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WASHINGTON (AA) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the US largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, has condemned the Pentagon for misleading the public about the number of US troops deployed in Syria. “The Pentagon’s admission that 2,000 U.S. troops have been secretly operating in Syria is stunning. T...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution renewing the sanctions against the al-Shabaab in Somalia until February 28, 2025. The resolution, submitted by the UK, was unanimously adopted by the 15-member Security Council. It allows authorization for maritime interdiction to enforce the embargo on illicit arms...
BAGHDAD (AA) – The Iraqi military, with the support of US-led coalition forces, has killed 16 ISIS fighters, including high-ranking figures, during the military operation that began last week in the western Anbar desert, officials say. According to a statement issued by the Joint Operations Command on X, Iraqi National Intelligence Organizatio...
ISTANBUL (AA) — Seventeen suspected members of the ISIS group linked to a shooting at a Catholic church in Istanbul were apprehended in an operation on Saturday, said Turkish security sources. Simultaneous operations, centered in Istanbul, were carried out by security forces to disrupt the activities of the suspects and prevent potential viole...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – The main accused in an attack on a popular shrine in southern Iran’s Shiraz city has been sentenced to death while two others have been handed a five-year jail term each. Judiciary-affiliated Mizan News cited the chief justice of southern Fars province as saying that the main accused Rahman Ela Norozaf, […]
ANKARA (AA) – US Central Forces Commander Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla visited the al-Hol and al-Roj camps of displaced people in Syria, where the YPG/PKK group holds the families of ISIS members. CENTCOM said in a written statement that the visit took place on August 21. The visit involved “interactions with camp administrators as well […...
