Middle East

Iraq’s interior minister offered to resign on Tuesday, days after one of the deadliest bombing attacks in Baghdad since the 2003 invasion. “I placed my resignation before the prime minister,” Iraqi Interior Minister Mohammed Ghabban told a press conference, before adding that a deputy would take over his responsibilities. The suicide bombing struck the Karrada […]

  Israeli-Arab mother of 5 gets 22 months in prison for trying to join Islamic State (JNS.org) Israeli-Arab mother of five Ayman Kanjou, 44, on Tuesday was sentenced to 22 months in prison for attempting to join the Islamic State terror group. Kanjou was charged with contacting a foreign agent and attempting to exit Israel

Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Stephane Dion, condemned a July 3 terrorist attack in Baghdad in which at least 125 people were killed, but in his statement he also described Islam as a peaceful religion. “Canada strongly condemns the attacks that killed dozens of innocent Iraqis in the streets of Baghdad last night as they were

Cairo (dpa) – A suicide attacker blew himself up near a mosque in the mainly Shiite city of Qatif, eastern Saudi Arabia, news site Sabq reported on Monday. Initial information indicated that the attack did not cause any injuries, the report said. In May 2015, 22 people were killed in a suicide attack on a

The Saudi Arabian air force intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Yemen, Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Monday. The missile was launched from Yemeni territory heading towards the city of Abha, the capital of southwestern Asir province, and was intercepted at 6:10 a.m., SPA reported. Houthis in Yemen have previously fired missiles towards

A suicide bomber has died in a blast opposite the US Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, state TV reports. Two security guards were said to be lightly injured after the man detonated a device in the Red Sea city in the early hours of American Independence Day (July 4). #BREAKING overnight: suicide bomber detonates himself

13 suspects, including 10 Turks, were charged Sunday over last week’s suicide bombings at the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, AFP reported, citing the Turkish Dogan news agency. Turkish officials have pointed blame at the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group for Tuesday’s gun and bomb spree at Ataturk airport, which left 45 people dead including 19

A portion of Israel’s recent controversial reconciliation agreement with Turkey which was not initially made public has come to light, and has given critics of the deal significantly greater room for concern. Under the deal, apart from providing $20 million in compensation to the families of Turkish jihadists killed during an attack on IDF forces

Whoever said crime doesn’t pay hasn’t talked to the family of a Palestinian terrorist. For the Palestine Liberation Organization and the related Palestinian Authority, the killers of Jewish Israelis are considered “martyrs.” And as such, their families are paid for the service these murderers have done for the Palestinian cause. This has come to light

The death toll from Sunday’s suicide car bombing in Baghdad claimed by the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has risen to 213, according to Iraqi security and medical officials. The blast struck the capital’s Karrada district during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which ends this week, targeting shoppers. The death toll, which officials confirmed