The United Kingdom drew up plans to train and equip a 100,000-strong Syrian rebel army to defeat President Bashar Al-Assad, the BBC reported on Thursday. The secret initiative, put forward two years ago, was the brainchild of the then most senior UK military officer, General Sir David Richards. It was considered by Prime
A bomb blast in a train in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Thursday wounded five people, security officials said, according to AFP. According to the report, the bomb, which was hidden in a briefcase near a passenger seat, exploded inside a train compartment. The attack as Egyptian police swiftly quashed Islamist protests
The Islamic Jihad terrorist group said on Wednesday that “settlers” were a “legitimate target” for “the resistance”, the Ma’an news agency reported. In a statement, Islamic Jihad held Israeli authorities and the army responsible for what it said were “continuous attacks on Palestinians, their lands and religious sites.” The statement condemned the “crime”
The European Union has joined international leaders in condemning the killing of a Palestinian Arab teenager, saying it was "extremely concerned" about the potential for more violence. "We condemn in the strongest terms the killing of a Palestinian boy in Jerusalem," EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said in a statement quoted by AFP
Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh lost no time blaming Israel for the abduction and murder of the Arab youth found Wednesday morning, even though police are investigating suspicions that the murder was a criminal act by local Arabs. Rudeineh demanded that Israel "expose the criminals and bring them to
An Amnesty International report released on Tuesday reveals that Lebanon has been implementing a discriminatory practice, blocking entry for "Palestinians" - descendants of Arab residents who left Israel in 1948 - who are fleeing the bloody conflict in Syria. The report notes that while "Palestinian refugees" from Syria need to meet conditions for temporary
The Israel Air Force (IAF) on Saturday night launched airstrikes on ten targets in Gaza, in retaliation for the endless rocket attacks by Gazan terrorists on southern Israel. According to a statement from the IDF, the targets included concealed rocket launchers and a weapons manufacturing site. “The IDF is prepared to defend the
A Hamas spokesperson on Tuesday released a statement just after the funeral of Eyal Yifrah (19), Naftali Frenkel (16) and Gilad Sha'ar (16), who were kidnapped and murdered by Hamas terrorists. Mushir al-Masri, the spokesperson, labeled the abduction as "an activity that failed," reports Channel 10. While the statement sounds like an admission,
"Moderate" Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Dr. Mustafa Barghouti accused Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu himself of being responsible for the murder of teens Naftali Frenkel (16), Gilad Sha'ar (16), and Eyal Yifrah (19) on Tuesday. Barghouti went on to justify the murders, claiming Palestinian Arabs cannot be held responsible for their actions. {youtube}TgO0DekaMac{/youtube}
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), the jihadist group which has seized territory in Iraq and Syria, on Sunday declared itself an Islamic "caliphate" and called on factions worldwide to pledge their allegiance, Reuters reported, citing a statement posted on Islamist websites and Twitter. According to the report, the group has
