Security

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby at a Feb. 17 news briefing. (Associated Press)

World

US deploying new troops to Europe, amid sharpened Russian tensions

Turkish drones struck a village near the northeastern Syrian town of Derik on Feb. 1, 2022. (Photo: Rojava Information Centre)

Kurdistan

Turkey shells Syrian Kurdish border village with artillery

Iraqi Air Force F-16s. (Photo: Yehia Rasool/Twitter)

Iraq

Iraqi Air Force kills 5 ISIS suspects in Nineveh: military

Plumes of smoke rise in the targeted areas. (Photo: social media)

Iraq

Turkish airstrikes target suspected PKK positions in Iraq's disputed Makhmour, Sinjar

Iraq received the remains of its soldiers through the Shalamcheh border crossing in southern Iraq. (Photo: International Committee of the Red Cross)

Iraq

Iran hands over remains of 4 Iraqi soldiers killed in 1980s war

The SDF General Command on Monday announced that 121 fighters and prison staff were killed in the recent ISIS attack in Hasakah (Photo: Hawar News Agency)

Syria

Coalition pays tribute to 121 fighters and civilians killed in brutal ISIS attack

A Kurdish security guard closes a prison window where ex-ISIS fighters, including foreign nationals, are jailed (Photo: AFP)

Middle East

Top Iraqi security official calls for repatriation of foreign ISIS nationals after Syria jailbreak

A suicide vest and explosives found by the army in Anbar. (Photo: Security Media Cell)

Iraq

PHOTOS: Iraqi forces thwart suicide attack in Anbar

The 27 ISIS suspects detained by US-led SDF fighters in the Raqqa countryside. (Photo: SDF’s Coordination and Military Operations Center)

Syria

SDF says arrested 27 ISIS suspects in Raqqa

The Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system (left) intercepts rockets (right) fired by Hamas towards southern Israel from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, May 14, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Anas Baba)

Middle East

Israel strikes Hezbollah positions near Damascus: monitor

Hundreds of ISIS prisoners surrender to the SDF forces in Hasakah (Photo: SDF Media Centre)

Syria

US commends SDF for recapturing Hasakah prison from ISIS

Iraqi Air Force F-16s. (Photo: Yehia Rasool/Twitter)

Iraq

Iraqi airstrikes kill 6 ISIS militants in Nineveh, military says

Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) deploy outside Ghwayran prison in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakah on Jan. 26, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Syria

Over 330 killed since ISIS attacked Syria prison: monitor

The United States has spent billions of dollars to rehabilitate the Iraqi army after its dissolution since 2003. (Photo: Reuters)

Iraq

Iraqi army ranks 4th in Arab world, 34th globally: Firepower Index

US soldiers, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters gather in search of ISIS remnants in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakah's Ghwayran neighborhood on January 29, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Middle East

Understanding the Hasakah prison siege: how brutal parties use force, violence (Part I)

A vehicle belonging to the US-led coalition parks in a street in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakah on January 24, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Syria

US-led coalition says SDF cleared Hasakah prison from enemy fighters