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ANKARA , Turkey, (AA): United Arab Emirates said Sunday it is ready to send ground troops to Syria as part of the international efforts to fight Daesh terrorist group. The Emirates News Agency WAM quoted the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, as telling reporters in Abu Dhabi that the country […]

7th Feb 2016

Iraq: Daesh attacks kill 37 in Ramadi & Fallujah

ANBAR,(AA): Thirty-seven people were killed Saturday in Iraq in a string of terrorist attacks on security forces by Daesh. Ismail al-Mihlavi, Anbar operations commander of the Iraq, army, told Anadolu Agency that Daesh launched an offensive on three army headquarters in Ramadi city with bomb-laden vehicles. Al-Mihlavi said the militant group later started gunfire. Twenty-three […]

6th Feb 2016

Mali: Siege ends in Hotel and UN base in Timbuktu

TIMBUKTU, Mali (AA) – A hotel and UN base siege in Mali’s Timbuktu that left at least one soldier and four attackers dead has ended, security sources have told Anadolu Agency. “A Malian soldier and at least four attackers died in the attack … Niang, a Malian officer who was part of the counter-offensive operation […]

1st Feb 2016

Syria: Twin Damascus blasts kill 71 near Sayyida Zaynab shrine

By Mohamed Misto DAMASCUS (AA) – More than 70 people were killed on Sunday by twin suicide bombings that targeted Sayyida Zaynab shrine south of Damascus. Daesh has claimed responsibility. According to local sources, a car bomb exploded at a checkpoint protecting the shrine, manned by Shia Muslim militiamen near Sayyida Zaynab shrine south […]

1st Feb 2016

Nigeria: Children, among 85 killed in Dalori, Maiduguri, by Boko Haram

By Olarewaju Kola and Rafiu Ajakaye MAIDUGURI, (AA) – The death toll from a Boko Haram attack on the outskirts of a major city in northeast Nigeria has risen to 85, including eight children, witnesses and officials have told Anadolu Agency. The attack on Saturday evening saw scores of militants attack Dalori, a small […]

30th Jan 2016

Saudi Arabia: Suicide attack kills 4, injure 18 near Shia Muslim mosque

By Eman Nassar AL-AHSA, (AA): Four people were killed and 18 others were injured in a suicide attack that targeted a Shia Muslim mosque during Friday prayer in the eastern province of al-Ahsa, the Saudi Ministry of Interior said through Twitter. “Security forces managed to observe the suicide bombers as they headed to the […]

30th Jan 2016

Nigeria: Nine killed by teenage suicide bomber in Gombi

By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, (AA) – At least nine people were killed Friday afternoon in a suicide bombing carried out by a teenage boy in northeast Nigeria, local officials and residents said. The blast in Gombi, a town in Adamawa state, happened in a busy market as locals headed to Friday prayers. “A teenage […]

26th Jan 2016

Cameroon: Suicide bombings in north Cameroon kill 20

By Peter Kum MAROUA, (AA): At least 20 people were killed in three separate attacks in Cameroon’s Far North region on Monday, local officials said. Suicide bombers thought to be linked to Boko Haram, struck simultaneously in Bodo town at around 11.00 a.m. local time (1000GMT), Agbassi Adoum, the mayor of Makary district, said. Col. Nomo […]

22nd Jan 2016

Somalia: Two bombs explode in Mogadishu killing several people

MOGADISHU, (AA): Two car bombs exploded Thursday near cafés in the center of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, causing extensive damage, security sources said. At least six people and eight attackers were killed according to various media reports and several others injured in the twin explosions. Another security source who requested anonymity said the death toll […]

21st Jan 2016

Egypt: Terrorists kill 5 policemen in Sinai

CAIRO (AA): Five policemen were killed in a militant attack in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula late Wednesday, the country’s Interior Ministry said. In a statement, the ministry said that unidentified gunmen had opened fire on a security checkpoint in the North Sinai city of Arish. “Five policemen, including three officers, were killed in an exchange […]

