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Lebanon army arrests five suspected of plotting attacks

BEIRUT, June 25 (Reuters) - A Lebanese army intelligence unit has arrested five men suspected of planning to assassinate senior security officials in the north of the country, the army said on Wednesday, after two deadly bombings struck Lebanon in three days. It said the five...

US military advisers set up base in Baghdad

The first of 300 US military advisers are setting up in Baghdad to help the Iraqi army tackle a expanding Sunni rebellion that has swept the country's north and west. The special forces troops landed in the Iraqi capital on Tuesday and were beginning evaluations on Wednesday,...

Ministry: around 2,400 Tunisians fighting in Syria

At least 2,400 Tunisian jihadists are fighting in Syria, most of them rebels affiliated to the radical Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Tunisia’s interior minister said Monday. “According to what we have gathered, there are 2,400 Tunisians who have gone to Syria to...