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First Israeli death recorded after Palestinian death toll exceeds 200
Reports by UN body and human rights watchdog show violations of international laws and dire conditions caused by fighting
4 police officers killed in Sinai
Second attack raises Saturday’s death toll to 6
Two killed in Arish shootout
Gunmen attack police officer, kill two
Shi’a rebels wound 17 Yemen police in ambush
AFP – Some 17 Yemeni policemen were wounded in an ambush by Shiite Huthi rebels as fighting between government forces and the rebels neared the capital, officials said on Sunday. The Huthis – also known as Ansarullah – have been pushing out of their northern mountain strongholds towards Sanaa in a suspected bid to expand …
Al-Sisi and UK national security adviser discuss terrorism
Egyptian president and UK official address security and threats of terrorism, Al-Sisi receives letter from the British PM
As Egypt votes, pro-Morsi town, Kerdasa, testifies to brutal divide
Instead, defiant residents have posted pictures of Morsi, describing him as “the legitimate president”.
200 Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis members referred to trial
Prosecution has charged them with founding, leading and joining a terrorist organisation, among other charges
Army kills 37 Qaeda suspects in south Yemen: ministry
Residents there told AFP on Sunday of “exceptionally” heavy artillery fire and air raids targeting Al-Qaeda hideouts in the region.
Two police officers, conscript killed in two separate attacks
Bomb in Lebanon Square kills one, shootout in Suez kills two
Journalists in Egypt ‘have become a target from all sides’: Rights groups
Two rights groups release statements condemning ongoing attacks on journalists
Injury of journalists raises questions on job safety
Press Syndicate calls for silent protest to demonstrate journalists’ anger at the “deliberate attacks”
Six members of security forces killed in Iraq
Sunday’s violence mostly targeting security forces in Sunni-majority areas killed six people, security and medical officials said.
Attacks kill seven Iraq security personnel
AFP – Attacks in Iraq, including a suicide bombing near the Anbar provincial council headquarters, killed seven soldiers and police on Tuesday, officials said. In Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle near the provincial council headquarters, killing three soldiers and wounding at least four. Anti-government fighters have occupied …
Lebanon forms consensus govt after 10-month stalemate
Hezbollah is accused of participating in the 2005 assassination of Hariri’s father, former premier Rafiq Hariri, and five of its members are on trial in absentia before a special court in The Hague.
Egypt ranks 159th of 180 countries in 2014 World Press Freedom Index
Egypt’s media underwent a “Brotherisation” and “Sisification” in 2013, according to a new report from Reporters Without Borders
Baghdad attacks kill 16 as Iraq presses Anbar assault
The assassinations in particular harken back to Iraq’s brutal Sunni-Shi’a sectarian war which raged from 2006 to 2007, when corpses were often found abandoned on the streets, with the victims’ bodies bearing signs of torture.
Interior Ministry spokesman promises ‘high security’ during church services
Cabinet spokesman expects “terrorist” attacks by the Brotherhood during Eastern Christmas
Iraq general among 15 soldiers killed in raid on Qaeda
Violence elsewhere killed five policemen, including the police chief of Al-Sharqat district northwest of Baghdad, and wounded five others, police and a doctor said.
20 arrested in Minya after deadly violence
Violence over the past weekend has left five people dead
Ibrahim reveals the perpetrators behind recent terrorist attacks
The Minister of Interior accused the Brotherhood of funding “terrorist organisations”
Attacks in Egypt’s Sinai since Morsi ouster
The desert area in northeastern Egypt is mostly populated by Bedouin who have tense relations with authorities in Cairo, and it has become a hotbed of Islamist activity.
Spate of attacks kills 47 in Iraq
One of the worst-hit neighbourhoods was Shaab in north Baghdad, where two car bombs exploded in a commercial area, killing five people and wounding at least 17.
One soldier killed in Sinai raising the week’s toll to seven
An underground hospital and an arms warehouse confiscated by security forces, 13 militants arrested
Six blasts target military vehicles in Sinai: Witnesses
The explosions occurred during a military operation in the town bordering the Palestinian Gaza Strip
US, EU condemn violence in Egypt
Spokespeople denounce ongoing violence that have killed dozens
Attacks in Al-Arish and Sheikh Zuweid kill three, injure six
Attacks were launched on Al-Arish’s third police station, along with the city’s Central Security Headquarters located in the neighborhood of Al-Musa’id and a number of security checkpoints in Sheikh Zuweid.
Rafah bombing claims the lives of six
The latest bombing also left 17 injured including seven civilians
Iraq attacks kill 14
Sunday’s violence struck north of Baghdad, in predominantly Sunni Arab areas of Iraq.
Human Rights Watch urges Egypt to protect churches
Attacks on Egypt’s Christian minority have escalated since the July 3 ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi
More journalists assaulted in Cairo protests
AFTE reports journalists attacked during pro-Morsi protests in Ramses Square