French President Francois Hollande said on Friday he had told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin he must strike at “Daesh (the Islamic State or ISIS) and only Daesh” during Russian military action in Syria, the Al-Arabiya network reports. Hollande was speaking after meeting Putin on Friday and ahead of talks on the future of
The "armed wing" of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction initially claimed responsibility for Thursday night's brutal murder of a young couple right in front of their four children, but now a senior Fatah official has confirmed that claim. Senior Fatah official Mahmoud Al-Aloul, who is a member of the Fatah Central
Iran on Thursday threw its support behind Russia's airstrikes in defense of their common ally, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, describing it as a step to solving "the crisis" in the region. Iran's foreign ministry said it supported the move that was "based on an official request from the Syrian government to the Russian Federation",
Both the Fatah and the Hamas organizations on Thursday night praised the terrorists who carried out the attack in Samaria, in which Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin were murdered in front of their four children. According to Kol Yisrael radio, a Hamas spokesman said the group "welcomes the heroic attack and calls for more
Bahrain recalled its ambassador from Iran on Thursday and ordered Tehran's envoy to leave within 72 hours, accusing the leading state sponsor of terror of interference in its affairs, the official BNA news agency reported. The Gulf kingdom of Bahrain, with a majority Shi'ite Muslim population ruled by a Sunni dynasty, has suffered from
The Saudi-led coalition said on Wednesday it had seized an Iranian fishing boat in the Sea of Oman loaded with weapons destined for Shiite rebels it is fighting in Yemen, AFP reports. A coalition statement said that the vessel was intercepted on Saturday and that 14 Iranians and weapons including anti-tank shells were found
French authorities have launched a criminal probe of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's regime for alleged war crimes committed between 2011 and 2013, sources told the AFP news agency. Paris prosecutors opened a preliminary war crimes inquiry on September 15, a source close to the case told the news agency on Tuesday. A diplomatic source
Russian warplanes began carrying out strikes on rebel targets in the Homs and Hama districts of Syria Wednesday. Russia's upper house of parliament authorized the use of military force in Syria earlier Wednesday, after President Vladimir Putin personally requested it consider the move. "I want to say the result of the vote was
The World Bank warned of the "high risk" of renewed Israel-Palestinian conflict if the political and economic status quo between the two sides persists, in a report released Tuesday. "The persistence of this situation could potentially lead to political and social unrest," it said. "In short, the status quo is not sustainable and downside
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh pushed for Palestinian Arabs to rededicate themselves to resisting the "Zionist Occupation" on Sunday, in a speech in honor of the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha. In his speech, Haniyeh claimed that Israel was attempting to "Judaize" Jerusalem, as well as Judaism's holiest site, the Temple Mount. "The occupiers
