A year on, migrant crisis hangs over votes in Hungary, Austria
On a warm morning in late August, two dozen migrants carrying stuffed plastic bags and backpacks boarded a bus outside a refugee center in Vamosszabadi,…
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Syrian army preparing large operation near Israel border
Troops loyal to the Syrian regime along with Hezbollah fighters have allegedly been finalizing plans to launch a large-scale operation against Syrian opposition forces near…
Isis magazine reports death of Australian jailed over 2005 plot to blow up MCG
Islamic State has reported convicted Australian terrorist Ezzit Raad – who was jailed over the 2005 plot to blow up the MCG – has been…
Iran accuses Saudi Arabia of ‘murdering’ pilgrims during hajj stampede
Iran’s supreme leader has said Saudi Arabian authorities “murdered” Muslim pilgrims who were injured during last year’s hajj stampede, as Mecca prepares to host the…
Turkish army hits 9 terrorist targets in northern Syria
Turkish armed forces shelled nine terrorist targets in northern Syria as part of Turkey’s Operation Euphrates Shield to clear Daesh out from its southern border…
Erdogan slams West’s ‘obsession with security’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed the West’s obsession with security and its approach to resolving the refugee issue. Speaking at a press conference…
Blasts hit government-held and Kurdish parts of Syria, several killed
Five explosions hit government-controlled areas and a city held by a Kurdish militia in Syria on Monday morning, killing several people, state media and a…
The ‘beginning of end’ for Daesh in Iraq, Syria?
The Daesh terrorist group has suffered a string of military defeats this year after overrunning vast swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria in 2014….
USA and Russia meeting on Syria ends without a deal
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov were unable to strike a deal for a ceasefire in Syria and differences…
ISIS loses last stretch of Syria-Turkey border
Beirut: Turkish forces and Syrian rebels expelled the Islamic State group from the last areas of the Syrian-Turkish border under their control on Sunday, the Syrian…