Terrorism
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 09:36
But the trial is believed to be the latest in a series of prosecutions begun in July 2011 for alleged offences committed during the peak of Al-Qaeda violence in the kingdom between 2003 and 2006.
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 08:19
The recent infighting has been the most serious since armed groups initially rose to try overthrow the rule of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 07:07
Mr Maliki said if the people expelled what he called terrorists, they would be spared military action.
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 07:05
The rebel-on-rebel fighting in Raqqa — a bastion of the al-Qaida-linked group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant — reflects a widening war within a war in Syria, this one against radical extremists.
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 07:00
The Saudi, who led the Abdullah Azzam Brigades and was on Saudi Arabia's most-wanted-terrorists list, was arrested in Lebanon recently.
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 06:46
Secretary of State John F. Kerry said Sunday that the United States is ready to help Iraq in any way possible as that country began a major offensive to wrest control of two cities from al-Qaeda-linked militants. But he made it clear that no American troops would be sent in.
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 06:42
Iraqi security forces and their tribal allies made gains in heavy fighting on Sunday in Ramadi, reclaiming parts of the city from Sunni militants aligned with Al Qaeda, security officials and tribal leaders said.
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 06:40
Two Iraqi cities that were strongholds of Sunni insurgents during the U.S. war in the country are battlegrounds once more after al-Qaida militants largely took them over, fending off government forces that have been besieging them for days.
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 12:47
This press briefing addressed the Middle East Peace Process, as well as the transport of chemical weapons in Syria. Additionally, the arrests of former U.S. military personnel in Libya were discussed. Ms. Harf answered questions about the Egyptian Government's Terrorist Designation of the Muslim Brotherhood, and discussed the conflict in South Sudan.
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 13:36
The authorities in Yaoundé, the Cameroonian capital, have set up tighter border controls in the Far North region to guard against infiltration by jihadist Boko Haram fighters from neighbouring Nigeria as civilians flee insurgent attacks and a Nigerian military offensive, seeking safety across the border in Cameroon. A rapid response military unit has also been deployed and beefed up in the northern regions and some tourist hotels now have armed guards.