Damascus (AFP)- Two simultaneous suicide attacks killed four people and wounded 13 on Monday in southern Damascus near a Shiite shrine, Syria's state news agency SANA reported. The agency, quoting police, said the twin attack took place at a...
British Prime Minister David Cameron said internet firms must do more to deal with online extremism after three teenage girls radicalized "in their bedrooms" left London in an apparent bid to travel to Syria. Friends Amira Abase, 15, Shamima Begum, 15,...
By Phil Stewart CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait (Reuters) - New U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Monday America had the right "ingredients" of a strategy to combat Islamic State, emerging from talks with top U.S. military and diplomatic leaders without hinting at...
By Kieran Guilbert LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Islamic State is using social media and the promise of adventure to lure British Muslim girls to join its cause, an anti-extremism think tank said on Monday, as police attempt to trace three London...
BEIRUT (AP) — Heavy clashes raged in northeastern Syria on Monday as Kurdish fighters and Islamic State militants battled for control of a string of villages near the Iraqi and Turkish borders. The Kurds have long been one of the most effective foes of the Islamic State group, a...
By Laila Bassam and Tom Perry DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The world will have to cooperate with Syria to halt the trade in looted antiquities that helps fund jihadist groups, Syria's culture minister said, putting the onus on Turkey to stop the smuggling across their...
(Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced a prominent activist to five years in jail on Monday for violating limits on demonstrations, part of one of the toughest crackdowns on dissent in Egypt's history. After the verdict was read out, chants of "Down, down with military rule!" rang...
(Reuters) - Around 4,000 refugees have trickled back to the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani but many are wary of returning to the site of a four-month battle between Kurdish and Islamic State forces, officials said on Monday. Much of the town of over 200,000 was destroyed by the...
(Reuters) - Turkey will make its planned new long-range missiles compatible with the NATO's systems, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Monday, in comments apparently at odds with those of the country's defence minister. NATO...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria's opposition group the National Coalition has appointed Judge Fayez al-Dhaher as the General Secretary of the Interim government on Sunday. Al-Dhaher was the Justice Minister of Ahmed Tomeh's government which dissolved last...
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Government forces and separatists in eastern Ukraine have agreed on a plan to withdraw heavy weapons, according to Ukrainian military sources. "An agreement has been reached with the self-proclaimed states of Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republic regarding the...
A special ceremony was held to honor the remains of Suleyman Shah and his two guards in southeastern Turkey’s Sanliurfa province Monday as construction of his new tomb gathered pace at Syria’s Ashme town. Shah was the grandfather of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman...
(Reuters) - Local bankers are joining the fight against a congressional proposal to audit the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy decisions, with more expected to lobby against the bill if it gains traction in Washington. The audit the Fed bill, championed by Rand Paul of Kentucky, a...
The Tomb of Suleyman Shah and Saygi Outpost will continue to wave the Turkish flag and cherish the memory of Turkish ancestry in their new location, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a statement on Sunday. "Tomb of Suleyman Shah and...
(Reuters) - The dark comedy "Birdman" held up a mirror to Hollywood and its struggling actors and received in return the film industry's highest recognition on Sunday, the Academy Award for best picture. Director Alejandro G. Inarritu's story of a washed-up, former superhero...
The U.S. Secretary of State said Saturday that the U.S. has no intention to extend the deadline of the nuclear talks, which is currently set for March 31 2015, and is ready to pull out of the negotiations table. John Kerry told a press conference on Saturday at...
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday defended his country's recent airstrikes against the targets of a militant group in neighboring Libya and lauded financial support from oil-rich Gulf countries. "Our army does not commit aggressions against anybody," al-Sisi said...
(Reuters) - Syria n Kurdish forces advanced against Islamic State fighters in two separate attacks in northeastern Syria near the Iraqi border on Sunday, an organization tracking the war reported, compounding recent losses for the militant group in Syria. The Kurdish YPG militia...
Reporting by Mohamed Al Hussein: translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 9 people were killed on Sunday by air strikes of U.S.-led Coalition in a village northeast city of Hasaka, activists reported as 6 others were killed by...
