Tehran’s ties with al-Qaeda, extremist Salafist groups uncovered
New documents from Abbottabad, the Pakistani city where al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was hiding out, uncovered details of deep ties between Iran’s Khomeini regime…
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Rights group: Egypt uses solitary confinement as ‘torture’
Egypt is holding political prisoners in “prolonged and indefinite solitary confinement” that amounts to “torture,” an international rights group said Monday. In a new report,…
Northwest Syria: Jihadist rebel groups clash
Syrian jihadists seen as close to Islamic State battled a rival hardline Islamist faction on Monday in northwestern Syria, a war monitor and an official…
Ex-gay porn star is Islamist mole at German intelligence agency now
A German who was caught by authorities for allegedly sharing intelligence secrets on radical Islamic websites was a former gay porn actor, the Washington Post reported…
Commander of former Nusra group ‘killed in Syria’
The top military commander of the militant group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, a former al-Qaida offshoot in Syria, was killed in an aerial raid that targeted…
Brazil Probes Olympics Threats After Group Backs Islamic State
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s intelligence agency said on Tuesday it was investigating all threats to next month’s Rio Olympics after a presumed Brazilian Islamist group…
Israeli jets strike Gaza after rocket and mortar fire
Israeli jets have hit militant positions in Gaza after Palestinians fired rockets and mortars into Israeli territory, the Israeli military said. The military said 25…
Israeli airstrikes target militant sites in Gaza
Israel has said it carried out airstrikes on what it described as militant sites in Gaza in response to machine gun fire that hit a building…
Israeli troops fire bullets, tear gas at Gaza protesters
Israeli troops fired tear gas and live rounds at Palestinians thronging the Gaza-Israel border on Friday as part of a long-running protest. Israeli troops fired…
Turkey’s march on Manbij stalled by wall of reality
Turkey’s Syria adventure is heading into deeper uncertainty, facing obscure American and Russian moves and the bitter realities of the field. The idea was to…