Gen Joe Votel, @CENTCOM commander, landed tonight at rebuilt Q-West airbase 40 miles south of Mosul. Restored runway opened Fri.

Syrian Air Force hit ISIL in Dayr Hafir, Aleppo

IRAQ: Coalition spox. says ISIS forces repelled from Rutbah.

Italian troops in Atrush,KRG,Iraq for Peshmerga training

ISIS released first footage for clashes that occurred the first day they stormed Kirkuk

Fighters from the Free Syrian Army pray before going to the front line during fighting against Islamic State (IS) in Beraan north of Aleppo

With Iraqi Special Forces From The Famed "Golden Division" As They Attack An ISIS-held Village On Mosul's Outskirts

The Isis commander who led the Rutbah operation is Abu Saleh al-Zoubayi -- the city's former chief of intelligence for Saddam Hussain.

Russian Deputy FM Mikhail Bogdanov - "Russia would consider requests from Iraq and Libya on Russian participation in counterterrorist ops."

Pictures released of the destruction caused by U.S-led coalition air raids in Tal Aswad that resulted in the death of 5 civilians, 3 of them children south of Manbij yesterday.

IS claim destroying a BMP and killing 4 Peshmerga southeast of Mosul

Isis left Qaraqosh in a hurry - leaving behind a large cash of ammunition

3 Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army fighters were killed in the barrel bomb attack by a Syrian government helicopter on Tel Jijan earlier today, northern Aleppo.

Iraqi official calls for ‘total elimination’ of Daesh

Kurdish Free Syrian Army member: Syrian government forces attacked us with barrel bombs from a helicopter, IS attacked us with a car bomb and the YPG on the ground is trying to advance against the Free Syrian Army in Tal Madiq. The Northern countryside of Aleppo.

Amaq Agency: IS VBIED hits a group of Turkish-backed Syrian rebels in the village of Buran, south of Akhtarin in the countryside of northern Aleppo.

Official statement from Hawar Kilis Operation room reporting that Syrian government forces are also involved in a joint attack with the YPG against the Free Syrian Army.

Official statement from Hawar Kilis Operation room reporting that Syrian government forces are also involved in a joint attack with the YPG against the Free Syrian Army, northern Aleppo.

Sulfur Dioxide Spreads Over Iraq #NASA

Syrian army vehicles seized by Iraq army from ISIS during Mosul operation

Reports of airstrikes targeted rebels in Tal Madiq village in north Aleppo after they captured said village from ISIS

"We must coordinate to make sure all our objective coincide," says @JY_LeDrian of Turkey role in fight vs ISIS

In Iraq, Syria "Turkey is a key partner in this fight" per French DefMin @JY_LeDrian "We have a common interest in defeating ISIS

Foreign fighters are having trouble going to or leaving Iraq Syria tho "there is a risk of attacks that remains" per France's @JY_LeDrian

"It's also a virtual caliphate," adds French DefMin @JY_LeDrian of ISIS but "will have problems of resources"

"Even after the conclusion of the Iraq & Syria operations we will be continuing w/the external operations" part of ISIS per Carter

'Groundwork' being laid for 'isolation' of Raqa: US defence secretary

But SecDef Carter adds end of ISIS caliphate won't stop those who want to inspire or coordinate attacks on West

"the collapse and destruction of ISIL in Iraq & Syria will destroy both the fact & the idea that there can be a [ISIS] caliphate"-SecDef Carter

"Russia is not a participant in our Raqqa plan," per Carter but mil-2-mil channels active everyday for deconfliction

Force to take Raqqa will be "capable and motivated local forces" per SecDef Carter - "These will be Syrians enabled by us"

"There will be overlap...we are prepared for that" SecDef Carter says of Mosul & Raqqa ops "This is proceeding on plan"

Libya : This morning an IED has exploded on the coastal axis between Sirte and Misrata, supposedly managed by an ISIS sleeper cell

"We cannot perfectly predict what will happen after our coalition defeats ISIL in Iraq and Syria...have to be ready for anything," per Carter

US Jt Special Forces Command now in the lead of countering ISIL external ops, "have already achieved very significant results" per Carter

US, coalition worried abt what forms ISIS will take in future, per SecDef Carter, calls protecting homelands "critical"

"Begun laying the groundwork" w/partners for collapsing ISIL ISIS control in Raqqa, per SecDef Carter

US SecDef promises same coalition will make same commitment to collapsing Raqqa Syria w/help of local forces that it has shown in Mosul

Part of Paris mtg focused on protecting homelands "even as we decimate ISIL in Iraq & Syria", per US SecDef Ash Carter

Mosul op vs ISIL "has been proceeding as planned" says SecDef Carter, adds Iraqis have been fighting w/skill

Drone Defender spotted on American military post west of Erbil.

