aleppo after liberation according...

A rebel alliance and Syrian government forces have been locked in a battle in and around Aleppo city with President Bashar al-Assad’s regime seeking to repel major offensive with heavy air strikes.

A second rebel grouping, Ansar Al Sharia – which is dominated by more militant forces, including Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, Jabhat Al Nusra – launched an assault against several government-held districts of the city on Thursday.

A soldier from the Syrian government forces looks at bodies reportedly of Islamic State group fighters in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.

The groups said they seek to “liberate” Aleppo under their coalition called Ansar al-Sharia.

“Here in the United States, we have seen all kinds of home-grown terrorism and tragically recent history reminds us how even a single individual motivated by a hateful ideology with access to risky weapons can inflict horrendous harm on Americans”, Mr. Obama said.

A man walks with the aid of a crutch past damaged buildings in the old city of Aleppo June 27, 2015.