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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) –The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation placed a Jordanian woman who assisted in the 2001 suicide bombing of a Jerusalem pizza parlor on its “Most Wanted Terrorist” list on Tuesday. The Justice Department unveiled charges against Ahlam Aref Ahmad Al-Tamimi, who was jailed in Israel for eight years in the attack that killed 15, before gaining release in an Israeli prisoner swap with Hamas in 2011. US authorities had hoped […]
by Tony Gamal-Gabriel Agence France-Presse MOUSL, Iraq – Iraqi forces said Monday that they have taken more territory from jihadists and were searching for militants and bombs on the edge of the Old City as they press an offensive in west Mosul. They are also striking IS with armed drones as part of a renewed push launched on March 5 that has forced the jihadists out of several neighbourhoods and key sites, including the famed Mosul […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia’s powerful Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman left for the United States on Monday to meet President Donald Trump, state media said. Prince Mohammed, who is seeking foreign investment in an economic reform plan, is the highest-ranking Saudi official to hold talks with Trump since the US leader took office in January. The visit, which officially begins Thursday, focuses on the “strengthening of bilateral relations… and regional issues of […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Violence against children in war-ravaged Syria was “at its worst” in 2016, the United Nations children’s agency said Monday as the conflict nears its seventh year. The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund said that cases of children being killed, maimed, or recruited into armed groups were the “highest on record” last year. “The depth of suffering is unprecedented. Millions of children in Syria come under attack on a daily basis, […]
by Usman SHARIFI Agence France-Presse KABUL, Afghanistan -The Islamic State group claimed a spectacular assault on Afghanistan’s largest military hospital that bore the hallmarks of the Taliban, prompting officials to voice misgivings as IS’s nascent presence in the country dwindles. IS claimed via its propaganda agency Amaq that its fighters dressed as doctors stormed the Sardar Daud Khan hospital in Kabul on Wednesday, reportedly killing around 50 people — hours after the Taliban denied responsibility. […]
by Tony Gamal-Gabriel with Delil Souleiman in Manbij Agence France-Presse MOSUL, Iraq – Iraqi forces worked to clear bombs and flush out any remaining jihadists in retaken areas of west Mosul Wednesday to set the stage for an offensive against the Old City. Supported by US-led air strikes, the forces have made steady progress in their battle to seize Iraq’s second city from the Islamic State group, announcing the recapture of three more areas on […]
by Tony Gamal-Gabriel with Ammar Karim in Baghdad Agence France-Presse MOSUL, Iraq – Iraqi forces said Tuesday they had seized the main government offices in Mosul and its famed museum as they made steady progress in their battle to retake the city’s west from jihadists. The advances, which also included the recapture of three neighbourhoods, were announced on the third day of a renewed offensive against the Islamic State group in west Mosul — the […]
by Sara Hussein Agence France-Presse TALUL AL-ATSHANA, Iraq – Much of the fighting for west Mosul will be at close quarters, but Iraq’s battle against the Islamic State group is also being waged in the open desert. On a dusty ridge west of Iraq’s second city, the army’s 9th Division is advancing through exposed territory in a push to sever the road between west Mosul and the IS-held town of Tal Afar. The main route from […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) – Government air raids on northwest Syria killed at least 11 people overnight, mostly civilians, a monitoring group said Monday, while the military said its forces made advances in Aleppo province. “Government warplanes carried out air strikes after midnight on several areas in the town of Ariha” in Idlib province, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights’ head Rami Abdel Rahman. “The preliminary toll is 11 killed, including at least seven civilians,” […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — The US space agency said Friday it is considering putting astronauts on an upcoming test flight of the deep space capsule Orion as it aims to orbit the Moon. Orion is being built with an eye to one day ferrying astronauts to Earth’s neighboring planet, Mars, perhaps by the 2030s. Until now, the Orion test flight known as Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1) was scheduled for 2018 and was expected to […]
by Joe Dyke with Laurent Lozano in Jerusalem Agence France-Presse AMONA, Palestinian Territories (AFP) – Israeli police clashed Wednesday with Jewish settlers resisting the eviction of hardline residents of a wildcat outpost, hours after the government authorised 3,000 new homes in other West Bank settlements. Israel has issued a series of approvals for new settler homes since US President Donald Trump took office less than two weeks ago having signalled a softer stance on Israeli […]
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AFP) — Human Rights Watch criticized Kuwait on Thursday for ending a moratorium on executions by hanging seven people, saying the action was part of a worrying regional rise in use of the death penalty. “Kuwait’s killing of seven people on January 25 highlights the alarming trend in the region for countries to return to or increasingly use the death penalty,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, HRW’s Middle East director. The executions on […]
