Forty-five people, including five children, were killed in attacks on Syrian Kurds as they celebrated their new year, a monitor said Saturday, accusing the Islamic State (ISIS) group of responsibility. The attacks occurred Friday in what was one of ISIS's bloodiest days in Syria as the Sunni Muslim extremist group left dead more than
The Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership has taken steps to "punish" Israel for the results of the 20th Knesset elections, releasing a document condemning the results in general and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in particular. On Thursday, the Palestine Liberation Organization (the terror group behind the PA; headed by Mahmoud Abbas - ed.) met in
The Islamic State (ISIS) group claimed to have beheaded three Iraqi Kurdish fighters in an online video and threatened to murder more unless the Kurds stop bombardment of jihadist-controlled areas. Peshmerga forces from Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, backed by US-led air strikes, are battling ISIS in the country's north and have pushed the jihadists
The Palestinian National Council, the legislative body of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), held a meeting on Thursday in which it formulated a new economic plan to attack Israel and try to save the financially floundering Palestinian Authority (PA). PLO Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Economy Dr. Mohammed Mustafa revealed details of
An Egyptian court on Thursday acquitted an interior minister of ousted president Hosni Mubarak of corruption charges, AFP reported. The former minister, Habib al-Adly, was cleared of illegally accumulating around 181 million Egyptian pounds ($25 million) and will be released, his lawyer Mohammed el-Gendy said. The court also lifted an asset freeze on
An Israeli partner in the Tamar gas field announced Wednesday a deal to sell natural gas to an Egyptian company, as Cairo said it knew nothing of the deal, which it must approve. Delek said the partners would supply Dolphinus Holdings with at least five billion cubic meters (177 billion cubic feet) of gas
Syria's military downed a US drone in the country's west because it was snooping in an area where Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists are not present, a military source said Wednesday. "Did the drone come into Syrian territory just to have a picnic?" asked the source, who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity.
Waiting in an aid line outside Lebanon's capital Beirut, Assyrian Christian Francie Yaacoub remembers the well-stocked home she left behind in Syria as she fled advancing Islamic State (ISIS) group jihadists. "We left behind a house full of everything. Why do we now have to stand at the church door?" she asked quietly as
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee headed by Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas will meet on Wednesday, to discuss implementing the PLO Central Committee's decision earlier this month to end security cooperation with Israel. The Wednesday meeting was scheduled before the results of the Knesset elections - in which Likud soundly defeated
As elections results finalize and signify a resounding victory for Likud, the Hamas terrorist organization that rules Gaza commented on the process. Hamas called on Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas to abandon peace talks with Israel, after the latter previously indicated he would be willing to resume negotiations after the elections. "The
