Rebels Launch Fresh Assault On East Damascus
Rebels and jihadists on Tuesday launched a fresh assault on east Damascus, two days after Syrian government forces repelled an ...
Tag: al-qaeda
US To Ban Laptops and Tablets On Flights From Eight Countries
The US is banning electronic devices such as laptops and tablets from cabin baggage on flights from eight Middle Eastern ...
US Poised To Curb Electronic Devices On Middle East Flights
The United States is poised to ban large electronic devices such as laptops or cameras on board flights from up ...
Russia ‘strikes Deal’ With Syrian Kurds To Set Up Base
Russia is setting up a military base in northwestern Syria in agreement with the Syrian-Kurdish YPG armed group that controls ...
Pentagon Launches Probe After Strike Near Syria Mosque
The US military is probing allegations that a strike targeting Al-Qaeda leaders near a mosque in northern Syria killed numerous ...
Cloaked In Rags and Dust, Somalis Flee Looming Famine
Mariam Ibrahim, her seven children and two neighbouring families were the last to leave their village in southwestern Somalia. They ...
‘Intense’ Strikes Pound East Damascus After Rebel Assault
Syrian warplanes hammered opposition-held neighbourhoods of Damascus on Monday after regime forces pushed back a surprise assault that saw rebels ...
‘Intense’ Strikes Pound East Damascus After Rebel Assault
Heavy air strikes pounded rebel positions in east Damascus on Monday, a monitoring group said, as Syrian government forces pushed ...
Clashes In Syria’s Damascus After Surprise Rebel Attack
Heavy clashes rocked eastern districts of the Syrian capital on Sunday after rebel fighters launched a surprise assault on government ...
Clashes In Syria Capital After Surprise Rebel Assault
Heavy clashes rocked eastern districts of the Syrian capital on Sunday after rebels and jihadists launched a surprise assault on ...
East Libyan Forces Claim Victory In Southwest Benghazi
Khalifa Haftar's east Libyan forces have claimed capture of the final holdout of hardline armed forces in the southwest of ...
US Insists Al-Jinah Raid Targeted Al-Qaeda, Not Mosque
The US has denied hitting a mosque in Syria where activists say dozens of people, mostly civilians, were killed. The ...
Indian Agency Foils ISIS Plot To Kill Muslim Clerics In UP
Uttar Pradesh anti-terrorism squad (ATS) has foiled the plans of a terror module planning to target Shia clerics and Islamic education ...
In Backing Syria’s Assad, Russia Looks To Outdo Iran
In Aleppo, portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin hang shoulder-to-shoulder with those of his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad, signalling Moscow's ...
US Claims Syria Strike, Denies Targeting Mosque Where 46 Killed
The US said it carried out an air strike in Syria against an Al-Qaeda meeting but denied deliberately targeting a ...
US Claims Deadly Syria Strike, Denies Targeting Mosque
The US military said it carried out a deadly air strike on an Al-Qaeda meeting in northern Syria and would ...
Air Raid On Mosque Near Aleppo ‘kills Dozens’
Dozens of people have been killed after fighter jets struck a packed mosque during prayer time in a rebel-held village ...
Key Forces Battling For Control In Libya
Dozens of armed factions have battled for control of oil-rich Libya since the 2011 fall of longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi. ...
Russian, US Forces Eyeball Each Other In Syrian City
American and Russian troops are now both present in the northern Syrian city of Manbij and can clearly see each ...
US Offers $5 Mn To Find Murderer of American In Yemen
The United States offered Wednesday to pay $5 million for information leading to those responsible for the murder of an ...