As armed groups in Syria and Iraq destroy priceless archaeological sites, European authorities and dealers are on high alert for smaller, looted artifacts put on sale to help finance the jihadists' war. Stolen-art expert Chris Marinello, director of Art Recovery International, said he has been shown photographs of items being offered from Syria that
Tunisian troops have captured a large arms cache including Kalashnikov rifles, grenades and explosives, a security source said on Thursday, according to a Reuters report. The discovery of the arms cache comes as the government struggles to keep track of jihadists after a bloody attack last month. Last month gunmen stormed the national
A senior Hamas official in Gaza called on Thursday for the abduction of Israelis, who would be used to release terrorists held by the Jewish state. "We tell the Zionist enemy: you are all a target for us and the resistance, we will fight you until we finally get rid of you and take
Fatah, the leading faction of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's party, has long been touted in the international arena as a "moderate" potential peace partner for Israel. But in a video featuring songs and posted to Fatah's official Facebook page for it's 50th anniversary last December, which was translated by
A Cairo criminal court on Wednesday jailed deposed Islamist president Mohammed Morsi's former chief of staff for three years, after he was convicted of abusing his powers, AFP reported. The man, Refaa al-Tahtawi had been charged with hiring someone banned from public service, a court official said. Tahtawi had given a job to
Jihadists from the Islamic State (ISIS) group broke into Iraq's massive Baiji oil refinery, seized some of its facilities and are hiding among fuel storage tanks, officials said Wednesday, according to the AFP news agency. ISIS has attempted repeatedly over the past 10 months to capture the refinery -- the country's largest -- but
Rebels fighting in southern Syria will not cooperate militarily with Al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, Al Nusra Front, a spokesman said Wednesday. Essam al-Rayes' comments come after tensions between local rebel groups and Al Nusra over the capture of a border crossing between Syria and Jordan. "We reject all forms of cooperation with
Hamas evidently wanted to leave no doubts that when it comes to implementing its jihadist genocidal goals of wiping out the Jewish people by all terrorist means at its disposal, age is no barrier - and that brainwashing works all the better the younger you start. Hamas's Ministry of Interior, which is part of
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared Sunday that anyone convicted of digging tunnels into Gaza from Sinai or of assisting in such activity would face a death sentence, according to a report on Israel's Channel 1 TV. Sunday proved to be another bloody day in Egypt, as at least five people were killed and
More than 500 Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have been killed in clashes on the border with Yemen since the Saudi-led air war against them began, the Saudi Defense ministry said Saturday, according to Al Arabiya, which cited the Saudi Press Agency. It was the first reported death toll for the clashes since Saudi Arabia, heading
