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( Newsweek )- The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday released the executive summary of a long-awaited report on the Central Intelligence Agency’s use of so-called “enhanced interrogation techniques,” or what President Barack Obama has referred to as “torture.” The CIA...
ANKARA (Reuters) - Britain and Turkey will share more information on foreign fighters among the ranks of Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq to try to prevent them posing a threat when they return home, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday....
The Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria on Tuesday posted photographs appearing to show jihadists throw a "gay" off a rooftop and then stoning him to death. "The Islamic court in Wilayet al-Furat decided that a man who has practised sodomy must be thrown off the highest...
DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar's emir urged Gulf Arab leaders on Tuesday to shake off a damaging rift over Islamist politics and work together to tackle common threats across the region. The six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) -- Qatar,...
(Reuters) - A United Arab Emirates (UAE) court convicted 11 men including UAE, Syrian and Comoros nationals of helping to form an al Qaeda affiliate and sending fighters to join Syrian rebel groups, newspapers reported on Wednesday. Four Emiratis among the 11 were...
A joint command has been established with more than 30 countries to combat and defeat militants who have seized large portions of Iraq and Syria, the U.S. announced Monday. U.S. Central Command established the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent...
Lebanon's military prosecutor on Tuesday charged an ex-wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant group's top leader, with terrorism, a judicial source has said. "The military prosecutor has charged Saja al-Dulaimi and her...
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel made a surprise visit to the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Tuesday. The aim of Hagel’s visit was to discuss military operations against ISIL in Iraq, a source from the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the Anadolu Agency....
Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Tuesday hailed a report by an international rights watchdog accusing Israel of committing war crimes during its recent offensive on the Gaza Strip. "The report included clear indications that Israel had committed war crimes in Gaza,"...
The Syrian armed opposition is ready to fight as part of Western operations against the radical militants in Syria as soon as the necessary support is made available, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday. "The Syrian armed opposition is ready...
The United Nation's food agency has said it is resuming food assistance to Syrian refugees after having suspended aid to 1.7 million displaced people last week due to a lack of funds. The World Food Program said in a statement on Tuesday that it...
Around 150 fighters belonging to the Free Syrian Army have been detained by the al-Nusra Front in Syria’s Idlib province, The Anadolu Agency has learnt. The AA was recently given access to prisoners in al-Nusra's custody. Al-Nusra, which controls most of Idlib...
(Anadolu News Agency)- At least 30 people were killed in clashes between Assad regime troops and armed opposition groups in Syria's Aleppo, according to an eyewitness. Ahmad Ubayd told The Anadolu Agency clashes took place in the Sheikh Najjar industrial zone in...
The killing of three soldiers on border duty in the southeastern province of Sanliurfa was not due to a terrorist attack, Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Tuesday. "It is apparent that it is a case of mental breakdown. Whatever it is, those who...