An Egyptian prosecutor said Sunday he referred 40 people to trial on charges of belonging to the Islamic State (ISIS) and planning to carry out terrorist attacks in Egypt, reports The Associated Press (AP). The announcement marks the first time people in Egypt's Nile Delta have been accused of belonging to the group, which
The Islamic Jihad terrorist group is accusing the Palestinian Authority (PA) of arresting and harassing its members in the PA-assigned areas of Judea and Samaria. In a statement quoted by the Ma’an news agency, the group said that PA security forces had arrested Islamic Jihad members in Jenin, Tulkarem, Ramallah, and Hevron governorates.
(AFP) Lebanon's land exports to Gulf markets have been choked off, leaving millions of dollars in goods stranded after the closure of a vital crossing on the Syrian-Jordanian border last month. The Nasib border point was the last remaining gateway for Lebanese truck drivers transporting agricultural and industrial products to Iraq and Gulf
Dozens of Iraqis crowding a Baghdad street fought to glimpse the red-haired man in a glass coffin, hoping to witness the end of a long-feared member of Saddam Hussein's regime. The furore over the dead man - who might be Saddam's deputy Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, though his identity has still not been determined -
Several hundred Yazidi captives have been killed in Iraq by Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists west of Mosul, Yazidi and Iraqi officials said Saturday, according to the BBC. A statement from the Yazidi Progress Party said 300 captives were killed on Friday in the Tal Afar district near the city. Iraqi Vice President Osama
Iran has been shipping weapons to Yemen's Houthi rebels since at least 2009, according to a confidential UN report seen by AFP, which reported about it on Friday. The report indicates that Tehran's support for the rebels dates back to the early years of the Shiite militia's insurgency. The report, by a panel
The US Navy has begun accompanying American-flagged ships in the Strait of Hormuz, US defense officials told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. The move is a response to Iran’s seizure of a Marshall Islands-flagged ship this week in the strait that separates the Persian Gulf from the Gulf of Oman and the Indian Ocean.
The Palestinian Authority (PA)'s Fatah movement has quoted anti-Semitic material as fact, Palestinian Media Watch revealed Wednesday. In an official PA television interview, Fatah spokesperson, Osama Al-Qawasmi, equated the the 19th century anti-Semitic forgery to the Bible. The Palestinian Authority (PA)'s Fatah movement has quoted anti-Semitic material as fact, Palestinian Media Watch revealed
Iraqi authorities are on the defensive after the Islamic State (ISIS) group scored a major propaganda victory with attacks in Anbar, undermining confidence in Baghdad's attempts to retake the key province. April began with government forces recapturing the city of Tikrit after a lengthy battle, Baghdad's biggest victory in the 11-month conflict with the
