The Pentagon has announced that a senior ISIS member was killed today (Saturday) in an operation by US Special Operations forces in Syria. No Americans were killed or injured during the mission. "The operation represents another significant blow to ISIL, and it is a reminder that the United States will never waver in denying
Jihadists from the Islamic State group (ISIS or IS) seized control Saturday of the northern part of Syria's ancient desert city of Palmyra after fierce clashes with government forces, a monitoring group said. "IS advanced and took control of most of northern Palmyra, and there are fierce clashes happening now," said Rami Abdel
Hours after a new Israeli government was sworn in, and amid international pressure to resume peace talks, Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Friday announced a new set of preconditions for the resumption of talks. “A return to the negotiating table requires three basic principles,” Abbas said, according to a Channel 2 News
FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Friday said that he hopes to head off a Palestinian Authority call for a vote to suspend Israel from football’s governing body, but also urged Israel to make a concession, AFP reported. The head of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA), Jibril Rajoub, has asked FIFA to suspend Israel from
An Egyptian court on Saturday sought the death sentence for former President Mohammad Mursi and 105 other members of the Muslim Brotherhood in connection with a mass jail break in 2011. Mursi, sitting in a caged dock, raised his fists in defiance when the judge read his verdict. Many of those sentenced were
Islamic State (ISIS) fighters seized the government compound in the city of Ramadi on Friday and edged closer to what would be their biggest victory in Iraq this year, officials said, according to AFP. The loss of the capital of Anbar province, which Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi had said would be the next target
President Barack Obama on Thursday said that leaders of Gulf allies at a summit have agreed that a comprehensive, verifiable deal that blocks Iran's pathway to a nuclear weapon would serve everyone's interests, reports The Associated Press (AP). He added that the United States and the Gulf nations had pledged to work together to
At least 50 Palestinian Arabs were wounded in a blast that occurred Thursday inside a training camp for terrorists in Gaza, Hamas officials, medics and witnesses said, according to AFP. "An explosion happened inside a post of the resistance in Beit Lahya," said interior ministry spokesman Iyad al-Bozum, in reference to the Izz ad-Din
The Palestinian parliament is continuing to reject any Jewish right to the “land of Palestine”, meaning the entire land of Israel, including the sovereign territory of the State of Israel. At a special meeting in Gaza on Thursday held on the occasion of Nakba Day, the Palestinian parliament stated that the entire “land of
The United States still believes Israel's long-term security is best served by reaching an agreement to live alongside a recognized Palestinian state, President Barack Obama said Thursday, according to AFP. Obama was speaking shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu formed a new coalition, which the world sees as likely to further strain ties
