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US, Somali forces conducted airstrikes in S. Somalia (AFP)

December 30th, 2019 - 08:10 GMT

US Killed Four in Airstrikes Against Al-Shabaab in Somalia

The United States military said it killed four "terrorists" in airstrikes against the Al-Shabaab militant group in Somalia on Sunday, a day after the country's deadliest attack in two years. US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted three airstrikes in two locations in the conflict-hit east African nation on Sunday targeting Al-Shabaab militants, it said in a statement. "These precision airstrikes targeted Al-Shabaab militants responsible for terrorist acts against innocent Somali citizens ...

An F-16 I fighter jet lands during an event staged for the media. (Image credit: AFP)

October 30th, 2013 - 05:37 GMT

U.S. to help Iraq with military sales and intelligence

A suicide bomber detonated his explosives belt at a busy Tunisian beach resort on Wednesday. (AFP/File)

October 30th, 2013 - 10:27 GMT

Suicide bomber targets Tunisian beach resort

An Iraqi woman walks across the debris following an explosion at a bus center on October 27, 2013, in the the Mashtal district of the capital Baghdad, as eight car bombs exploded in Shiite-majority areas of Baghdad province. (AFP)

October 30th, 2013 - 08:12 GMT

Twin suicide blasts kills 12 in central Iraq

Nabil al-Magraby was arrested by Egyptian authorities due to his alleged connections with al-Qaeda operatives and Islamist militant groups such as the Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (AFP)

October 30th, 2013 - 04:00 GMT

Egypt arrests Islamist militant linked to Sadat's murder, recent al-Qaeda bomb plots

Syrian soldiers patrolling a street in Hteitit al-Turkman, a key town southeast of the capital Damascus, after it's capture by the army. A bomb targeting Hezbollah's Damascus office injured dozens on late Monday, activists reported. (AFP)

October 29th, 2013 - 06:21 GMT

Hezbollah's Damascus office hit by bomb, dozens of fighters injured

Iraqis look at the remains of a vehicle following an explosion on October 27, 2013, in the the Mashtal district of the capital Baghdad. [SABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images]

October 27th, 2013 - 03:36 GMT

Wave of car bomb blasts kill dozens in Baghdad

The al-Nusra Front seized the town of Sadad early last week before government forces reportedly reclaimed control of the town (AFP)

October 27th, 2013 - 10:29 GMT

Rocket north of Damascus kills five

The hill just got steeper for those Bahrainis fighting for justice.

October 27th, 2013 - 08:53 GMT

Bahrainis lose hope after Obama's fallout with Saudi

People look at burnt vehicles after a car bomb attack outside a military intelligence building that wounded four people on October 19, 2013 in Egypt's canal city of Ismailia. (Image credit: AFP)

October 26th, 2013 - 04:32 GMT

September 5 Egypt suicide bomber was ex-army major

A fighter in Iraq. Violence in Iraq has seen levels not seen since 2008.(Image credit: AFP)

October 26th, 2013 - 04:05 GMT

Gunmen kill Sahwa fighters and family in Baghdad

Members of jihadist group Al-Nusra Front take part in a parade calling for the establishment of an Islamic state in Syria. (Image credit: AFP)

October 26th, 2013 - 05:45 GMT

Syrian state TV says head of Al Nusra has been killed even as opposition denies claims

Al-Qaeda prisoners have previously broken out of prisons throughout Yemen, particularly since uprisings that ousted former president Ali Abdullah Saleh (AFP)

October 24th, 2013 - 12:13 GMT

Yemen intelligence officer killed