HUDUR, Somalia (AA): The Somali military in a joint operation with US forces killed nearly 100 al-Shabaab fighters, including seven top-ranking leaders, Wednesday in central Somalia, according to the country’s Information Ministry. The Somali National Army (SNA) with the support of the US Army conducted air and ground operations near the villa...
ISLAMABAD (AA): Expressing anger over recent attacks against Pakistani security forces, Islamabad has accused Afghanistan of not fulfilling its obligations as a neighbor. Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has said that Kabul is not abiding by the commitments made in the 2020 Doha agreement. “Five to six million Afghans are living from the pa...
DAMASCUS, Syria – A U.S. drone strike is believed to have killed Osama al-Muhajer, the leader of the ISIS group in eastern Syria. The attack came after Russian warplanes attacked U.S. MQ-9 drones over Syria. No civilians were killed in the attack, but coalition forces are investigating reports of one civilian injured. The U.S. has [&hell...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least eight people including six children were killed on Sunday when a modified auto-rickshaw struck a landmine in Somalia. The incident took place between the village of Jicibow and the town of Bulaburde in Hirshabelle state. Ibrahim Abdi Ali, a security official in the town of Jowhar, the administrative cap...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has executed two men for an attack on a popular shrine in the southern province of Fars that killed 13 people. The two men, identified as Mohammad Ramez Rashidi and Naeim Hashem Qetali, were publicly executed in Shiraz, the capital of Fars province. According to the Mizan news agency, which […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least eight people including six children were killed on Sunday when the modified auto-rickshaw they were travelling in struck a landmine, said local officials. The incident took place between the village of Jicibow and town of Bulaburde in Hirshabelle state. Ibrahim Abdi Ali, a security official, who spoke to Anado...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA): Jordan said Sunday three terror suspects were killed in an exchange of fire with security forces. In a statement, the Public Security Directorate said two of the three men had recently escaped from a rehabilitation center, while the third was involved in the killing of a security officer last December in the […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): Over 40 al-Shabaab members were killed in an aerial and ground operation conducted by the Somali National Army’s elite Danab unit on Sunday, the country’s Information Ministry said. According to the ministry, the operation was carried out with support from international security partners and targeted a gath...
ANKARA (AA): Israeli settlers carried out a series of assaults against Palestinians and their properties across the occupied West Bank late on Thursday night. According to the state news agency WAFA, a group of settlers, protected by the Israeli forces, threw rocks on Palestinian cars near the village of Ein al-Beida, eastern West Bank. A [&he...
GENEVA (AA): Germany has arrested seven people in North Rhine-Westphalia state, all belonging to Central Asian countries. The arrests were made on suspicion of channeling funds to a “terrorist group” and establishing a local militant network to carry out attacks. The seven men, five from Tajikistan and one each from Kyrgyzstan and ...
