The destruction of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Palmyra would be an "enormous loss to humanity", the head of the organization warned Thursday after Islamic State seized the ancient Syrian city. "Palmyra is an extraordinary World Heritage site in the desert and any destruction to Palmyra (would be) not just a war crime
Islamic State has threatened judges in Egypt with death after issuing a decision last week to have former president Mohammed Morsi executed. The terror group issued the threat on Thursday, just days after three Egyptian judges were killed in Sinai. An audio recording on an ISIS site which was said to have been issued
The leader of Sinai Province, a terrorist group in Egypt with links to the Islamic State,on Wednesday called on followers to attack local judges, Reuters reported. The call was made in an audio statement posted on a prominent jihadist website. It appeared days after six members of the group were executed for an
Al Qaeda mastermind Osama Bin Laden was obsessed with attacking the US and pleaded with the terror group not to get involved in infighting in the Muslim terror world, according to an AFP exposé released Wednesday. "The focus should be on killing and fighting the American people and their representatives," Bin Laden wrote, according
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) called on Tuesday for more donor aid to support the economic recovery of the Palestinian Authority (PA)-assigned areas of Judea and Samaria and of Gaza, AFP reported. The IMF said in a report that the reconstruction process in Gaza following last summer’s war between Israel and Hamas "is moving
Islamic State group (ISIS) jihadists attacked a village in Syria's southern Druze heartland on Tuesday and clashed with pro-regime forces north of the ancient city of Palmyra, a monitoring group said. "IS killed five fighters from the National Defense Forces and one woman in their attack on the Druze village of al-Haqef in Sweida
Egyptian authorities are using sexual assault on a 'massive' scale against detainees, NGO the International Federation for Human Rights said Tuesday. The report suggested that men, women, and children are being abused systemically to "eliminate public protest," according to the BBC. Charges state that police, intelligence officers, and the military are subjecting prisoners
Islamic State (ISIS) has carried out its threats to invade Rome, according to photos making the rounds on social media. In the photos, one or more people are seen taking a form of 'selfie' involving Italian landmarks and Islamic texts, along with the phrase "Islamic state in Rome." It is impossible to verify
Shia militias converged on Ramadi Monday in a bid recapture it from jihadists who dealt the Iraqi government a stinging blow by overrunning the city in a deadly three-day blitz. The loss of the capital of Iraq's largest province was Baghdad's worst military setback since it started clawing back territory from the jihadists late
The European Union (EU) on Sunday denounced the death sentence handed down to Egypt's ousted president Mohammed Morsi and at least 100 others, noting the penalty stemmed from a flawed trial, according to AFP. "The court decision to seek the death penalty... was taken at the end of a mass trial that was not
