Search For Keyword.

Search (Lebanon)

US aid worker's parents plead for his release

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The parents of a U.S. man threatened with beheading by the Islamic State group are pleading with his captors to free him, saying in a video statement Saturday that their son has devoted his life to humanitarian work and aiding Syria's war refugees. Ed and...

Islamic State says beheads British hostage in new video

(Reuters) - Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria posted a video on Friday that appeared to show the beheading of British aid worker Alan Henning, triggering condemnation by the British and U.S. governments. The footage on YouTube, highlighted on pro-Islamic State Twitter...

Gulf Arabs demand return of state authority in Yemen

(Reuters) - Gulf Arab states have demanded the restoration of government authority in Yemen , issuing a thinly veiled criticism of rebels with ties to Iran who have taken control of the capital, Sanaa. Fighters from the Shi'ite Muslim Houthi movement seized Sanaa on Sept. 21...