21st Jan 2016

Afghanistan: Blast near Russian embassy in Kabul kills 6

KABUL, (AA): At least six people were killed and another 24 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Russian embassy in Kabul on Wednesday evening, according to Afghan officials. The attacker, riding a motorbike, reportedly targeted a bus carrying employees of a prominent private television channel. Deputy Interior Minister Mohammad Ayob Salangi […]

20th Jan 2016

Pakistan: 21 people killed, 60 injured in campus attack

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA & Agencies) – Several people were killed and scores injured Wednesday in a gun-and -bomb attack on a university campus in northwest Pakistan. 21 people have been killed and more than 60 injured, some in critical condition. Rescue workers said they have found at least seven bodies, including a […]

16th Jan 2016

Malaysian police nab suicide bomber hours before attack

By P Prem Kumar KUALA LUMPUR (AA) — Malaysian police say they have nabbed a suspected Daesh-linked militant in capital Kuala Lumpur, just hours before a planned suicide attack. Inspector General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said in a statement Saturday that the 28-year old was arrested at a rail station, before a planned Friday night suicide […]

16th Jan 2016

Burkina Faso: Gunmen kill 22 on hotel attack in Ouagadougou

OUAGADOUGOU, (AA and Agencies) – Gunmen attacked a hotel in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, on Friday night.22 were killed. Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has claimed responsibility for the attack. Gunfire and explosions could be heard, according to local media and witnesses who said two car bombs exploded outside the Splendid Hotel at around […]

14th Jan 2016

Indonesia: 7 dead in blasts at Jakarta shopping center

By Ainur Rohmah JAKARTA (AA): Indonesian police confirmed Thursday that at least seven people were killed after multiple explosions rocked a popular shopping center in Jakarta. Anton Charliyan, National Police spokesperson, was quoted by news broadcaster Kompas as saying that those killed in the blasts outside the Sarinah shopping center included three civilians and […]

13th Jan 2016

Pakistan: 14 killed at polio vaccination centre in Quetta

By Aamir Latif Karachi, (AA): At least 14 people, including 12 policemen, were killed in a bomb blast Wednesday in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province, officials said. The bomb struck a police van outside a polio vaccination center in the provincial capital Quetta. The campaign is to target 2.4 million children under the age of […]

13th Jan 2016

Turkey resolves to not step back from anti-terror fight

ANKARA / BERLIN (AA) – The suicide bomb attack in Istanbul Tuesday morning that killed 10 people, including several Germans, will not deter Turkish security forces from pursuing their ongoing counter-terrorism efforts, Turkish premier has said. In remarks made during a meeting at the Cankaya Palace in the capital Ankara Tuesday afternoon following a deadly […]

10th Jan 2016

Egypt: 1 killed, 4 hurt in knife attack in resort city

[Photo: Terrorist attacks continute to take place in Egypt. Earlier, damaged cars are seen after a blast at Faisal neighborhood in Giza, on December 27, 2015. Photograph: İbrahim Ramadan/AA] Mahmoud Barakat CAIRO (AA) – A security guard was killed and four foreign tourists were injured late Friday by two knife-wielding assailants who snuck into a […]

8th Jan 2016

Libya: Suicide bombing kills 50 police recruits

Michael Hernandez, Mahmoud Barakat [Photo: Damaged cars are seen after a truck bomb attack targeting a police training center in Zliten, Libya on January 7, 2016. Photographer: Hazem Turkia/AA] TRIPOLI, (AA): At least 50 people were killed and 127 others injured Thursday when a suicide bombing rocked a police training center in Zliten city in […]

2nd Jan 2016

France: Driver rams soldiers outside French mosque

PARIS (AA,): A driver was shot and wounded Friday as he drove a car at soldiers guarding a mosque in southeastern France, local authorities said. Police said the driver deliberately steered towards the four soldiers in a suburb of Valence in the Rhone-Alpes region. One soldier sustained an injured leg when the Peugeot 307 hit […]

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