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Israeli minister calls for resuming targeted killings

Israel’s Public Security Minister on Tuesday called on the country to resume its policy of assassinating leaders of Palestinian resistance organizations in the wake of a rocket barrage on the Gaza border. “Due to rising tensions during the day and rockets fired, Israel needs to...

US delivers light attack aircraft to Lebanese military

The U.S. delivered four Super Tucano light attack aircraft to Lebanon's military on Tuesday as part of a grant to the latter. According to a Lebanese army statement, the four planes were delivered to the Hamat airbase north of capital Beirut. Late last year, Lebanon received a...

First rights trial since 2011 revolt opens in Tunisia

A Tunisian court Tuesday heard the first round of cases brought by a commission probing human rights violations stretching back six decades, with 14 former officials, including the ousted dictator, on trial. The Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) was set up in 2014 following the revolt...

Spirit of Ramadan returns to Iraq's Daesh-free Mosul

Under the cover of night in the Iraqi city of Mosul, Rayan and Ali break the silence by drumming to announce suhur, the pre-dawn breakfast during the holy month of Ramadan. Daesh (ISIS) which controlled the city for three years before its ouster last July had banned drumming, along with...