A Turkish Red Crescent aid convoy consisting of 20 trucks arrived in Iraq's Erbil city to be sent to Mosul

'So far we see no substantial progress in liberating Mosul from fighters of ISIS' - Russian General Staff

In Raqqa, "our local Syrian partners will certainly collapse ISIL’s control as well," US SecDef said in prepared remarks

ICYMI: US targeted 35 ISIL ISIS commanders "including many of the highest" in and around Mosul in past 90 days-SecDef Ash Carter in Paris

60 civilians killed, 200 injured as US-led coalition strikes Mosul residential areas – Russian MoD

Latest Sham Front map of the military situation in northern Aleppo shows Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army latest gains against IS and confirms that al-Hassiah is still under the control of the SDF/YPG.

Euphrates Shield forces captured village of Tell Jijan

FSA forces take control of Modeeq Hill from Daesh in north rural Aleppo after an intense operation

Anti-ISIS envoy @Brett_Mcgurk says U.S. advisers on front lines, assisting in #MosulOffensive.

Images of Iraqi Army convoy that arrived in Rutba yesterday in defending it from ISIS attacks trying to over run the city. City all clear

FSA at Kassar village after clashes with ISIL

Iraqi Army regained control of Rutbah west Anbar and killed 50+ militants

FSA forces engaged in heavy operations against Daesh on their way to liberate al-Bab

Iraqi army's elite force pauses advance near Mosul

Initial reports of Israeli wounded after shots fired near the Egyptian border

Shots fired from Egyptian side of the border into Israel, One injured, Israeli military investigating the source of shots

Iraqi forces have now began storming into Kokelgi كوكجلي which is East of Mosul

Radical Iraq'i Shiite militias announce to advance on Tel Afar 60km west of Mosul bc 1/4 are Shiite, but majority is Turkmen

UN human rights: reports of ISIL atrocities around Mosul ; 50 former police killed; bodies of 70 villagers; 15 villagers thrown in river

Free Syrian Army forces take control of Kasaar from Daesh in northern Aleppo province

Hollande urges vigilance over jihadists returning from Iraq

#EuphratesShield forces advancing east of Shahba lake reservoir taking control of Qassar and Tel Maliq northern rural Aleppo

Pakistan mourns killing of at least 60 people in a brutal gun and suicide bomb assault on a police academy

Sultan Murad brigades fighting ISIL in northern Aleppo

UK announces that it will resume training of Syria opposition to fight ISIS

Isis publishes pictures of battle raging around Bashiqa town and Tel Keyf with US Apache helicopters in sight

Euphrates Shield forces took Kassar and Tell Mudiq from ISIL

Photos show Turkish tanks (M60T), artillery (T-155) and armored vehicles around Bashiqa area - Mosul Iraq

ISOF advance in industrial area west of Tel Kepe and capture gas plant

FSA Sultan Murad clashing with ISIS in villages E. of Shabha Reservoir

Saddam Hussein's cousin was arrested for participating in the attack on Kirkuk few days ago

Free Syrian Army Liwa Suqur al Shamal commander Ahmad Kheiriye was killed in clashes with IS in north Aleppo, Euphrates Shield.

The peshmerga holding Isis flag in Batnaya village now, is the same Peshmerga who fought alongside American Navy Seals in Tel Osqof in May

#Iraqi Fed #police have liberated 1275km2 of land, 58 villages and cleared 55km of mines and IEDs

ISOF and Peshmerga launch sweeping operations inside Batnaya town after storming it this morning, it is located north of Tell Kepe

If PYD/PKK do not leave Syria’s Manbij, we will remove them by our own means: Turkish FM

Turkish FM Cavusoglu to the United States regarding their partnership with the YPG: Are you trying to create a terrorist state, a canton? Then we (Turkey will) see you as a state sponsor of terror.

Turkish FM on Mosul battle: If faced with a threat, Turkey will use all rights including ground operation

Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack. Multiple casualties reported

Peshmerga forces resume their offensive against ISIS, liberating village of Khursabad in Naweran

Turkey’s FM @MevlutCavusoglu says his country will use ground forces against ISIS and PKK when needed, whether in Iraq or Syria.

