Extremist forces sweeping through Iraq in a rampage across northern and western parts of the country have declared an “Islamic Caliphate” and ordered Muslims the world over to pledge allegiance to them, in an outrageous bid to stamp their authority. Meanwhile, federal Iraqi forces have pressed their counter-attack on Monday against militants in the city of Tikrit, one of several …
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On Friday, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s top Shiite cleric, urged his nation’s political leaders to overcome their differences and form a government that could see off the advances of militants who have swept through large swathes of the country. Sistani,, who is a revered cleric within the Shi’ite majority community and whose stature dwarfs that of all politicians in …
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The Syrian opposition late on Thursday sacked the military command of the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) over allegations of corruption, several hours after US President Barack Obama asked US lawmakers for $500 million in aid for moderate rebels. In his statement, opposition chief Ahmad Tohme said that the opposition had “decided to disband the Supreme Military Council and refer …
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On Friday, the Israeli Air Force reportedly struck at a target in Gaza Strip, killing two Palestinians in the process. A spokesman for the Palestinian Health Ministry said that the target for the Israelis was a civilian vehicle driving along the Gaza coast, close to the al-Shati refugee camp and Ismail Haniyeh’s home, second in command of Hamas. Several others …
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday praised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for condemning the alleged abduction of three Israeli teenagers, but slammed the unity pact between Fatah and the Hamas. The three teens had disappeared from a popular hitchhiking spot in West Bank on June 12th, and Israel has rounded up several hundreds of Palestinians as a part of …
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The United Nations on Tuesday said that over a thousand people have been killed so far this month in the militant sweep through western and northern Iraq, and that more than 75% of them civilians. At least 1,075 people have been killed, with 658 others injured by the violence in Iraq from June 5th to June 22nd, Rupert Colville, spokesman …
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A suicide bomber targeted and bombed an army checkpoint at the Tayyouneh roundabout in the southern suburbs of Beirut, and at least one person was killed and twenty more were injured in the blast. Lebanon’s Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq, however, said that the security situation in the country is “under control”. An army communiqué sent on Tuesday said that the …
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On Sunday, the Sri Lankan media, in a rare show of unity, condemned the nation’s police forces for failing to control anti-Muslim Buddhist extremists. Religious tensions continue to grow in the island-nation in the wake of riots in the south. Four people were killed, 80 were wounded and over hundreds of shops and homes were destroyed in the anti-Muslim riots …
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Israel on Wednesday killed 65 people in West Bank, as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas lashed out at the people responsible for the kidnapping of 3 Israeli teenagers. The hunt for the Israeli youths enters its sixth day on Wednesday, as Israel continues its crushing drive against Hamas, who it blames for the kidnappings. As Israeli troops continued to press their …
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Fresh violence near the Kenyan coast has led to the deaths of at least 15 people, officials said on Tuesday, a day after Somali Shebab rebels killed almost 50 people in the same region. The al-Qaeda linked Harakat al-Shebab al-Mujahideen said that its fighters executed the attack on a Kenyan village, and its commando unit had been able to return …
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