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60% of Israelis say offensive against Gaza has failed

Wed Aug 6, 2014 17:39:10

According to a new poll, more than 60 percent of Israelis believe a month-long offensive by Tel Aviv’s ground and aerial forces against the besieged Gaza Strip has failed to achieve its goals.

Takfiri militants kill 16, injure dozens in Syrian capital

Wed Aug 6, 2014 16:01:35

At least 16 people, including two children, have been killed and dozens of others wounded in a shelling by foreign-backed militants targeting a number of areas in the Syrian capital, Damascus.

Women, children held hostage by terrorists in Syria for year: HRW

Wed Aug 6, 2014 14:15:01

Terrorist groups fighting the Syrian government have held at least 54 women and children hostage for an entire year, the Human Rights Watch says.

Several ISIL terrorists killed in Sinjar airstrike

Wed Aug 6, 2014 13:54:10

Several members of the ISIL terrorist group have been killed and dozens more wounded in an Iraqi army airstrke in the northwestern town of Sinjar.

ISIL committing genocide in Sinjar, taking Yazidi women for 'jihad' marriage

Wed Aug 6, 2014 12:24:39

Reports say the ISIL Takfiri militants are carrying out a "genocide" in Sinjar, a small town northwest of Iraq that was once home to Iraqi minority community, Yazidis.

Gaza residents return to shattered homes

Wed Aug 6, 2014 11:18:39

Many Palestinians have returned to their neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip while some remained at shelters not trusting the break in the Israeli attacks on the besieged enclave.

Abu Ahmad al-Jumaa: A terrorist who provoked east Lebanon clashes

Wed Aug 6, 2014 10:56:13

Just before noon on August 2, in the Lebanese border town of Arsal, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) arrested Abu Ahmad al-Jumaa, a Syrian militant commander who had recently pledged allegiance to the terrorists ISIL Takfiri group operating in Syria and Iraq.

Hezbollah providing logistical support to Lebanese army in Arsal

Wed Aug 6, 2014 09:53:25

Lebanon’s Hezbollah insists that the resistance movement is providing only logistical support to the army in its battle against al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in the northern town of Arsal.

ISIL a threat to the whole Middle East: UNSC

Wed Aug 6, 2014 09:37:05

The United Nations (UN) Security Council has lashed out at the crimes committed by the ISIL Takfiri group inside Iraq and Syria, calling it a threat to the whole region.

Saudi gives $1 bn as Lebanon seeks arms to battle terrorists

Wed Aug 6, 2014 09:23:30

Saudi Arabia has given Lebanon's military $1 billion to help its fight against terrorists on the Syrian border, as the army's chief urged France to speed up promised weapons supplies.

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