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US helicopter raid kills 2 Islamic State militants in Syria

Monday 12-12-2022 02:56 PM

American forces on Sunday killed two Islamic State militants in eastern Syria in a helicopter raid, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. IS sleeper calls continue to carry out deadly attacks in ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s niece Farideh Moradkhani jailed for 3 years over protests

Monday 12-12-2022 01:49 PM

A niece of Iran’s supreme leader has been jailed for three years for supporting protests against the regime, which began three months ago. Farideh Moradkhani was arrested after calling on the ...

Man Accused in 2015 Terror Attacks in Mali Is Extradited to the U.S.

Sunday 11-12-2022 12:04 PM

A man accused of taking part in attacks in Mali in 2015 that killed dozens of people, including an American aid worker, was extradited to the United States to face multiple terrorism charges in ...

UN rights chief: Iran seeks ‘chilling effect’ with execution

Saturday 10-12-2022 02:24 PM

The U.N.’s top human rights official on Friday said Iran’s first execution of a prisoner convicted for a crime allegedly committed during the country’s ongoing nationwide protests is “very ...

Iran executes first known prisoner arrested in protests

Thursday 08-12-2022 09:35 AM

Iran said Thursday it executed a prisoner convicted for a crime allegedly committed during the country’s ongoing nationwide protests, the first such death penalty carried out by Tehran. The ...

Taliban carries out first public execution since Afghanistan takeover

Thursday 08-12-2022 09:20 AM

The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has carried out its first public execution since its takeover of the country last year, the latest in a series of landmarks in a return to hardline policies and ...

Iran executes more than 500 this year

Wednesday 07-12-2022 05:24 PM

More than 500 people have been executed by Iran this year, according to a new count by human rights activists, a big increase already on last year. Iran is one of several Middle Eastern countries ...

Taliban: Roadside bomb kills 6 people in north Afghanistan

Tuesday 06-12-2022 03:36 PM

A roadside bomb went off near a bus with government employees during rush hour on Tuesday morning in northern Afghanistan, killing six people, a Taliban official said. Mohammad Asif Waziri, the ...

Israeli aircraft hit Gaza after rocket fire

Sunday 04-12-2022 02:14 PM

Israeli aircraft struck several military sites in the Gaza Strip early Sunday, hours after Palestinian militants fired a missile into southern Israel in a move apparently linked to rising tension in ...

Iran executed 4 people it says spied for Israel

Sunday 04-12-2022 01:56 PM

Iranian authorities executed four people Sunday accused of working for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, the state-run IRNA news agency said. Three others received lengthy prison sentences. IRNA ...

Joint patrols resume in north Syria amid tension with Turkey

Saturday 03-12-2022 06:36 PM

U.S. troops Saturday resumed joint patrols with Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria days after they were stopped amid Turkish threats of a new ground incursion into the war-torn country. A patrol ...

Pakistan Taliban Attacks Police After Calling Off Cease-Fire

Thursday 01-12-2022 01:45 PM

An attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed at least four people Wednesday, just two days after the group announced the end of a shaky cease-fire. An explosion hit a truck carrying policemen ...

IS says leader Abu al-Hassan al-Qurayshi killed in battle

Thursday 01-12-2022 12:58 PM

The leader of the Islamic State group, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, was killed in battle recently, the group’s spokesman said in audio released Wednesday. He gave no further details. ...

Syria receives cholera vaccines ahead of inoculation drive

Wednesday 30-11-2022 05:39 PM

Syria has received two million doses of cholera vaccines, the first to reach the country during a months-long outbreak, the country’s health ministry said Wednesday. The war-torn country has been ...

Turkish strikes harming counter-IS operations, US, Kurds say

Wednesday 30-11-2022 05:23 PM

U.S. and Kurdish military officials said Tuesday that Turkish airstrikes and a threatened ground invasion in northern Syria are impacting their joint operations against the Islamic State extremist ...