The commander of Iraq’s Federal Police has said that ISIS militants in western Mosul are looking to cut and run from their defense of the group’s last remaining stronghold in the country.
Israel has rejected a work permit application for Human Rights Watch’s Israel and Palestine director on the grounds the organization “engaged in politics in the service of Palestinian propaganda.”
Abu al Khayr al-Masri, the No. 2 man for al Qaeda behind leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, has been killed by a missile strike in Idlib, Syria, according to multiple sources.