3 UN peacekeepers killed and 5 wounded by roadside bomb in Mali
Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed and five others wounded by a roadside bomb in central Mali on Tuesday, according to the U.N.
Month: February 2023
Al-Qaeda-Iran links are not new
Al-Qaeda-Iran links are not new, but the US accusing Iran of hosting an Al-Qaeda leader may be another bargaining chip in the new nuclear deal,...
Al Shabaab attack kills 10 at officials’ house in Somalia
Ten people were killed in an attack in Somalia's capital claimed by the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group, which said it was targeting military officials...
IRGC Intelligence Organization
IRGC Intelligence Organization is an Iranian intelligence agency within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and part of Council for Intelligence Coordination
Islamist terrorism is rising in the Sahel
Since the rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria and the emergence of Islamist-Salafist groups in northern Mali in 2013, the Sahel has increasingly been caught...
ISIS Senior Leader Killed and Four U.S. Servicemembers Wounded in Helicopter Raid in Syria
During a partnered U.S. and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) helicopter raid in northeastern Syria on the night of Feb. 16, an explosion on target resulted...
What Lebanon needs is clarity, not more twists and turns
It is sadly characteristic of Lebanon’s seemingly unending economic crisis that a resignation announcement from the central bank governor – a man embroiled in serious...
Iranian foundation offers land to Salman Rushdie’s attacker
An Iranian foundation has praised a man accused of severely injuring novelist Salman Rushdie in an attack last year and promised him 1,000 sq metres...
Man arrested after crossing from Syria involved in Hezbollah intel-gathering
The Israel Defense Forces on Monday said a suspect who had been detained by troops after crossing the border from Syria into the Golan Heights...
Hezbollah rejects request by Bassil to meet with Nasrallah
Hezbollah has rejected a recent request from Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil for meeting with the party’s secretary-general Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, a senior Shiite...
Will Palestinian Authority focus on illegal weapons in Jenin?
The Palestinian Authority is looking to send security forces to “enforce law and order in Jenin,” according to a Palestinian official quoted by Jerusalem Post...
Two self-radicalised Singaporean boys given ISA orders for terrorism-related activities
Two Singaporean teenagers were issued orders under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for terrorism-related activities, the Internal Security Department (ISD) said on Tuesday (Feb 21).