The Islamic State (IS) militant group kidnapped a total of 400 people from a town its militants had stormed in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour, pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV reported on Sunday.
Iran's leaders on Sunday strongly condemned the execution of prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr by Saudi Arabia.
A Yemeni court in the rebel-held capital Sanaa on Wednesday sentenced a U.S. national to ten years in prison for having links with al-Qaida and killing a Yemeni security officer, a judicial source said.
Four Syrian soldiers were killed on Sunday when U.S.-led coalition airplanes struck positions of government troops, pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV reported on Monday.
Downing Street announced on Wednesday that David Cameron and other government ministers would start using the word "Daesh" when referring to the terror group.
The Syrian Democratic Force (SDF), a new Western-backed rebel alliance, continued its progress against the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria's al-Hasakah province near the Iraqi borders on Sunday, a monitor group reported.
Regime troops backed by Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Russian air strikes advanced on Thursday in western Syria in a “vast offensive” against rebels, as NATO voiced alarm at Moscow’s escalating military activity in the country.
"I am happy to celebrate Eid al- Adha but I am concerned about the security situation here and particularly about the possibility of a suicide attack on our mosque, which will turn a happy day into a tragedy," Zamir Gul, a resident of Kandahar, told Xinhua.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta reiterated Thursday his country's support for peace in Sudan, vowing to work with his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir to achieve stability in the region.
A motion to impeach South African President Jacob Zuma failed to sail through Parliament on Tuesday.
A British hostage has been released following a UAE military intelligence operation against al-Qaida kidnappers in Yemen's southern port city of Aden, the government source said.
Clashes renewed on Sunday between Lebanon's Internal Security Forces and thousands of protesters who gathered for the second consecutive day in downtown Beirut demanding that the government either find a quick solution to the waste problem or resign.
A parliamentary investigation panel on Sunday found former prime minister Nuri al-Maliki and dozens of security and political officials responsible for the fall of Iraq's northern city of Mosul to Islamic State (IS) militant group, officials said.
The long-stalemated Syrian crisis is now witnessing a flurry of diplomatic talks and marathon meetings that could usher in a political solution, in what appeared to be the first positive repercussions of the Iranian nuclear deal on Syria, analysts say.
The terror group Islamic State (IS) is a bigger security threat to the U.S. than the al-Qaida after the head of an al-Qaida affiliate group was killed, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) chief was quoted as saying Thursday.
U.S. Department of Defense on Tuesday said that Muhsin al-Fadhli, a longtime al-Qaida operative and the leader of the Khorasan Group, was killed in U.S. airstrike in northern Syria on July 8.
Algerian army killed 16 armed militants affiliated to al-Qaida on Sunday, apparently in response to one of the deadliest militant attacks in months last week that claimed lives of at least nine Algerian soldiers, according to local media.
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