An ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) attack on a state-run gas plant in Baghdad’s northern outskirts on Sunday killed at least 11 people, including policemen, and forced two power stations to suspend electricity production. A suicide car bomb went off at the entrance of the facility in[…]
The Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has been rocked by three successive bombings that claimed the lives of dozens of civilians, according to police sources and media. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attacks. The car bombing attack in the city’s district of Sadr City killed at least 63 people and[…]
A car bomb in a predominantly Shia district of the Iraqi capital has killed at least 50 people and wounded at least 100 others, police sources told Al Jazeera. A 4WD vehicle packed with explosives blew up near a beauty salon in a bustling market at rush hour in Baghdad’s[…]
The United States will deter and confront aggression against Gulf Arab countries, who continue to have concerns about threats from Iran, President Barack Obama said after meeting their leaders to iron out strains in their alliance. “I reaffirmed the policy of the United States to use all elements of our[…]
At least 40,000 Syrians have fled fighting near the northern city of Aleppo in recent days as government forces continue an offensive against opposition fighters despite a truce, the United Nations said. Escalating violence has pushed people eastwards towards the strategically vital border town of Azaz, as well as the[…]
Syrian government forces, backed by Russian air power, have recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) after days of intense fighting, state media and a monitoring group said. Syrian state television quoted a military source as saying the army and allied[…]
Turkey said on Wednesday it had detained and then deported one of the two suspected suicide bombers at Brussels airport, suggesting Belgian authorities ignored a warning that he was a “foreign terrorist fighter”. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkish authorities detained Brahim el-Bakraoui in June last year in Gaziantep, close[…]
An Islamic State whistleblower leaked 22 000 jihadi recruits’ identities this week. According to news reports, the whistleblower became disillusioned with the group’s direction. The documents include names, addresses, family contacts and other personal information. There are reportedly no South African names contained in the document despite rumours last year[…]
At least Tunisia has built a 200-kilometre barrier that stretches about half the length of its border with Libya [Reuters] have been killed in clashes between security forces and armed men in the Tunisian city of Ben Gardane near the border with Libya. The Tunisian Ministry of Interior said at[…]
Over 70 people were killed and 100 others wounded in Sadr City, a southern suburb of the Iraqi capital, as two bombs went off at a crowded market, according to Reuters. Islamic State militants claim the attack. Earlier, Alsumaria TV reported 28 fatalities. Security sources also told the channel there[…]
WhatsApp us 