Topic: Middle East

Syria blasts kill civilians, soldiers: state TV

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Several people were killed in the two blasts on Syrian security sites in Damascus, state television said on Friday."The terrorist attacks left a number of martyrs, both civilian and military. Most of the victims were civilian," it said in ...

US posts $10 mn reward for Al-Qaeda financier

The United States on Thursday offered a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of a key Al-Qaeda fundraiser, who is said to be a Syrian operating from Iran.The reward for Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil marks the first time that ...

U.S. sets bounty for Iran-based al Qaeda financier

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday announced it was establishing a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to Yasin al-Suri, who is accused of operating from Iran as a facilitator and financier for al Qaeda.The bounty is ...

Baghdad blasts target Shi'ites, kill 63

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A wave of bombings killed at least 63 people in Baghdad on Thursday, the first attacks since Iraq's Shi'ite-led government was engulfed in a crisis that risks fracturing the country along sectarian and ethnic faultlines.The bombings, just days after ...

Baghdad blasts kill 63 as Iraq tensions rise

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A series of bombings hit Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 63 people in the first big assault attack on Iraq's capital since a sectarian crisis erupted within its government just days after the U.S. troop withdrawal.The apparently coordinated ...

Baghdad blasts kill 57 as Iraq tensions rise

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A rash of bombings hit Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 57 people in the first big attack on Iraq's capital since a crisis between its Shi'ite Muslim-led government and Sunni rivals erupted days after the U.S. troop withdrawal.The ...

Baghdad blasts kill 40 as tensions rise

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A series of blasts and a suicide bomber hit mainly Shi'ite areas in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 40 people in the first major attack on Iraq's capital since a crisis erupted between its Shi'ite-led government and Sunni ...

Baghdad blasts kill 17 as tensions rise

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A series of blasts hit mainly Shi'ite areas in Baghdad Thursday, killing at least 17 people in the first wave of attacks on Iraq's capital since a crisis erupted between its Shi'ite-led government and Sunni rivals after the U.S. ...

Five Polish soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Taliban bombers killed five Polish soldiers in an attack on their convoy in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the deadliest single loss for Warsaw's NATO contingent in the 10-year war."This is the most deadly attack in the history of Polish military missions abroad," Poland's ...

VP arrest warrant plunges Iraq into crisis

Iraq issued an arrest warrant for its Sunni vice president on anti-terror charges Monday, deepening a crisis that one leader warned threatened the unity government, just a day after US troops left.Less than a year before the cabinet was formed, Iraq's fragile ...
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