Iran, Russia, UN discuss Syria crisis, terrorism
Representatives of Iran, Russia and the United Nations (UN) have discussed the latest developments in Syria and the recent series of terrorist attacks in French capital of Paris. Iran’s Deputy Foreign...
View ArticleDiplomats Invoke Plan For Joint Action In Syria
VIENNA (AP) — Invoking the need for joint action after the terrorist attacks on Paris, foreign ministers of nearly 20 nations agreed Saturday to an ambitious yet incomplete plan for bringing peace to...
View ArticleParis attacks: Are aerial attacks the answer?
Two days following the horrible massacres that left 129 people dead in the centre of Paris during the night of Friday, Nov 13, the French forces carried out bombing raids on Raqqa, the Daesh capital in...
View ArticleAre aerial attacks the answer?
TWO days following the horrible massacres that left 129 people dead in the centre of Paris during the night of Friday, Nov 13, the French forces carried out bombing raids on Raqqa, the Daesh capital in...
View ArticleDiplomats set plan for political change in Syria
VIENNA (AP) Invoking the need for joint action after the terrorist attacks on Paris, foreign ministers of nearly 20 nations agreed Saturday to an ambitious yet incomplete plan for bringing peace to...
View ArticleBritain hires spies, France seeks tougher EU border security after attacks
By Guy Faulconbridge and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - After the deadliest attack on Europe in over a decade, Britain said on Monday it would hire more spies while France called for better...
View ArticleSpeech by the President of the Republic before a joint session of (...)...
(Source: Ambassade de France aux Etats-Unis) Mr. President of the Congress, Mr. President of the Senate Mr. Prime Minister Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of the Government, Ladies and Gentlemen,...
View ArticleAfghan Official: Over 1,300 Foreign Fighters in Kunduz Battle
Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN— A top government official in Afghanistan revealed more than 1,300 foreign fighters linked to various regional and international terrorist groups had participated in the...
View ArticleFrance, Lebanon terror raids alarm to Iran, too: Intelligence minister
Iran’s Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi says the recent terrorist attacks in France and Lebanon are also an alarm to the Islamic Republic, which should take action to exercise more vigilance....
View ArticleIraq says it shared information that France, U.S., Iran were targets
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has said his country's intelligence services shared information they had which indicated that France, the United States and Iran were among...
View ArticleGrasping the Motives for Terror
The Paris terror attacks – particularly the methodical shooting of unarmed civilians – have shocked the world and generated new tough talk from policymakers. But the West cannot ignore how some of its...
View ArticleParis attacks 'crimes against humanity': Iran president
Hassan Rouhani postponed Saturday what would have been the first visit to Europe by an Iranian president in 10 years after attacks in Paris he described as "crimes against humanity". Rouhani had been...
View ArticleIraq had warned coalition of attacks before Paris assault
Senior Iraqi intelligence officials warned members of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group of imminent assaults by the militant organization just one day before last week’s deadly...
View ArticleIraq warned of attacks before Paris assault
BAGHDAD — Senior Iraqi intelligence officials warned members of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group of imminent assaults by the militant organization just one day before last week’s...
View ArticleAP Newsbreak: Iraq warned of attacks before Paris assault
BAGHDAD (AP) — Senior Iraqi intelligence officials warned members of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group of imminent assaults by the militant organization just one day before last...
View ArticleIran to cut IS threat at Afghan, Iraqi borders: Army
Tehran: A top Iranian army commander said Monday that his troops would take "decisive" action if Islamic State group militants come within 40 kilometres of its borders with Iraq and Afghanistan. Iran,...
View ArticleIran increases Iraq, Afghanistan border security against Daesh threats
AFP reports that Iran will "take decisive action" if Daesh militants come within 40km of the Iranian border with Afghanistan or Iraq, after recent threats by Daesh. General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan, the...
View ArticleIS could ultimately force West to consider invasion
This is the fundamental contradiction, after Paris: Few in the West want to send ground troops to Syria and Iraq to battle the Islamic State group, but it may be even harder to find anyone who thinks...
View ArticleThe Latest: Czech army to increase security in Prague
PARIS (AP) The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 7 p.m. The army says it is stepping up security to increase protection of some military sites and installations in the Czech...
View ArticleHow To Beat ISIS: Quarantine Them
Stepping back from the horror, the editorializing, and our own sense of disbelief that such evil is even possible, let’s look at what’s actually happened within the space of a single week. The Islamic...
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