RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Several dozen Palestinians were injured on Friday when Israeli forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas shells to disperse a rally against illegal settlements in the northern occupied West Bank. Nine Palestinians were injured by rubber bullets during a confrontation with the occupying army near Kafr Qaddoum, east of ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A federal judge in the US state of Virginia sentenced on Friday a former British national to life in prison after he confessed to being part of a Daesh/ISIS terror cell collectively referred to as the “Beatles.” Alexanda Kotey pleaded guilty in September to being part of the hostage taking group that [&helli...
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AA) – The Azerbaijani president has alleged that weapons were transported from Russia to Armenia through Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran during the second Nagorno-Karabakh war fought in 2020. Speaking at an international conference held at ADA University, in Baku, Aliyev talked about the developments after the war. Claimin...
WASHINGTON – Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and his family are likely worth $1-2 billion, according to a recently published State Department report. The department said in a report mandated by Congress that it could only provide an “inexact estimate” on the Assad family worth based on publicly-available information. It pointed...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 10 people were killed and 30 others wounded when a bomb exploded in a mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul during Friday prayers, authorities said. The bomb went off in a Khanqah adjacent to a mosque in the Alauddin area of Kabul’s Police District 6, Kabul Security Department spokesperson Khalid […]
ANKARA (AA) – The Turkish military killed seven PKK fighters in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said on Friday. Six PKK fighters who opened “harassment fire” on the Operation Olive Branch zone in northern Syria, as well as one who was preparing to attack the Operation Peace Spring zone, were “neutralized by the successful [...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Fearing suicide attacks on soft targets, Iraqi authorities on Friday announced a state of high alert for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. “The Iraqi forces will enter a state of alert level C (maximum) starting from May 1 to May 5, to secure the Eid prayers, entertainment areas, markets, restaurants and […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Palestinian worshippers performed the last Friday prayer of the holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque despite Israeli restrictions. “160,000 worshippers performed the fourth Friday prayer of the month of Ramadan in Al-Aqsa Mosque,” Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib, director general of the Islamic Endowments Depar...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Tens of thousands of Iranians took to the streets in nationwide rallies on Friday to mark International Quds Day, an annual event to express solidarity with the people of Palestine. This year’s rallies came after a two-year hiatus and saw the participation of top Iranian government and military officials, includ...
JARUSALEM (AA) – At least 42 people were injured on Friday in an Israeli police intervention with plastic bullets and sound bombs after dawn prayer. Israeli police intervened after Palestinian youths entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem from Bab al-Maghrib, one of the gates to the mosque, and threw stones after performin...
