Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Travel ban protests took place in New York as the ban took effect People from six mainly Muslim countries and all refugees now face tougher US entry due to President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban. It means people without close family or business relationships in the US could be […]
Media captionActivists accompanied troops as they fought their way into the remains of Mosul’s al-Nuri mosque Iraqi security forces have recaptured the site of the destroyed Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul after driving back militants from so-called Islamic State. A BBC reporter who is embedded with troops says the complex is still exposed to […]
Media caption“Welcome to Raqqa”: Gabriel Gatehouse reports from the city US-backed forces say they have fully encircled Islamic State fighters in the Syrian city of Raqqa, the capital of the group’s self-proclaimed caliphate. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, say they have now sealed off escape routes to the […]
Image copyright @FerasKilaniBBC Image caption BBC Arabic’s Feras Kilani took this photo from inside the remains of the mosque complex Iraqi security forces have entered the site of the destroyed Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul after driving back militants from so-called Islamic State. BBC Arabic’s Feras Kilani, who is embedded with troops there, says […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Olmert is the first Israeli head of government to be sent to prison Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is to be released early from prison, where he is serving a 27-month sentence for corruption. A parole board cut his term by a third, his lawyer Shani Illouz said. Olmert, […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Olmert is the first Israeli head of government to be sent to prison Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is to be released early from prison, where he is serving a 27-month sentence for corruption, reports say. A parole board cut his term by a third, his lawyer Shani Illouz […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption A female Kurdish fighter, part of the coalition against IS in Raqqa, Syria The so-called Islamic State group is facing its “end game” in the Iraqi city where its campaign of violence began in 2014, the defence secretary has said. Sir Michael Fallon said the RAF had hit more than […]
Media captionAbo Rabeea says he is still suffering from the suspected chemical weapons strike in Khan Sheikhoun Syria’s government appears to have taken a US warning not to launch a chemical weapons attack seriously, Defence Secretary James Mattis says. The White House said similar activities had been seen at an airbase before the nerve agent […]
At least 15 civilians have been killed and dozens injured in an air strike on a village in eastern Syria held by so-called Islamic State, activists say. The DeirEzzor24 website reported that an unidentified jet had dropped cluster bombs on Dablan, about 20km (13 miles) south-east of the town of Mayadin. The UK-based Syrian Observatory […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Qatar’s foreign minister held talks with the US secretary of state in Washington on Tuesday Qatar’s foreign minister has condemned its Gulf neighbours for refusing to negotiate over their demands for restoring air, sea and land links. Sheikh Mohammed Al Thani said the stance was “contrary to the principles” […]
