Manbij women have been ripping off their burqas and burning them, smoking cigarettes, while men cut off their beards, all while rejoicing at their newly obtained freedom after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) drove jihadists from the Syrian city. Embraces and kisses, happy smiles, and even more happy tears have been seen on Manbij’s streets. […]
Days after terrorists slaughtered 20 hostages in a Dhaka café last month, a ruling party politician wept in front of journalists because his son was among them. “This is sorrowful, painful and embarrassing. I am a failed father. I apologize to all through you,” Imtiaz Khan Babul, an official with Bangladesh’s Awami League party, told […]
Islamic State’s top regional leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan has been killed by a US drone strike in a joint US-Afghan military operation in an eastern Afghan province, the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan has claimed. “I can confirm that ISIS Khurasan leader Hafiz Saeed Khan along with his senior commanders and fighters died in a […]
Top US military commander and Lieutenant General Sean MacFarland has said that ISIS is ‘retreating on all fronts’ throughout Iraq, Syria and Libya and the number of militants ISIS has at its disposal has diminished to around 15000. MacFarland claimed that military campaigns in Syria and Iraq have taken 45,000 enemy combatants off the battlefield. […]
Over 20 people died in a chemical plant explosion in east-central China, national television reported Thursday. BEIJING (Sputnik) – At least 21 deaths related to the blast have been reported in the city of Dangyang in Hubei province, according to CCTV. Full story: sputniknews.com
Speculation Turkey has given up hope of joining the EU, means it is looking for assistance and friendship elsewhere in the region, with Russia being a key factor in the game, said Peter Schulze from the University of Goettingen. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in Saint Petersburg on Tuesday […]
Muslims in the Philippines have expressed deep concern over reports of a pledge made by a provincial town mayor to force thousands of Muslim residents out of the settlement, as part of his campaign to counter drug trafficking. On Monday, the Manila Times reported that Amadeo Gregorio Perez, the mayor of the town of Urdaneta, […]
Turkish security officials say three Turkish soldiers have been killed and 10 wounded by an explosion in the southeast of the country. The explosion near Turkey’s border with northern Iraq on August 10 was in the Uludere district of Sirnak Province. Security officials say the blast was caused by a homemade roadside bomb that detonated […]
