TRIPOLI, LIBYA- Key events during the turmoil after Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi was toppled in October 2011: -- 2011 -- - October 20: Kadhafi is captured and killed while trying to flee Sirte, his...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- A US military airdrop of weapons meant for Kurdish fighters fell into the hands of their jihadist foes near the Syrian battleground town of Kobane, a monitor said Tuesday. The...
JAKARTA, INDONESIA- US Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday it would have been "irresponsible" not to help Kurdish fighters battling jihadists for the Syrian border town of Kobane after...
MURSITPINAR, TURKEY, Fulya Ozerkan with Sara Hussein in Beirut- The Islamic State group took heavy losses Sunday in the Syrian battleground of Kobane as Iraqi forces fought the jihadists buoyed by US...
RAMALLAH, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES- Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Friday called on his people to prevent Israeli settlers from entering Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque and use "all means"...
LONDON, UK- Relatives of two Britons murdered by Islamic State (IS) militants urged people of all faiths to come together to fight the hatred espoused by the group, ahead of a memorial service for...
MURSITPINAR, TURKEY, Burak Akinci with Mohamad Ali Harissi in Beirut, Kurdish fighters backed by a flurry of US-led air strikes were still holding out Thursday against jihadists in Kobane, as an...
LONDON, UK- British counter-terrorism police are struggling with "exceptionally high" numbers of investigations and discovering several plots a year, their chief said on Friday. "So far this year we...
GAZA CITY, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, John Davison- UN chief Ban Ki-moon demanded Tuesday an independent probe into Israel's deadly shelling of a school during the Gaza conflict, expressing shock at...
WASHINGTON, US- US-led aircraft will continue bombing near the Syrian town of Kobane and in western Iraq, President Barack Obama said Tuesday after talks with military leaders from an international...
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