The U.S.-led coalition carried out it 20th airstrike in Syria in two days on Wednesday. This latest strike in the air campaign against ISIL targeted a convoy that was being used to transport equipment into Iraq, Eight vehicles were damaged in the strike. Reports say that at least 120 militants were killed in the first […]
Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to resume talks late next month on cementing the Gaza cease-fire agreement signed last month. The decision was reached Tuesday during Egyptian-mediated talks, which were delayed by several hours as the Palestinians considered backing out over Israel’s killing of two Hamas members hours before the discussions were set to […]
CAIRO—Arab world reaction to the U.S.-led airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria, carried out Tuesday with participation or support from Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, has been mostly positive with some nuances. People in a number of countries, however, decried the attacks online. One man, calling himself Nizar, wrote […]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Islamic State militants threaten the entire Middle East, and the international community can not allow that threat to go unchecked. Kerry says the strength of Islamic State finances and the size of the area under its control in Syria and Iraq make it a more dangerous threat than […]