World powers are prepared to accept a nuclear agreement with Iran that does not immediately answer questions about past atomic weapons work, American and Western officials said Thursday, according to The Associated Press (AP). After a November 2013 interim accord, the Obama administration said a comprehensive solution "would include resolution of questions concerning the
The Islamic State (ISIS) group Thursday released a propaganda documentary marking a year since it captured Mosul and recounting its surprise at how easily it took over Iraq's second city. The film glamorizes the founding moment of the "caliphate" ISIS proclaimed less than three weeks later as an epic conquest but it also further
A new research article citing Arabic media sources reveals that Qatar is backing Jibril Rajoub, who was behind the recent failed Palestinian Authority (PA) effort to ban Israel at FIFA, as a replacement for Mahmoud Abbas as PA chairman when - and if - he steps down. Pinhas Inbar made the revelation on Tuesday in
Syrian Kurdish fighters advanced towards the Islamic State (ISIS) group-held town of Tal Abyad on the Turkish border on Thursday, backed by US-led coalition strikes, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) forces backed by Arab rebel fighters "stormed the town of Suluk and took control
Following Islamic State's (ISIS) gruesome tradition, an affiliate of the terrorist group operating in the Sinai Peninsula has released a flashily produced execution video of an alleged "Israeli spy" being forced to dig his own grave in the desert. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, the Sinai terror group that last November pledged allegiance to ISIS and
Turkey on Thursday said it was taking measures to limit the flow of Syrian refugees onto its territory after an influx of thousands more over the last days due to fighting between Kurds and jihadists. Under an "open-door" policy championed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey has taken in 1.8 million Syrian refugees since
Syrian rebels seized most of a military airport in regime-controlled Sweida province on Thursday, their first such advance in the Druze-majority region, a spokesman told AFP. "The Southern Front has liberated Al-Thaala military airport and is carrying out mopping-up operations against remaining forces," the alliance's spokesman Major Essam al-Rayes told AFP. The Syrian
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday called for the swift formation of a new coalition government, ending almost four days of unusual silence after legislative polls seen as a blow to his authority. Erdogan's comments added weight to expectations of a coalition government in Turkey after the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)
During the Vietnam War, Jane Fonda was in Hanoi wearing an helmet and standing up for the Vietcong. But "Hanoi Jane" could not shoot at American B-52's, while young Frenchmen know how to go about the cutting off of heads. The French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has revealed that seven French citizens blew themselves up
An official in the Palestinian Authority (PA) on Wednesday threatened Israel with violence if it continues its “settlement building”. Walid Assaf, who heads the PA’s “Commission Against the Wall and Settlements”, warned against what he described as “settlement plans more serious than can be described in words." "We are witnessing today the beginning
