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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 […]

8th Jun 2016

Iraq: Daesh car bomb in Karbala kills 8, injures 20

By Ali Jawad BAGHDAD (AA) – At least eight people were killed and another 20 injured by a bomb that went off Tuesday in a residential district of Iraq’s southern city of Karbala, according to witnesses. Daesh has claimed responsibility claiming it has killed 30 people. Separate bombings in and around the capital killed another […]

7th Jun 2016

Turkey: Blast hits historic Istanbul district, 2 killed, many injuries

ISTANBUL (AA) – An early morning explosion in Istanbul’s historic Beyazit area has killed two people and caused an unconfirmed number of injuries Tuesday. The blast in the Beyazit Vezneciler district on the city’s European side damaged nearby shops and vehicles, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter at the scene. A number of gunshots were […]

7th Jun 2016

Iraqi forces uncover mass grave in Daesh-held Fallujah

By Arif Yusuf BAGHDAD (AA): A mass grave containing the remains of 400 people was found in the western city of Fallujah, an Iraqi officer has said. “The mass grave was uncovered in northern Fallujah as security forces were clearing landmines and explosives from the area,” colonel Walid al-Duleimi told Anadolu Agency. He said […]

6th Jun 2016

Afghanistan: Lawmaker among 3 killed in Kabul bomb attack

By Mohammad Fahim Abed KABUL (AA): An Afghan lawmaker, Sher Wali Wardak, and his two guards were killed in a bomb attack outside the deputy’s house in the Afghan capital Kabul Sunday afternoon, an Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman said. According to spokesman, Wardak was seriously injured in attack and later succumbed to his wounds […]

6th Jun 2016

Tanzanian police kill mosque attackers in 10-hour siege

By Peter Saramba Ongiri MWANZA, (AA): Police in northern Tanzania said late Sunday they had killed three men suspected of carrying out a deadly attack on a mosque last month. Regional Police Commander Ahmed Msangi said the three “gangsters” were at a cave near the Mkolani neighborhood of Mwanza city, where three people, including […]

3rd Jun 2016

US college shooter’s ‘kill list’ reveals second victim

NEW YORK (AA) – A woman found fatally shot inside her home in Minnesota was on a “kill list” of the shooter the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), police said Thursday. The female victim was identified by the Los Angeles Times newspaper as Ashley Hasti. According to the daily, local records confirm Hasti was married […]

1st Jun 2016

Iraq: Taking casualties, Iraq army, allies push into Fallujah

By Suleyman al-Qubeisi ANBAR, (AA): Three Iraqi troops were killed Tuesday amid ongoing efforts to capture the city of Fallujah in Iraq’s western Anbar province from the Daesh terrorist group, according to a local police official. Anbar Police Captain Ahmed al-Delimi told Anadolu Agency that more than 100 Daesh terrorists had staged a “fierce […]

31st May 2016

Turkey: 4 dead in bomb attack in SE Turkey

By Soner Kilinc SIRNAK, (AA): At least four people have been killed in southeastern Turkey in an improvised bomb attack Monday. Explosives were detonated by terrorists as an armored police vehicle passed in Silopi district of Sirnak province, the governor’s office has confirmed. Civilians Isa Torlak, Ekrem Birlik, Davut Yoksul, and four-year-old Halime Birlik […]

27th May 2016

Iraq: Seven Iraqi troops killed north of Baghdad

By Ibrahim Saleh BAGHDAD (AA): Six Iraqi army and police personnel were killed Thursday in an attack north of Baghdad, a police officer said. Major General Nadir al-Janabi told Anadolu Agency that a joint force from the army and police were attacked by a sniper while searching a home in Basatin al-Tarmia district, located […]

25th May 2016

Somalia: Kenyan troops kill 21 al-Shabaab militants

By Andrew Ross NAIROBI, (AA): The Kenyan military announced Wednesday that it had killed 21 al-Shabaab militants who had ambushed their convoy, which was headed for the town of Tabda, located in the southern Lower Juba region in Somalia. In a statement, Col. David Obonyo said that the Kenya Defense Forces soldiers had engaged […]

25th May 2016

Afghanistan: 10 killed in suicide bomb attack

By Zabihullah Tamanna KABUL (AA & AP): At least 10 people were killed and three others were wounded on Wednesday morning after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives on the outskirts of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, security officials said.The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. The claim came from Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, in […]

24th May 2016

Iraqi forces retake 12 districts of Fallujah from Daesh

By Ibrahim Saleh BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi forces have captured 12 districts of Fallujah only hours after the launch of a military campaign aimed at retaking the city from the Daesh terrorist group, according to a local security source. Fallujah is considered Daesh’s primary stronghold in Iraq’s western Anbar province. Federal police officer Raed […]

21st May 2016

Tanzania: Mwanza city Muslims live in fear as 3 hacked to death in mosque

By Peter Saramba Ongiri MWANZA, (AA): Muslims in Tanzania’s northern Mwanza city fear for their lives following Wednesday deadly hacking of worshippers inside a mosque, head of a Muslim body said Friday. Imam Feruz Ismail, aged 27, and two other people were hacked to death Wednesday during the time of evening prayers at the […]

20th May 2016

Libya: Daesh bombing kills 30 soldiers near Sirte

By Seif al-Din al-Trabulsi TRIPOLI, (AA): At least 30 soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing near Libya’s northern city of Sirte. A Daesh terrorist on Wednesday detonated his explosives-laden vehicle at government forces 90 kilometers (56 miles) west of Sirte, the unity government’s media center said in a statement. According to the statement, […]

16th May 2016

Iraq: More than 20 killed in attacks across Baghdad

By Haydar Hadi BAGHDAD (AA) – At least 18 people were killed and another 32 injured on Sunday when a suicide car-bomb rocked Baghdad’s northern Taji district. Police Lieutenant Miqdam Mohamad of the Taji Security Complex told Anadolu Agency that the bomb had gone off outside a state-run LNG factory, leaving 18 people dead […]

16th May 2016

Yemen: Daesh suicide bombing kills 25 troops in Hadhramaut

By Mubarak Mohamed HADHRAMAUT, (AA): At least 25 soldiers were killed on Sunday in a suicide attack — which has since been claimed by the Daesh terrorist group — in Yemen’s southern Hadhramaut province, local sources told Anadolu Agency. The attack, which occurred at an army recruitment office in Hadhramaut’s Al-Mukalla district where fresh […]

15th May 2016

Afghanistan: Taliban car-bomb kills four in Helmand

By Zabihullalh Tamanna KABUL (AA) – At least four people were killed Saturday in a suicide car-bomb attack in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province that was later claimed by the Taliban, according to a local official. Provincial Police Chief Abdul Rahman Sarjang told Anadolu Agency that the attacker had detonated his explosive-laden vehicle near a […]

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