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By Arif Yusuf BAGHDAD (AA) Prominent Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has threatened to attack British troops planned to be sent to Iraq for an anticipated offensive to retake Mosul from Daesh. Sadr said in a Sunday statement that the British troops would be considered as “invaders” if they took part in any operations […]

24th Jul 2016

Afghanistan: 80 Hazara Shia Muslims killed in suicide bombing in Kabul

The Muslim News: Afghanistan is in mourning Sunday in the aftermath of killing of 80 Hazara Shia Muslims Saturday. Thousands of mainly young Hazaras were demonstrating peacefully in Kabul. More than 231 people were injured. Daesh has claimed responsibility for the kiling of innocent Muslims. “Two fighters from Islamic State detonated explosive belts at a […]

22nd Jul 2016

US: Obama urges Americans to not isolate Muslim neighbours

By Esra Kaymak Avci WASHINGTON (AA) – President Barack Obama on Thursday encouraged citizens to not discriminate against their fellow Muslim Americans and make them feel as if they are “second-class citizens. “Let’s be clear: Muslim Americans are as patriotic, as integrated, as American as any other member of the American family,” Obama said […]

20th Jul 2016

Syria:160 civilians killed by US-led airstrikes in N Syria

ALEPPO/WASHINGTON (AA): At least 160 civilians were killed Tuesday in airstrikes carried out by U.S.-led coalition warplanes in northern Syria’s Daesh-held town of Manbij, according to local sources. The airstrikes targeted a group of civilians trying to flee clashes in Manbij’s village of Tukhar, one local source told Anadolu Agency, requesting anonymity due to safety […]

14th Jul 2016

Iraq: 10 killed in multiple bombings

By Afra Aksoy BAGHDAD/MOSUL (AA): At least 10 people, including four soldiers and a journalist, were killed Thursday in multiple bomb attacks across Iraq, according to an army officer. Maj. Nawfal al-Zamili told Anadolu Agency that five people were killed and 19 others wounded in bombings at public places in Baghdad’s southeastern neighborhoods of […]

10th Jul 2016

Syria: Daesh downs helicopter, 2 Russian pilots killed

By Hakan Ceyhan Aydogan MOSCOW (AA): Two Russian pilots were killed near the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria’s western Homs province Friday when Daesh downed a helicopter belonging to the Syrian army, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday. According to an official statement released by the ministry, Russian pilots were flying a Mi-25 […]

8th Jul 2016

Iraq: 35 – 50 killed, 60 injured in attack against mosque in Salahuddin

Press TV: Between 35 to 50 civilians have lost their lives and 60 others sustained injuries when Daesh terrorists carried out suicide bombings and shooting attack near a holy Shia Muslim mausoleum north of the Iraqi capital. Security sources said a terrorist blew himself up at the external gate of the mausoleum of Sayyid […]

4th Jul 2016

Iraq: Daesh bombing kills 151, incl children, in Baghdad

By Ibrahim Salih BAGHDAD (AA): Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi declared three days of mourning Sunday in the aftermath of a car bomb attack in the capital Baghdad that killed at least 151 people. The attack, which was claimed by Daesh, hit Al-Karada, a busy shopping district in central Baghdad, at 1.00 a.m. local […]

3rd Jul 2016

Iraq: Daesh bombing kills 80 in Baghdad

By Ibrahim Salih BAGHDAD (AA) – At least 80 people were killed early Sunday in a car bomb blast claimed by the Daesh terrorist group in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The bomb hit al-Karada, a busy shopping district in central Baghdad, at 01:00 a.m. local time (2200GMT), a security source told Anadolu Agency, requesting […]

2nd Jul 2016

Bangladesh: 20 dead in Dhaka restaurant siege

By Mainul Islam Khan DHAKA, (AA): A siege at a restaurant in Dhaka ended in the deaths of 20 foreign hostages, the Bangladeshi army said Saturday. Nine Italians, seven Japanese, three Bangladeshis and one Indian are dead. The twenty hostages were brutally murdered during the chilling siege at the popular hangout in Dhaka’s diplomatic […]

