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So-called Islamic State (IS) has lost more than a quarter of the territory it once controlled, new data shows.Security and defence analysts IHS say the group's control has shrunk by 28% since its height in January 2015.In the…

The Head of the Libyan High Council of State, Abdelrahman Al-Sweihli, ordered Monday the headquarters of the council be evacuated from all members and employees over recurrent violations and assaults perpetrated by the security guards,…

France will ask the International Criminal Court's prosecutor to launch an investigation into war crimes it says have been committed by Syrian and Russian forces in eastern Aleppo.Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, speaking after a…

The spokesman of Dignity Operation, Ahmed Al-Mismari, stated that the attempts of western and southern affiliate leaderships under the command of Khalifa Haftar’s sidekicks Omar Tantoush and Ali Kanna respectively to create parallel…

Russia has deployed nuclear-capable Iskander missiles in its western-most region, Kaliningrad, which borders on Nato members Poland and Lithuania.Poland said the development was of the "highest concern", adding it was monitoring the…

The media office of the Misurata-led forces of Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous confirmed Sunday that the forces are making huge advances into the last hideouts of the IS terrorists in Sirte."Our forces have gained Al-Manara neighbourhood in…

Thirty-eight Islamic State militants were killed in northern Syria over the last 24 hours, the Turkish military said on Sunday, marking an escalation of conflict in the area where Syrian rebels, backed by Turkey, are fighting the…