Terrorism
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 07:54
“Authorities have been operating against [Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis] for months now in Sinai and more recently in the mainland. I would not expect a major change in current operations, but simply a continuation,” said Barnett.
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 07:52
“The better our cooperation with Egypt is, there will be less need to work near the border, but the army is prepared to act.”
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 07:43
Officials say Hezbollah has turned to a variety of new tactics - including complicated commando operations - to hunt down rebels and opposition commanders.
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 07:35
At least five civilians were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Somalia, while another explosion in capital Mogadishu killed a government official, officials and witnesses said Wednesday.
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 06:50
Nine "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) gunmen were killed in an airstrike in al-Qaim near the Syria border in Anbar province, the Iraqi Ministry of Defence said Friday (April 11th).
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 06:24
Jordanian analysts and Islamists estimate that 800 to 1,200 Jordanians have gone to fight in Syria, more than double the number who fought in Afghanistan or Iraq.
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 06:14
Egypt's crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood has led to a sharp deterioration in relations with the Islamist group Hamas in neighbouring Gaza, and the people there are paying the price.
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 06:08
Yemeni authorities have given conflicting and erroneous accounts of his whereabouts, Reprieve lawyer Cori Crider wrote in a letter last week to the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa.
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 08:43
These Islamist movements use various methods to garner support, such as mass mobilizations, donating food and money to the poor, proselytizing and insisting on such Palestinian constants as the importance of Jerusalem and the right of return of the refugees. In general, they aim to fulfill the public’s wishes.
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 08:40
Syrian regime forces were losing ground to opposition rebels. Among some observers, it became conventional wisdom that it was only a matter of time before the regime fell; the rebels were at the gates of Damascus, or at least this is what they used to say.