Agence France-Presse
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 08:44
Kurdish fighters have driven jihadists from 19 towns and villages across northeastern Syria in recent days, a week after capturing a key Iraqi border crossing, a monitoring group said Monday.
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 08:40
A Manama court Sunday jailed four Shiites for life and sentenced six others to 15-year terms for forming an Iran-linked "terrorist cell" to mount attacks in Bahrain, a judicial source said.
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 07:49
Tunisia's ruling Islamist Ennahda party and the opposition have failed to reach an agreement on appointing a new prime minister, with both sides pledging to continue negotiations.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 10:41
Tunisia tightened security Thursday after two failed suicide bombings dealt a blow to the vital tourism industry, underscoring a rise in jihadist violence that has stoked a months-long political crisis.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 10:32
Under a roadmap for the negotiations that started a week ago, Ennahda and the opposition plan to announce Saturday the name of the person who will succeed Ali Larayedh as premier.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 12:54
The United States is aiming to help the Iraqi government battle an increasing threat from Al-Qaeda linked terror groups with military sales and intelligence sharing, a US official said Wednesday.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 12:49
Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen shot dead on Thursday two soldiers and a civilian in an attack on an army checkpoint in the southern province of Abyan, a local official said.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 12:48
Twin car bombs north of Baghdad killed six people Thursday, while attacks elsewhere in Iraq left six others dead, officials said, the latest casualties in a nationwide spike in unrest.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 12:47
Tunisian security forces arrested five Salafist "terrorists" implicated in two failed attacks on Wednesday in resort towns on Tunisia's eastern coast, the interior ministry announced.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 12:26
Israel’s army arrested three senior members of the Islamist Hamas movement overnight, Palestinian security sources said on Thursday, in the second such arrest operation this week.