SINJAR(IRAQ) (TIP): Iraqi Kurdish militias battling to take back Sinjar from Islamic State militants raised a Kurdish flag and fired off celebratory gunfire in the center of town Nov 13, though US and Kurdish officials […]
LONDON (TIP): Egypt’s leader has defended anti-terror legislation enacted in August, arguing that the country needs stability and time to achieve a democratic future for his nation. In a BBC interview before his first official […]
CAIRO: A Russian passenger plane with 224 people on board crashed in a mountainous part of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, leaving no survivors, officials said. The chartered plane had taken off from the south Sinai […]
TEHRAN (TIP): The upcoming international conference on Syria should facilitate national unity and open the ways for collective cooperation against terrorism in the country, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said on Oct 29, according to […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): First lady Michelle Obama will travel to Qatar and Jordan in the Middle East next month, the White House has said. Her solo overseas visit from November 1 to 7 is part of […]
BEIRUT/AMMAN (TIP): Syrian troops and their allies, backed by Russian jets, attacked rebel-held towns north of the city of Homs on Thursday, targeting a long-held and strategic enclave of opposition to President Bashar al-Assad. The […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Hillary Rodham Clinton, seeking to halt the momentum of her insurgent challenger, Sen Bernie Sanders of Vermont, aggressively questioned his values, positions and voting history on Tuesday night in the first Democratic presidential […]
OTTAWA (TIP): Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s political rivals pounced on news Oct 8 that he interfered with the resettlement of Syrian refugees, bringing the issue of migrants back to life in Canadian legislative elections. […]
MOSCOW (TIP): Russia’s defence ministry denied a claim by a US official October 8 that four Syria-bound Russian cruise missiles fired from the Caspian Sea had crashed in Iran. “Any professional knows that during these […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Russia on Wednesday carried out its first airstrike in Syria, near the city of Homs, a US defense official said, marking the formal start of Moscow’s military intervention in the 4.5-year-old conflict. Speaking […]
MOSCOW (TIP): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday branded US support for rebel forces in Syria as illegal and ineffective, saying US-trained rebels were leaving to join Islamic State with weapons supplied by Washington. In […]
LONDON (TIP): A teenager from Cardiff, Wales has been added to a UN banned list of the world’s most wanted terrorists at the request of Prime Minister David Cameron. Aseel Muthana, who was 17 when […]
ZAKANY, HUNGARY (TIP): A small gap in coils of newly laid razor wire is all that remains of the Zakany-Botovo border crossing between Hungary and fellow European Union member Croatia, as Budapest prepares to close […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Pope Francis called upon America Thursday, September 24 to embrace millions of undocumented immigrants and join a global campaign against climate change and poverty. A CNN report says the Pope laid out an […]
ANKARA (TIP): Turkey’s Prime Minister will tell world leaders next week Ankara can play a key role in stopping a spread of terrorism, including Islamic State, but expected understanding for its own battle against Kurdish […]
LONDON (TIP): Europe has taken on responsibility for refugees, French President Francois Hollande said in London after EU interior ministers agreed on Wednesday to relocate 120,000 refugees around the bloc. “Europe has taken on its […]
LONDON (TIP): A British IS member living in Syria has complained about the “bad manners” of Arab fellow militants he says steal his shoes, eat like children and don’t queue. In an online blog Omar Hussain, […]
LONDON (TIP): In a moving gesture of solidarity, over 700 Scottish families have officially registered with the government pledging to open their homes for refugees fleeing persecution and conflict. Scotland’s Europe minister Humza Yousaf said […]
BEIRUT (TIP): Jihadists advanced on a regime airbase in eastern Syria on Sept 10 after the fall of one in the north, as staunch ally Russia defended its military aid to embattled President Bashar al-Assad. […]
NEW DELHI: In an assessment shared by India with Australia at a meeting of their joint working group on counter-terrorism here on last Thursday, August 28, as many as 10 Indian youths are reported to be currently […]
BEIRUT (TIP): Islamic State militants have demolished a monastery in the central Syrian province of Homs, a monitor said on Thursday, in a strategically located town the jihadist group wrested from government control earlier this […]
BEIRUT (TIP): Islamic State militants have punished at least 94 people including five teenagers, accusing them of violations during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, a rights group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on July […]
LONDON (TIP): The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has reportedly re-entered the Syrian town of Kobani, just months after being pushed out from the city after a long battle with Kurdish troops. Several […]
BEIRUT (TIP): Syrian state-run news agency SANA says the army has killed the military commander of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front. The agency says Abu Hommam al-Shami was killed during a military operation carried out by […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Syria’s refugee crisis is approaching a “dangerous turning point” as nearly four million Syrians face worsening living conditions in exile, the UN refugee chief has warned. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres […]
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