Middle East
Aleppo hospitals 'out of service' as fighting escalates
All hospitals in Syria's besieged rebel-held eastern Aleppo are out of service after days of heavy air strikes, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Saturday, while a war…
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Video: Iraq’s ancient city of Nimrud reduced to ruins by IS group
In the days after the Iraqi army announced it had recaptured Nimrud from the Islamic State group, the full extent of destruction wrought by jihadists on the ancient city has…
A Yazidi holocaust: French priest uncovers genocides of past and present
Father Patrick Desbois spent over a decade documenting some of the Nazis’ least known atrocities in the killing fields of Ukraine. In turning his attention to Iraq’s Yazidi…
Syria's Assad says Trump 'an ally if he fights terrorists'
Syrian President Bashar al Assad said on Tuesday Damascus would have to "wait and see" if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump would change Washington's policy on Syria but that he…
Russia, Syrian regime resume Aleppo bombardment
Intense air strikes resumed in rebel-held districts of eastern Aleppo after a weeks-long pause on Tuesday, killing at least three people, residents and a war monitor said.
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Video: Fighting the IS group in Mosul with Iraq’s elite Golden Division
As Iraqi forces battle to retake the country’s second largest city of Mosul from the Islamic State (IS) group, FRANCE 24 joined the elite counter-terrorism unit Golden Division…
French journalist to be expelled from Turkey
A French journalist detained three days ago in southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border is to be expelled, his employer, online media Les Jours, said Sunday.
Iraqi army say IS group flushed out from Nimrud, site of ancient city
The Iraqi army said Sunday that troops have driven Islamic State group militants out of the town of Nimrud, south of Mosul, near the site of famed ancient Assyrian ruins that…
Iraqi forces seize Mosul district from Islamic State group
Iraqi special forces said they pushed deeper into Mosul on Friday despite heavy resistance from Islamic State militants using civilians as cover, and were holding half a dozen…
Video: Iraqi Kurdish forces build barrier north of Mosul
Iraqi Kurdish forces are consolidating their hold on territories north of Mosul that they recently seized from the Islamic State group. They have begun building a defence barrier…
Video: Iraqi Kurdish forces discover IS tunnels near Mosul
FRANCE 24’s reporters followed Iraqi Kurdish forces as they discovered a warren of tunnels used by Islamic State group fighters in the town of Bashiqa, near Mosul.
Iraqi Kurds take key IS group-held town close to Mosul
Iraqi Kurdish forces have seized the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from the Islamic State group, an official said Tuesday, as US-backed militia forces advanced on the jihadists'…
In Raqqa offensive, Kurds seek 'insurance' against Turkish attack
Both Turkey and their Kurdish foes in Syria have argued that they should lead the battle to drive the Islamic State (IS) group out of Raqqa. But the bitter rivals are more…
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Coalition forces suffer heavy casualties as they retake Mosul
Coalition forces are taking heavy casualties as they progress through Mosul's narrow streets. Islamic State group militants have placed booby traps and car bombs to prevent the…
