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Medic stuns courtroom saying he killed prisoner, not Navy SEAL on trial
Middle East
June 21, 2019
Medic stuns courtroom saying he killed prisoner, not Navy SEAL on trial
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A Navy SEAL medic testified on Thursday that he was responsible for the death of an…
Nobel Prize winner warns wildfires threaten Iraqi mass graves
Middle East
June 12, 2019
Nobel Prize winner warns wildfires threaten Iraqi mass graves
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Nobel Prize-winner and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad has warned that wildfires raging in northern Iraq…
Egyptian police kill 14 militant individuals involved in killing policemen in North Sinai
Egypt
June 6, 2019
Egyptian police kill 14 militant individuals involved in killing policemen in North Sinai
Egypt’s Interior Ministry stated on Thursday that police pursued and identified militant individuals in a home located in al-Massaed district…
Eight policemen killed in Islamic State (IS) attack in North Sinai
Egypt
June 6, 2019
Eight policemen killed in Islamic State (IS) attack in North Sinai
The Islamic State (IS) organization in Egypt launched an attack against the police checkpoint al-Batal 14 in Arish of North…
Syrian town of Azaz hit by deadly car bombing
Middle East
June 3, 2019
Syrian town of Azaz hit by deadly car bombing
The Syrian town of Azaz was rocked by a car bomb on Sunday night, killing at least 14 people and…
Syria’s Raqqa rocked by explosions: NGO
Middle East
June 3, 2019
Syria’s Raqqa rocked by explosions: NGO
Two explosions in Syria’s northern city of Raqqa on Saturday claimed the lives of 10 people, the UK-based Syrian Observatory…
Berlin ready to fetch ‘IS’ German children after court case
Middle East
June 3, 2019
Berlin ready to fetch ‘IS’ German children after court case
Germany’s Foreign Ministry, reacting to a legal bid by two girls’ grandparents before a Berlin administrative court, declared its readiness…
US-led forces killed 1,300 civilians in IS airstrikes
Middle East
June 3, 2019
US-led forces killed 1,300 civilians in IS airstrikes
The international coalition battling “Islamic State” (IS) in Iraq and Syria said Friday it had unintentionally killed at least 1,302 civilians in airstrikes…
Iraq sentences 3 French citizens to death
Middle East
May 27, 2019
Iraq sentences 3 French citizens to death
An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced three French citizens to death. The three were found guilty of joining the “Islamic…
Islamic State remnants wage hidden war of raids, killings
Middle East
May 13, 2019
Islamic State remnants wage hidden war of raids, killings
BADOUSH, Iraq (AP) — It was a chilly January evening, and Khadija Abd and her family had just finished supper…