The Iran-backed Shi'ite terrorist organization in Yemen, the Houthis, have besieged the presidential palace in the capital city of Sana'a where they have grabbed de facto control in recent months, and even opened cannon fire on the palace to force their demands to be met. The Houthis are threatening President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, demanding
Palestinian Authority (PA) chief negotiator Saeb Erekat threatened a new approach vis-a-vis Israel in the wake of about $127 million in taxes collected for the PA being frozen, a response to the PA joining the International Criminal Court (ICC) to sue the Jewish state. Erekat, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) terrorist
Canadian special forces exchanged gunfire with Islamic State (ISIS) fighters in Iraq in recent days, in the first confirmed ground battle between Western troops and ISIS, a senior officer was quoted by AFP as having said Monday. The Canadians came under mortar and machine gun fire while training Iraqi troops near front lines and
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday said the fight against "terrorism" needs a new Muslim religious discourse in addition to security and military measures, AFP reported. "The rise in terrorism... requires a thoughtful response from the international community," Sisi told the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi. "The fight must not
An Israeli strike on Syria that killed six members of the Iranian-proxy Hezbollah terrorist organization also killed six Iranian solders and commanders, including an Iranian general. "The Israeli strike killed six Iranian soldiers, including commanders, as well as the six members of Hezbollah. They were all in a convoy of three cars," a source
Ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi on Sunday testified for the first time in his espionage trial, and launched a tirade against his successor whom he accused of removing him in a "coup", AFP reported. Morsi was toppled by former army chief and now President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in July 2013 after mass protests demanding
Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon refused to say anything Sunday eveing about the reported IAF strike in the Syrian Golan that killed Jihad Mughniyeh, a senior Hezbollah man whose father, Imad Mughniyeh, was also assassinated by Israel. However, Yaalon did respond to the reports from Hezbollah about the incident, and said that they contradicted Hezbollah's
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will host a meeting in London on Thursday of members of the coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) group, officials said Saturday, according to AFP. The one-day talks will involve foreign ministers from about 20 countries, including Arab states, to discuss progress
Around 3,000 people in Turkey are believed to be linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group, a Turkish intelligence report said on Saturday, warning of possible attacks by extremists. The report called for enhanced surveillance of the 3,000 people, including identifying their rank within the extremist group or whether they were active
Just one month before the Paris massacre of Charlie Hebdo and his staff, the prestigious Sunni Muslim Al-Azhar Institute organized and held a conference at its headquarters in Cairo to address worldwide terrorism. It was entitled, "Al-Azhar in the face of extremism and terrorism." After two full days of discourse focused on the ISIS (Islamic
