Foxnews.com reported that, Iraqi officials say attacks across the country have killed five people, including two journalists working in a northern city. Police say a reporter and cameraman for the private al-Sharqiya TV channel were shot on Saturday while working on a report in the city of Mosul, about 220 miles northwest of Baghdad. It was not immediately clear why they were targeted. Three other people were killed and five were wounded when a roadside bomb hit a checkpoint manned by Sunni militiamen opposed to Al Qaeda in the town of Youssifiyah, 12 miles south of Baghdad, police officials said. Read Article
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niqash.org reported that in the aftermath of the first terrorist bombings in Iraqi Kurdistan in over six years, there are plenty of questions being raised by locals. Did it happen because of Syria? Is it because groups like Al Qaeda are jealous of Iraqi Kurdistan’s peace and prosperity? And how could it have happened here? […]
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Straitstimes.com reports that China says a mortar shell that landed within its embassy compound in Syria’s capital has slightly injured a Syrian employee and caused slight damage to the property. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei also said on Tuesday that “China is shocked at the attack and strongly condemns” it. Read article
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The Jerusalem Post reports that Egypt halted tourism activities with Iran on Tuesday citing security concerns, a Tourism Ministry spokeswoman said, further distancing itself from Tehran after former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi tried to improve ties. “At the moment the security situation does not allow the ministry to support travel with Iran, including flights and […]
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According to dailystar.com.lb, authorities are searching for a Czech tourist who went missing last week while on a trip to a valley in north Lebanon, a security source told The Daily Star Monday. Security forces have been searching since Thursday for Thomas Rezika, 46, who went missing Wednesday evening after sending text messages for help […]
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In a mass show trial in six separate cases, 95 Bahraini protesters were sentenced to between three and 15 years in prison for allegedly trying to topple the country’s constitutional monarchy, organizing bombings and inciting anti-government rallies. “There is no clear vision within the government authorities on how to solve this crisis,” Jawad Fairooz, former […]
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According to elpais.com, Spanish journalist Marc Marginedas, a special correspondent for El Periódico de Catalunya, has been in the hands of a rebel group in Syria since September 4, the newspaper confirmed on Monday. Marginedas, 46, was traveling in a car with his driver when they were stopped by jihadist insurgents outside Hama, in the […]
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According to thenational.ae, a tourist who slashed one of his wrists with a bread knife to get his wife’s attention was yesterday sentenced to a month in jail and deportation. F W, 31, from Norway, cut himself during a row with his wife then locked himself in the bathroom and fell unconscious. When police arrived they […]
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According to khaleejtimes.com, a tourist, who allegedly asked a woman he had just met in a lift to have paid sex with him, has been charged in the Court of First Instance with molestation and encouraging someone to take up prostitution. The 38-year-old Saudi Arabian man is believed to have taken advantage that the Egyptian […]
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Al Jazeera reports that a mortar shell has landed in the compound of the Russian embassy in central Damascus, injuring three people, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. “On September 22 as a result of shelling by the rebels of the Damascus neighbourhood of Mazzeh, one of the shells exploded on the territory of the Russian […]
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