SOMALIA: Large explosion has targeted Djiboutian army base in Beledweyn town. Heavy gunfire heard.

A truck full of explosives hit Djibouti-an military base in Baladweyne town, heavy casualties feared - Witness. #Somalia

63rd Day of Operation Euphrates Shield: 72 Daesh and 15 PYD/PKK targets hit by Turkish army in northern Syria

Iraqi forces and allied tribes have regained full control of al-Rutbah district following a fierce assault by IS - Anbar Governor

12 killed by Al-Shabaab in Mandera Town, northeastern Kenya - group targeted Christians in guest house with grenades, IED

Hashd Armoured vehicles & heavy weapons delivered near Mosul, awaiting the green light to storm Daesh stronghy

Iraqi army revealed large supply of Mustard gas in Qayyarah

ISIS (via al-Amaq) claims responsibility for the attack in Quetta Pakistan

Jordan: Additional Military Deployments Reported Near The Border With Iraq Following The ISIS Attack In Rutbah

Spanish police arrest two Moroccans accused of supporting Islamic State

Explosion at Turkey's southern Antalya resort; ambulances rushing to scene

“The explosion could be an accident and there are no life threatening injuries.", Mayor of Antalya

Iraqi army killed a ISIL suicide bomber near a checkpoint in Qarah Tapah north Diyala.

Peshmerga enters Batnay town northern Mosul, the christian town will be within Kurdistan border.

ISIS leaves behind toxic waste in Iraq after igniting explosives inside a mountain of sulfur

UNICEF Bringing toilets and showers to Qayyarah Jeedah, new camp for Iraqis displaced by Mosul operations

Images of some refugee infrastructure being constructed near Bardarash Kurdistan Iraq for Mosul people fleeing conflict

Footage: Half-hour long Asma al-Assad documentary by Rossiya 24. English subtitles embedded, Damascus, Syria.

Amaq video of Abrams tank destroyed by ATGM near Qayyarah, south of Mosul

Iraqi forces near Mosul, Iraqi Artillery lighting up skies with flares as Iraqi Army fighting ISIS in Kok Geli east of Mosul

PMU is going to open Tal Afar frontline

Syria: VIDEO: RuAF Mi-28 providing CAS to SAA/NDF troops in Rif Homs

French news program on Mosul that shows an American contractor training the PAK

Two civilians were killed due to an IED left behind by IS in Tilalyan town.

At least 5 civilians were killed and 3 of them children by U.S-led coalition air raids on Tal Aswad south of Manbij today.

A lot of ATGMs by ISIL against Iraqi army

Around 80 human rights and aid organisations urged the United Nations member states to drop Russia from the Human Rights Council over its military campaign in war-torn Syria. The signatories - which include Human Rights Watch, CARE International and Refugees International - called on UN members to question whether Russia's role in Syria renders it fit to serve on the body’s human rights institution

ISIL show their VBIED attack at Sinjar

Mosul fight could send wave of fighters home to Europe, officials warn

Anbar Governor: ISIS only controls some neighborhoods of Rutba

Correspondent: ISIS claims control over Anbar’s Rutba

Iraqi families displaced by the ongoing operation by Iraq forces against ISIS in Qayyarah

ISIL fighters take over town of Rutba - western province of Anbar

ISIS said that they have killed 34 Misrata fighters in fighting in Sirte today

Iraq's special forces cleared a number of villages near Bartella, east of Mosul today: Khaznah, Muwafakiyah, Tahrawah,Tarab Zawah.

5 more ISIS arrested in Kirkuk, more than 74 killed

Two ISIS militants arrested following policeman’s death in Kirku

VIDEO: ISIS ATGM strike against Abrams tank South of Mosul

North Aleppo: Opposition factions took control of 4 villages from ISIS (Tuways, Jubb al-Aas, Talatinah, Taltanah); battles ongoing

Kurdistan Region prosecutor calls on Kurdish channel news to halt their live coverage of Peshmerga battles due to security concerns.

Tel Tana was captured by FSA

FSA Fastaqem Union Taking control of the villages Thlatina,Job Al-A's and Thalthana in Aleppo northern countryside after clashes against ISIS

Video showing clashes between FSA and ISIL in Northern Aleppo countryside

Turkish T-155 Fertina howitzers hiting targets in Northern Syria

US Special Ops MATV spotted near Bashiqa north of Mosul. Check the Boomerang gunshot detection system on the back

ISIL claimed destruction of T-72 and Abrams tanks South to Mosul with IEDs