attacks
Burkina Faso: Dozens killed in suspected jihadist attack
World
August 19, 2021
Burkina Faso: Dozens killed in suspected jihadist attack
An assault on a convoy traveling through the north of Burkina Faso killed 47 people on Wednesday, the government of the western…
Palestinians shaken but steadfast as PA suppresses dissent
Middle East
July 16, 2021
Palestinians shaken but steadfast as PA suppresses dissent
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Nearly two weeks after he was severely beaten by Palestinian security forces, Akil Awawdeh is…
8 killed in renewed strikes on Syria’s last rebel enclave
Middle East
July 15, 2021
8 killed in renewed strikes on Syria’s last rebel enclave
BEIRUT (AP) — At least eight civilians were killed, including three children, when Syrian government rockets hit two villages in…
Israeli officer charged in killing of autistic Palestinian
Middle East
June 17, 2021
Israeli officer charged in killing of autistic Palestinian
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli prosecutors on Thursday charged a border police officer with reckless manslaughter in the deadly shooting of…
Bombings on two transport buses kill 12 Afghans in Kabul
Middle East
June 2, 2021
Bombings on two transport buses kill 12 Afghans in Kabul
Two separate bomb blasts on two public transport buses killed at least 12 civilians in the Afghan capital Kabul, security…
Israeli tanks pound Gaza ahead of possible ground incursion
Middle East
May 14, 2021
Israeli tanks pound Gaza ahead of possible ground incursion
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli artillery pounded northern Gaza early Friday in an attempt to destroy a vast…
Libya presidency denies armed groups attacked hotel where it meets
Egypt
May 8, 2021
Libya presidency denies armed groups attacked hotel where it meets
A senior official at Libya’s new Presidency Council denied on Saturday that groups who entered a hotel where the body…
Azhar warns of ‘lone wolf’ terrorist attacks during Ramadan
Egypt
April 14, 2021
Azhar warns of ‘lone wolf’ terrorist attacks during Ramadan
Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism warned that the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization has called on its “lone wolves” to…
Sticky bombs latest weapon in Afghanistan’s arsenal of war
Middle East
March 26, 2021
Sticky bombs latest weapon in Afghanistan’s arsenal of war
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Sticky bombs slapped onto cars trapped in Kabul’s chaotic traffic are the newest weapons terrorizing Afghans…
Syria’s hospitals face systematic attacks: report
Middle East
March 9, 2021
Syria’s hospitals face systematic attacks: report
The Kafr Zita Cave Hospital was built nearly 20 meters (65 feet) into a mountainside in the hope of escaping aerial bombardment.…