Death toll from Pakistan attacks rises to 57
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) -- The death toll from multiple attacks in Pakistan rose to 57, officials said Saturday, a…
9 years ago
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Iran executes 20 Sunni ‘terrorists’ in single day
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) - by Ali NOORANI Iran said Thursday it had hanged 20 "terrorist" Sunni prisoners, in one of…
10 years ago
Islamic State expands its ‘state’
Almost a year after Islamic State's shock capture of Mosul, Iraq's second city, the black flags of the jihadis have…
11 years ago
Iraq counter-attacks against ISIL with airborne commando assault on Tikrit
(Reuters) - Iraqi forces launched an airborne assault on rebel-held Tikrit on Thursday, landing three helicopters with commandos in a…
12 years ago
Militants take Iraqi gas field town, president calls parliament session
(Reuters) - Militants took a town an hour from Baghdad that is home to four natural gas fields on Thursday, another gain…
12 years ago
Sunni militants seize three towns in Iraq’s Anbar: sources
(Reuters) - Sunni insurgents led by al Qaeda splinter group the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured…
12 years ago
Battle for Iraq refinery as U.S. hesitates to strike
(Reuters) - Iraqi government forces battled Sunni rebels for control of the country's biggest refinery on Thursday as Prime Minister…
12 years ago
Iraqi forces kill 57 Islamist militants in Sunni province
BAGHDAD Mon Feb 3, 2014 2:49pm EST (Reuters) - Iraqi troops and allied tribesmen killed 57 Islamist militants in Anbar…
12 years ago
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