Iraqi forces advanced against the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group in Baiji on Sunday as they battled to retake the strategic town for a second time, officers said, according to the AFP news agency. Baghdad regained control of Baiji -- located on the road to ISIS hub Mosul and near the country's largest oil
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Sunday night emphasized his Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) "victory" in the elections, despite the party suffering a serious setback by not achieving the required majority for passing reforms in the Turkish constitution. During the traditional balcony speech at the party’s headquarters in Ankara, Davutoglu stressed the significance
Just three weeks ago the Egyptian court sentenced Egypt’s former Muslim Brotherhood president, Mohammed Morsi, to the death penalty after evidence presented from Egyptian intelligence documents proved him guilty of spying for Qatar, Iran and Turkey. There are more than one hundred names on the list with him who are all convicted of
A Turkish daily on Friday published images it said showed the Turkish spy agency helping to smuggle jihadists into Syria, the latest allegations by the newspaper accusing the authorities of aiding extremist groups across the border. The government had last week lambasted the Cumhuriyet daily for publishing video footage the paper said showed the
A rebel alliance including Al-Qaeda's Al-Nusra Front seized more territory in northwestern Syria overnight, strengthening its position on the borders of two key largely regime-controlled provinces, a monitor said Saturday. The Army of Conquest rebel alliance had made a series of sweeping gains in Idlib province, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a
An Egyptian court on Saturday overturned a February decision by another tribunal branding Hamas a "terrorist" group, a court official said, according to AFP. The official told the news agency that the earlier ruling was thrown out because the court that issued it was not "competent" to make such verdicts. The February ruling
Islamic State (ISIS) has conquered large parts of Syria and Iraq and set up 'branches' as far away as Libya and the Sinai Desert - but now, it has set its sights on Algeria. Months after successfully conquering the Libyan coastal city of Sirte, Algerian authorities say that ISIS has attempted to expand westward
Iran’s Deputy Chief of Staff reiterated on Friday that the Islamic Republic will not allow any inspection of its military sites, PressTV reported. “We will never allow any kind of visit to military centers, whether it is limited and controlled, or unlimited or in any other form,” Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri said, according to
The IAF airstrikes in response to Wednesday's rocket attack from Gaza that targeted Israeli cities is being denounced by the Hamas terrorist organization, which blames Israel of "aggressiveness" in defending itself. Senior Hamas official Ismail Radwan said Hamas had turned to Egypt and other international sources demanding that they force Israel to maintain the
Several influential Sunni tribal leaders in the western Anbar province that is Iraq's largest on Wednesday swore loyalty to the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group. The pledge was read aloud in Fallujah in a statement by influential sheikh Ahmed Dara al-Jumaili following a meeting between the tribal leaders, reports Al Jazeera. The paper
