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Coptic Orthodox Church condemns targeting of Iraqi Christians
Scores of Christians flee Mosul amid continued prosecution by Islamist extremists
Army kills 7 in Sinai raid
Spokesperson says no civilians were killed
Iraq receives Russian jets as it takes fight to militants
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki on Thursday announced that Baghdad was buying more than a dozen of the warplanes from Russia in a deal that could be worth up to $500m
Iraq battles militant onslaught as Kerry presses unity
The militant onslaught has displaced hundreds of thousands of people, alarmed world leaders, and put Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki under pressure at home and abroad.
Beirut blast killed Lebanese security officer
The explosion happened at around midnight near an army checkpoint and a cafe where football fans were watching a World Cup match.
Kerry in Iraq as Sunni militants seize strategic town, airport
Kerry met with Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and was to hold talks with Iraqi leaders across the political and communal spectrum.
Israel launches air raids on Syrian positions in Golan
The air raids came after the 13-year-old son of an Israeli defence ministry contractor was killed on the Golan on Sunday morning.
Shiâa 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 â also known as Ansarullah â have been pushing out of their northern mountain strongholds towards Sanaa in a suspected bid to expand …
Iraq militants âturning back clockâ in captured Mosul
Security forces in Mosul wilted in the face of the onslaught, in some cases abandoning uniforms and even vehicles in their haste to flee.
Sunni militants take control of Iraq-Syria border point
An army major confirmed that the town and its surrounding areas were in insurgent hands.
Iraq presses counter-offensive as US deploys warship
The militants, spearheaded by the powerful jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), have overrun all of one province and chunks of three more since they launched their offensive late last Monday.
Syria TV says 30 killed in blast near Iraq border
AFP – A bomb attack targeting a weapons bazaar in eastern Syria close to the Iraqi border killed 30 âterroristsâ on Saturday, state television reported. âA big explosion hits a terrorist arms market in Mayadeen, killing 30 terrorists and wounding dozens of others,â the television reported. Just 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the Iraqi border, …
Pakistan airport cleared of militants after attack kills 28
The attack at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport began just before midnight Sunday and around dawn, the military said that all 10 attackers had been killed.
Nine dead in Iraq attacks as unrest spikes
South of Baghdad, a roadside bomb near a secondary school in Mahmudiyah killed a male pupil, and a car bomb near a Shiâa mosque in Iskandiriyah killed two people.
Deadly clashes in Libya as rogue general accused of leading coup
Haftar says his campaign against the Islamists aims to purge the restive city of “terrorist” groups, but he has been denounced by the authorities in Tripoli of trying to stage a coup — a charge he denies
ISIL slams Qaeda chief, refuses to quit Syria
AFP – A powerful jihadist group battling Al-Qaedaâs affiliate in Syria has sharply criticised the global terror networkâs leader in a statement, rejecting his call for them to leave the war-ravaged country. The audio recording, purportedly made by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant spokesman Abu Mohammed Al-Adnani, also urged Ayman Al-Zawahiri to remove …
Jihadist group in Libya releases video of sobbing hostage
The hostage, Mohamed ben Sheikh, is shown crying during the five minute video as he calls on Tunisia’s president to help rescue him
24 arrested in Sinai raids
Operations targeted areas described as âhotbeds of terrorismâ across both North and South Sinai
Iraq attacks kill 12 as soldiers ambush militants
AFP- Attacks in Iraq left 12 people dead Tuesday while security forces said they killed 25 militants near Baghdad amid worries insurgents are encroaching on the capital weeks ahead of elections. The latest violence is part of a protracted surge in nationwide bloodshed that has left more than 2,400 people dead since the start of …
Election posters adorn Baghdad as campaigning begins
Posters went up around Baghdad and across the country as candidates vie for one of 328 parliamentary seats.
Policeman killed in North Sinai
The army arrests more than two dozen suspected militants on Monday
Two army officers and five militants killed in Qaliubiya
Bomb disabled in Alexandria courts complex
Muslim Brotherhood denies involvement in Mostorod shooting
The Brotherhood denounced the killing of five military police conscripts and demanded that authorities bring the assailants to justice
Army says it kills 14 Sinai militants in two days
Armed forces, Ministry of Interior and Central Security Forces engaged in coordinated campaign to eradicate militants from Sinai in response to escalating violence
Militants threaten to shatter fragile Ukraine truce
The crisis in Kiev has evolved into a Cold War-style standoff between Moscow and the West over the future of the strategic nation sandwiched between them.
Suspected militants bomb gas pipeline in Sinai
The bombing is the 20th time the pipeline has been attacked since the 2011 ouster of Hosni Mubarak
Seven injured and 13 killed following Sinai airstrike on militants
Dar Al-Eftaa warns of the severity of extremist fatwas
Army kills seven âdangerous Brotherhood loyalistsâ
Perpetrator of deadly 2012 checkpoint attack killed during military operation
Gunmen bomb Sinai pipeline, army strikes back with arrests
Sinai pipeline attacked for third time this month, while army destroys âmilitantsââ tunnels and cars
Militant killed and five arrested in North Sinai security campaign
Five houses and 24 huts destroyed