Sinai Terrorists Claim Rocket Attack on UN Airport
Sinai Province, Islamic State's Egypt affiliate, fired rockets at the direction of an airport in Sinai used by UN peacekeeping forces on Tuesday night, Reuters reported. Security sources told the news agency there were
Top Muslim Imam Blames West for ISIS
The West has an interest in the "fragmentation" of the Islamic world and is partly to blame for the rise of Islamic State (ISIS), one of the world's top Muslim clerics claimed to AFP in
Three Beheaded in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded a Syrian drug trafficker and two Saudis convicted of murder, despite concerns raised by rights' experts that trials are not conducted fairly in the kingdom. Their cases bring to
Rebels Seize Major Military Base in Southern Syria
Syrian rebel forces seized a major army base in the southern province of Daraa on Tuesday, after 24 hours of fighting, a rebel spokesman and a monitor told AFP. "The 52nd Brigade base was
Over 230,000 Killed in Syria Since 2011
Syria's brutal conflict has left more than 230,000 people dead, including almost 11,500 children since it broke out in 2011, a monitoring group said Tuesday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it
Turkey Recalls Brazil Ambassador Over Armenian Genocide
The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced on Monday it had recalled its ambassador to Brazil for consultation, Reuters reports. The move came after the Brazilian Senate passed legislation recognizing the massacre of Armenians during World