
SYRIA
ISIL looting Syria, Iraq artifacts en masse
UNESCO says the ISIL terrorist group is looting ancient sites across Iraq and Syria.

UNESCO says the ISIL terrorist group is looting ancient sites across Iraq and Syria.

International shipping lines are stepping up port calls to Iran as the country’s massive maritime trade sector is emerging from sanctions.

Former US senator Jim Webb has officially entered the Democratic presidential race.

Israeli troops shoot dead a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli forces have arrested 550 Palestinians in the West Bank since the beginning of 2015, a report says.

The US military is preparing to send its first batch of trained militants into Syria in the next several weeks, officials say.

At least nine people are killed and dozens wounded in clashes in northern Syria.

Russia says Iran and six world powers can clinch a final nuclear deal in the coming days.

New York officials have failed to adequately manage millions of dollars granted for security goals, a report says.

Somalia says al-Shabab militants have overrun three towns recently abandoned by African Union troops in the country.

ISIL militants destroy a famous statue of a lion outside the museum in the Syrian city of Palmyra.

Over 260,000 Austrians sign a petition calling for the exit of Austria from the European Union (EU).

President Obama has defended his economic record, while mocking the Republican presidential candidates for 2016 election.

Iraqi forces kill about 130 ISIL Takfiri militants during separate clean-up operations across the country.

Yemeni forces attack a Saudi military base in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern region of Jizan in response to Riyadh’s incessant aggression against Yemen.

The Pentagon says an air strike killed a senior ISIL leader in Syria on June 16.

A safari guide in South Africa survives a leopard attack while at work.

Syrian children are bearing the brunt of the international community’s failure to end the ongoing conflict in Syria, a report says.