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For the first time, Saudi Arabia is being attacked by both Sunni and Shia leaders

25 September 2016

The Saudis step deeper into trouble almost by the week. Swamped in their ridiculous war in Yemen, they are now reeling from an extraordinary statement issued by around two hundred Sunni Muslim clerics who effectively referred to the Wahhabi belief – practiced in Saudi Arabia […]

160 ISIS Terrorists killed in Iraqi Massive Airstrike in Shirqat

25 September 2016

Nineveh Operations Command on Thursday announced that over 160 ISIS terrorists were killed in an airstrike conducted by the international coalition aircraft east of Shirqat. According to Nineveh Operations Command: “The international coalition aircraft this morning bombarded an ISIS gathering at Al Safina village, east […]

Syria conflict: Air strikes leave Aleppo ‘without water’

25 September 2016

Intensified attacks on the Syrian city of Aleppo have left nearly two million people without water, the UN says. The UN children’s agency says fierce strikes on Friday prevented repairs to a damaged pumping station supplying rebel-held districts of the city. In retaliation, Unicef says, […]

Turkey Exerts New Influence in Syria

23 September 2016

GAZIANTEP, TURKEY — More than five years of relentless war have fragmented Syria like a jigsaw puzzle. The task of reassembling the pieces increasingly seems to rest not with Western policymakers, Gulf princes or Iranian ayatollahs but with Russia and now Turkey, some diplomatic observers […]

Rockets From IS-held Areas in Syria Again Target Turkish Town

23 September 2016

Despite a Turkish-led assault to uproot Islamic State fighters from northern Syria, rockets launched Thursday from remaining IS-held areas hit a Turkish border town, wounding at least eight people, including children, near a busy market, Turkish officials said. It was the first major attack on […]

Saudi jets kill nearly 50 civilians in Yemen’s Hudaydah

23 September 2016

Nearly 50 civilians have been killed and scores more injured in a Saudi airstrike on Yemen’s western Hudaydah province. The strikes were carried out against a busy marketplace in the province’s Hawak district late on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, Saudi warplanes targeted residential areas […]

Syria conflict: Army declares offensive in eastern Aleppo

23 September 2016

The Syrian military has announced a new offensive in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, where a quarter of a million people are living under siege. Jets pounded rebel positions in the city on Wednesday night as a week-old truce collapsed, reportedly killing at least 13 people. It […]

Iraq Claims 180,000 Internally Displaced Have Returned Home

22 September 2016

CAIRO — Iraqi officials say tens of thousands of refugees from several parts of the country, including Anbar and Salahedin provinces, have returned to their homes after Islamic State militants were pushed out of large swathes of territory by Iraqi government forces and Shi’ite volunteer […]

Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Egypt Killing at Least 29

22 September 2016

Rescue teams are searching waters off the coast of Egypt after a boat believed to be carrying some 600 migrants capsized Wednesday. Egypt’s health ministry says at least 29 people are confirmed dead, while 150 passengers were rescued. Local media say the boat had traveled […]

Syria war: John Kerry urges planes to be grounded

22 September 2016

The US Secretary of State has called for all planes to be grounded in key areas of Syria to save the truce there, following an attack on an aid convoy. In a blistering speech at the United Nations, John Kerry said the future of Syria […]

Airstrike hits medics in Syria as UN moves to resume aid

22 September 2016

BEIRUT (AP) — An airstrike in northern Syria killed four medics responding to an earlier bombing raid, a relief group said Wednesday, as the U.N. announced it would resume aid deliveries suspended after an attack on a convoy two days ago that killed 20 people. […]

Saudi-led coalition air strike kills at least 19 in Yemen: residents

22 September 2016

At least 19 civilians were killed on Wednesday when a Saudi-led coalition air strike hit a house in western Yemen, according to residents, medics and a local official. Fighter jets of an Arab alliance launched missiles on Wednesday at a presidential palace in the Red […]