Many were left dead or wounded in Kabul on Tuesday after a serious car bomb exploded followed by a severe firefight, according to the Afghan president. The Taliban claim responsibility for the attack and it comes a week following the insurgents launching of their annual spring offensive. The attack occurred near government offices resulting in […]
Armed forces and military personnel from over 20 countries converged in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for what is the largest military exercise campaign in the region’s history. Dubbed “The Thunder of the North” the exercise includes ground, air, and naval drills and is generally seen as a showcase of the Saudi Arabia’s weight in the […]
Feb 15 2016 | Posted in
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Dubai is known for its exuberance and its ability to go against all odds and achieve titles envied around the world. The words biggest, largest, tallest and most expensive have become synonymous with the emirate and now it is set to add yet another title to its growing collection – that of the World’s Largest […]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to break their alliance with Hamas if Islamists insist handle Gaza as if they were still in power. Under the agreement signed in April between all Palestinian factions, a Cabinet of unity, technocrat, who since June 2 has the mandate to rule in both Gaza and the West Bank […]
An armed group retained 43 UN peacekeepers, originating in Fiji, the Syrian side of the Golan Heights, as confirmed by the office of the secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon in New York. The soldiers belong to UNDOF, Force UN Disengagement Observer, a mission established in 1974, after the Yom Kippur War, in order to maintain peace in […]
Aug 30 2014 | Posted in
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The jihadists of the Islamic State (EI) have killed dozens of Syrian troops after taking Tabqa air base in the province of Raqa, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), an NGO based in London and field staff. The military complex was conquered by the fundamentalists of EI on Sunday and after weeks […]
Palestinian and Israeli negotiators reached yesterday lasting ceasefire after 50 days of the Gaza offensive. At seven pm came into force on cessation of hostilities resisted for more than one month. It is best that no end date, like other temporary truces raped, that did not end with Operation Margin Protector, in which 2,138 Palestinians […]
The dead for more than three years of war in Syria are already 191,369. This has been documented UN on Friday, in a report commissioned by the human rights office clarifies that the figure probably underestimates the number of deaths because in some cases “missing elements of verification.” The document, based on five different sources, […]
Aug 24 2014 | Posted in
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The German government disavowed minister on Friday blamed Qatar Islamic State funding (EI). But the slip holder Development, Gerd Müller, has brought to light a suspicion that is often repeated in Iraq. Even the Prime Minister in office now, Nuri al-Maliki, said the rich Emirate and Saudi Arabia as blame for the current situation. What […]
Aug 24 2014 | Posted in
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Hamas has killed 18 Palestinians accusing them of collaborating with Israel. News agency Al Ray has confirmed, linked to the Islamist organization, and own TV group, adding that all the dead were men, were killed in a police station Capital Gaza and had previously been ” convicted by the courts “. The agency Maan added […]
Aug 23 2014 | Posted in
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The threats that the Islamic State (EI) launched against the United States in the video that showed the execution of American journalist James Foley has not stopped Washington. American planes bombed positions of the jihadists in northern Iraq, reports the BBC. Fighters and American navy drones have also provided air cover Thursday to Iraqi and […]
Hamas and Israel ‘s intelligence services (Shin Bet) have confirmed that three of the six dead in Gaza early this morning are high commanders of the Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamist organization. It is Raed al- Attar, Mohammed and Mohammed Abu Shamala Barhoum. The first two are regarded as the principal […]