The US-led coalition continued to strike ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq, with a total of 19 airstrikes between 8am on January 19, and 8am on January 20, local time, the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) said in a statement released Tuesday. In Syria, attack, bomber, …

Germany’s Foreign Minister has called for a four-side meeting, alongside Ukraine, Russia and France, to discuss upheaval in violence between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces over the past two days in eastern Ukraine. The meeting, scheduled on Wednesday, will be held at the request of both the foreign ministers of …

French and US Presidents, Francois Hollande and Barack Obama respectively, discussed over the phone Tuesday developments in the Middle East and the fight against terrorism. Hollande thanked Obama for the US support following the “terrorist attacks” that took place in Paris recently, the president’s office said in a statement and …