Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) showcased the emirate’s finest family attractions, experiences and hotels last week at World Travel Market (WTM). During the exhibition, from November 7 – 10, at London’s Excel Centre the Dubai Tourism delegation, along with over 50 industry partners, used it as a platform to highlight the …

  Mosul / AFP Iraqi forces piled pressure on the IS group around Mosul on Thursday, moving closer to cutting off the extremists’ escape route west to Syria and thrusting deeper into the east of the city. Pro-government paramilitaries advancing on the town of Tal Afar, which commands the city’s west approaches, entered its airport, while troops moving up from the …

  Moscow / AFP Russian air strikes have killed at least 30 extremists in rebel-held Idlib province in northwestern Syria, the defence ministry said in a statement on Thursday. The strikes, which began on Tuesday, were part of a major operation against extremists in Idlib and Homs which saw the first missions carried out by Russian warplanes taking off from …