The meeting is the first since the two parties agreed to a cease-fire last month. On the heels of a landmark cease-fire agreement, military delegations from Libya’s two warring parties sat down Monday for rare face-to-face talks inside the war-torn country.

A statement by the IRGC has urged citizens to rely on domestic capabilities — rather than a US election — to solve the country’s problems. The US presidential elections will no doubt impact a number of countries worldwide that are monitoring the developments closely. Perhaps few countries could be impacted …

Iraqi Kurdish forces have deployed to a mountainous area long used as a camp ground by PKK militants, adding to the pressure the militants face from Turkey’s cross-border military operations in the region. Turkey’s months-long military operations in border areas on Iraqi Kurdistan soil have turned up pressure on the …