Terrorism
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 12:02
The Israel Air Force targeted one or more terrorists in northern Gaza involved in firing rockets at Israel, but the strike missed the intended target, security forces said Wednesday.
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 11:55
AMMAN: Controversial amendments to Jordan's anti-terrorism law seek to curb the influence of homegrown Al-Qaeda affiliated jihadists fighting the regime of the kingdom's northern neighbour Syria, analysts said.
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 11:32
The United States would have to reconsider its annual $500 million assistance to the Palestinians if Islamist group Hamas and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) form a government together, Reuters reported a senior U.S. administration official as saying on Thursday.
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 11:14
Security forces dealt al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula a punishing blow this week, striking an al-Qaeda training camp in mountainous southern Yemen and arresting 10 al-Qaeda elements in Shabwa province, officials said.
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 10:59
Army and police forces supported by Sahwa members kicked off a large-scale operation in northern Babil to crack down on al-Qaeda-affiliated armed groups active in the area, the Babil local government said Wednesday (April 23rd).
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 10:46
A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a police checkpoint south of Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing at least 11 people, officials said, the latest episode in an uptick in violence in the run-up to next week's parliamentary elections.
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 08:04
Some 80 representatives of all national stakeholders, most notably the Kazakhstan National Bank and 38 second-level banks, reviewed and discussed the best practices and techniques related to preventing money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism.
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 06:13
Spokesperson Psaki addresses the recent news concerning Palestinian reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah and the future of peace negotiations, allegations of chemical weapons use in Syria and the growth of al Qaeda, and the certification of U.S. military assistance to Egypt.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 10:26
Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas have announced a reconciliation deal, saying they will seek to form a unity government in the coming weeks.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 10:20
Militants wearing military uniforms attacked a balloting center in a remote northern area and killed 10 guards, a senior police official said on Tuesday. The militants showed up at the polling center late Monday in Daqouq, a village outside the northern city of Kirkuk, saying they had come to carry out a search, the police said. Instead they shot and killed the guards. The attack was part of an effort by militants to derail the April 30 parliamentary elections in Sunni-dominated areas.