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The Rab’a Massacre and Mass Killings of Protesters in Egypt – HRW   The 188-page report documents the way the Egyptian police and army methodically opened fire with live ammunition on crowds of demonstrators opposed to the military’s July 3 ouster of Mohamed Morsy, Egypt’s first elected civilian president, at six demonstrations between July 5 and August 17, 2013. While …

Seventeen people, including a militia chief and several soldiers, were killed in fighting near the Benghazi airport this week, military and medical sources said on Thursday. Libya has been in turmoil since the toppling of longtime dictator Muammar Gadhafi in 2011, and the interim authorities have since been facing the powerful militiamenwho had toppledGadhafi. Salim Nabbous, commander of the Shura …

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu promised that his government will do whatever it can to stop Islamic State (IS) militants from capturing the Syrian Kurdish town Kobane, saying that the Turkish Parliament has approved military action in Syria. The IS has been advancing towards the town of Ain al-Arab, known among the Kurds as Kobane, which lies close to the …

The Syrian regime will not begin talks on ending the Syrian civil war as long as extremists are tearing through the country, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem to the United Nations General Assembly on Monday. “We cannot start any political solution while terrorism is still rampant in Syria”, he said. His statement has seemingly ended the prospects for resuming peace …

by Ramzy Baroud Netanyahu’s war-turned-genocide in Gaza has backfired badly – his strategy has helped resurrect Hamas, the very movement he tried desperately to crush Aside from being a major military setback, Israel’s war on Gaza has also disoriented the policies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu like never before. Since the announcement of a ceasefire on 26 August, his statements …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday indicated that Turkey’s will play a more active part in the international coalition against extremist group Islamic State (IS), following the release of several Turkish hostages nabbed by the group. For the past few months, Turkey has frustrated global powers with its rather inactive participation in the coalition, but it has insisted that …

Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey on Friday said that a Syrian rebel force consisting of 12,000-15,000 will be required to push back extremists from the Islamic State (IS) in eastern Syria, a number that is three times the number of combatants that will be trained by the US. Dempsey offered the estimate and said …

Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, spokesman for extremist group Islamic State (IS) threatened Canada, among other Western powers, in a global call for Muslims to kill citizens of countries joining the fight against his group. In a long-winded, 42-minute audio message, he makes mentions of Canada, and said that the US-led coalition won’t defeat the IS. “If you kill a disbelieving American …

On Friday, France conducted its first air strike on the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq, augmenting strikes conducted by the United States strikes and boosting its efforts to unite global powers against the threat the extremists pose. After France famously refused to participate in the US-led invasion of the Iraq in 2003, it became the first country to join the …

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in Tuesday urged nations with the capacity to take actions against the Islamic State (IS). “I urge the international community, and those with the means, to act decisively and after sober reflection. It is critical to keep at the forefront the protection of civilians”, he said. However, the UN chief did not say what steps …