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Facebook Twitter Email Print An Israeli man has been arrested for allegedly trying to join the ranks of the Islamic State in Syria, the Israel Securities Authority announced on Wednesday. SYRIAN REFUGEES SELLING ORGANS FOR THE CHANCE TO REACH EUROPE Valentin Vladimir Mazalewski, a 40-year-old Belarus-born father of five from the Arab town of Shibli […]

Kenyan authorities have confirmed that security forces have been dispatched to rescue two teachers abducted from Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp located in eastern Kenya close to the Somali border. The male teachers, who work for the Khalif Udha Academy, were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen overnight at 4am on Thursday (2 March), in the […]

“Neither Syrian nor Russian aircraft carried out any airstrikes against the areas mentioned by the American side,” the ministry said MOSCOW, March 1. /TASS/. The Russian Defense Ministry has assured that neither Russia nor Syria carried out unintentional airstrikes against US-controlled armed groups. “Neither Syrian nor Russian aircraft carried out any airstrikes against the areas […]

  new Prime Minister Hassan Ali Kheyre. Somalia’s Parliament Wednesday confirmed new Prime Minister Kheyre While opening the first session of the 10th Parliament, President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo urged the legislators to approve his choice for the premier. The president had nominated Mr Kheyre last week.  Mohamed Isse  (Dhegay) Xarunta Wararka Kasmaal/Somalia

Provinces – The Syrian Army and Armed Forces continued making progress in the battle against terrorist organizations, establishing control over the Palmyra Triangle area in Homs province and targeting ISIS positions in Deir Ezzor, SANA reported. Homs Army units operating in the eastern countryside of Homs province established full control over the Palmyra Triangle area […]

The broader conflicts around control of the Red Sea and its littorals are being played out in the new aspects of the transformation of the Republic of Somaliland, which dominates the southern coastline of the Red Sea mouth into the Indian Ocean, but which also remains internationally unrecognized. At its core, the collapse of governance […]

Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) Joint Operations Command announced on Wednesday, that security forces managed to foil an attempt to attack the city of Samarra. The Joint Operations Command Said in a press statement, “The Command received intelligence information indicating that the Islamic State extremist group is planning to raid the city of Samarra.” “After studying the targets, […]

In first speech to Congress, new president announces special office to assist victims of crimes committed by immigrants President Donald Trump said he has given orders to create a special office to assist victims of crime by immigrants: “VOICE” – Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement. According to the Independent, the VOICE agency is expected to […]

 Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi army forces recaptured two villages in western Mosul on Wednesday, while clashing with Islamic State militants in a recently recaptured area. Maj. Adnan Mostafa, from the army’s 9th division, was quoted by Bas News website saying the forces recaptured Bawabat al-Sham (Syria Gate) and al-Rihani, thus completing a siege around the town […]

  Hassan Ali Kheyre, 49, has been appointed as Somalia’s prime minister. PHOTO | AFP Sources in Mogadishu say that while the president was obliged to appoint a Hawiye as the prime minister as per the 4.5 power-sharing formula, the lobbying and the pressure from both Abgal and the Habargidir forced him to choose someone […]