The US and UK must work with Bashar Assad’s Syrian government if they are to defeat the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the chairman of Britain’s intelligence and security committee warns.
A total of 43 people have been killed in a string of terrorist attacks targeting several Iraqi cities including the capital Baghdad.
The Philippine military said Monday it was checking reports that some Filipino Muslims were training with the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq.
An Israeli reconnaissance drone has been captured by the Palestinian resistance fighters in Gaza Strip’s Shejaiya district, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has announced.
Al-Nusra Front may resort to force to set free detained militants from Lebanon’s prisons, a senior commander of Nusra Front terrorist group told the Turkish Anadolu News Agency Monday.
French President Francois Hollande asked his prime minister on Monday to form a new government, looking to impose his will on the cabinet after leftist ministers had called for an economic policy U-turn.
Egyptian mediators have proposed a new ceasefire in Gaza that would open the blockaded enclave's crossings and allow in aid and reconstruction materials, a senior Palestinian official said on Monday.
A suicide bomber attacked a Shiite mosque in Iraq’s capital city, Baghdad, killing at least 12 worshippers, security and medical officials said.
Iraqi Kurdish forces backed by Iraqi air power retook three villages from so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists in northeast of Baghdad on Monday and also held off two assaults elsewhere, officials said.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said any airstrikes against terrorists in Syrian territory must be in coordination with the Syrian government, underscoring Syria’s readiness to cooperate with international and regional efforts to fight terror.