Elite Yemeni forces backed by the UAE army and US military drove Al Qaeda militants from a stronghold in southern Yemen on Thursday. The morning raid in Shabwa province dealt a huge blow to the extremists in the region, a UAE military official told the state news agency Wam. The …
Read More »Egypt FM, Sudan PM discuss bilateral relations
Egypt’s foreign minister Sameh Shoukry said on Thursday that he discussed with Sudanese Prime Minister Bakri Hassan Saleh improving cooperation between Cairo and Khartoum. The Egyptian FM said in press statements that he conveyed to the Sudanese PM the regards of the Egyptian leadership and Egypt’s deep appreciation for his …
Read More »US warns on danger of Idlib takeover
The United States warned a takeover of rebel-held northwestern Idlib province by Syrian militants linked to a former Al Qaeda affiliate would have grave consequences and make it difficult to dissuade Russia from renewing bombing that recently stopped. In an online letter posted late on Wednesday, the top State Department …
Read More »Lebanese army destroys IS sites near eastern Syrian borders
The Lebanese army targets with artillery the positions of the so-called Islamic State (IS) terrorists group in the outskirts of Ras Baalbek and Qaa. The source added the army shelling resulted in destroying IS centers used for storing and digging, including injuries to many IS fighters.
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Advisor To Mahmoud Abbas Warns Of Global Religious War In Friday Sermon: The World Will Live To Regret It If It Does Not Rein Israel In In a July 21 Friday sermon, Sheikh Mahmoud Habbash, advisor to PA President Mahmoud Abbas on Religious and Islamic Affairs, directed a message toward …
Read More »Iraqi general sees easy victory over exhausted Daesh in Tal Afar
A senior Iraqi general predicted a relatively easy victory for his forces in the upcoming battle for the Daesh terror group haven of Tal Afar as up 2,000 fighters and their families there are “worn out and demoralised”. Less than one month after declaring victory in the city of Mosul, …
Read More »Washington says committed to rebuilding Iraq's Fallujah
The US has pledged to provide further assistance for the reconstruction of the city of Fallujah and other areas of Al-Anbar province, roughly 70 kilometers west of Baghdad. In a press conference with Al-Anbar governor Suhaib Al-Rawi on Monday, the US Ambassador to Iraq Douglas Silliman that Washington is committed …
Read More »UN, NATO condem attack on Iraqi Embassy in Kabul
Office of The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has strongly condemned the suicide attack by the Daesh militant group on the embassy of Iraq in Kabul that left two Afghan civilians dead. “The attack, which occurred in a residential area of central Kabul, lasted around five hours and involved …
Read More »US drone strike kills 12 IS terrorists east of Tal Afar
A drone guided by the U.S.-led coalition killed 12 Islamic State militants near the group’s last stronghold west of Nineveh, an air force officer said in a statement. Maj. Abbas al-Khozami said in a press state,ent that the drone fired two rockets at an Islamic State residence in Alawliya, east …
Read More »Algerian army kills six armed Islamists
The Algerian army on Monday killed six armed Islamists during an ongoing security operation west of Algiers, the defence ministry said. Weapons and ammunition were also recovered, it said.
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