1st Jul 2016

Turkey: Istanbul airport terror attack death toll rises to 44

By Hatice Senses Kurukiz ISTANBUL, (AA): The death toll in the terror attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport rose to 44 Thursday after a 25-year-old succumbed to his wounds, according to a hospital source. Yasin Ocal, a Turkish citizen, died at Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul’s Bakirkoy district. Earlier, Interior […]

22nd Jun 2016

Libya: 28 killed in rocket attack

By Seyfeddin Trablusi TRIPOLI, (AA): At least 28 people were killed and dozens injured Tuesday when a rocket hit an armory in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, local sources said. Armed militia intended to loot shops in the Garabulli district but faced resistance from locals, according to witnesses and hospital personnel who spoke to […]

22nd Jun 2016

UK: Brexit board member resigns over Islamophobic tweets

LONDON (AA) – A board member of the Leave campaign resigned Monday over a series of anti-Muslim tweets, just two days before a referendum decides whether the U.K. should stay in the EU, according to British media reports. The Guardian noted that Arabella Arkwright, who is also a businesswoman, reposted on her Twitter feed an […]

20th Jun 2016

Iraq: 600 families flee as fighting rages in N Iraq

By Arif Youssef & Ali Jawwad BAGHDAD (AA) – Around 600 Iraqi families have fled their homes in the northern Nineveh province as fighting has raged between Iraqi forces and Daesh terrorists south of Mosul. “Some 600 families have arrived at refugee camps in Dibkah [in northern Iraq],” Mohamed al-Husseini of the Iraqi Ministry […]

18th Jun 2016

Iraqi forces retake Fallujah from Daesh terrorists

By Haydar Hadi BAGHDAD (AA): Iraqi forces have retaken the western city of Fallujah from Daesh, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said late Friday. “Fallujah is back home,” Abadi said in a televised speech. “Our goal is to protect the holy things of the people of Fallujah and to ensure the security of the […]

15th Jun 2016

France: French commander, wife killed in Daesh-claimed attack

PARIS / WASHINGTON (AA) – A French police commander and his wife were killed Monday in an apparent attack claimed by Daesh. The officer, who was named in French media as Jean-Baptiste Salvaing, 42, worked as an assistant chief in the town of Les Mureaux and was reportedly wearing civilian clothes at the time of […]

13th Jun 2016

US: Ex-wife of Orlando shooter says he was mentally ill

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): The shooter authorities say is responsible for the deadliest-ever shooting in the U.S. was “unstable and mentally ill”, his ex-wife said Sunday. “In the beginning he was a normal being that cared about family, loved to joke, loved to have fun, but then a few months after we were […]

12th Jun 2016

Libya: 12 Libyan troops killed in fighting Daesh

By Jabbour Dokn SIRTE, (AA): At least 12 troops from Libya’s UN-backed unity government were killed and 40 wounded during battles with the Daesh militant group in the northern city of Sirte on Friday, a medical official said. Abdul Aziz Issa, the director of the Information Office of the Central Hospital of Misrata, told […]

11th Jun 2016

Syria: 8 killed, 25 wounded in two blasts in Sayyida Zainab district

By Halit Suleyman DAMASCUS (AA): Twin blasts in a Damascus suburb have killed eight people and injured 25 others on Saturday, according to the Syrian official news agency (SANA). The agency reported that the first attack was by a suicide bomber near a check point in al-Sayyida Zeinab [Zaynab] district, south of capital Damascus, […]

9th Jun 2016

Iraq: Muslim leader urges Baghdad not to open anti-Daesh fronts

By Ibrahim Salih BAGHDAD (AA): A Shia Muslim leader has called on the Iraqi government not open up any new fronts in the battle against Daesh until all members of the terrorist group are expunged from the western city of Fallujah. “I hope that [Prime Minister] and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Haidar al-Abadi […]

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