The United Nations is sending strongly worded complaints to the Syrian government after the body’s chemical weapon inspection team was fired upon by snipers as they tried to reach the site of last Wednesday’s chemical weapons attack.
The team was forced to retreat when one of their cars was struck by sniper fire in the tires and windshield. They were entering an area considered a “buffer zone” between rebels and government troops at the time of the attack according to the BBC. Continue reading
Boko Haram has struck again in Nigeria, killing 35 people in the northeastern part of the country.
Government officials in Borno state say Boko Haram terrorists raided the village of Demba after the locals would not surrender to them. According to a rescue worker in the region, the terrorists set houses on fire, shot victims and even slit throats of the residents. Continue reading
At least four rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel on Thursday afternoon with one confirmed to strike near Nahariya.
No one was killed in the assault although several residents were treated by hospitals and clinics for “shock.” Continue reading
An American who converted to Islam and joined the terrorist group al-Qaeda is calling for rich Muslims to put bounties on American diplomats.
Adam Gadahn, born in California, is considered a major terrorist with al-Qaeda who has a one million dollar bounty on his head from U.S. authorities. Gadahn called on wealthy Muslims to offer rewards to kill ambassadors throughout the middle east as the Yemeni based branch of al-Qaeda has done. Continue reading
After 22 years of attempting to help the civilians in war-torn Somalia, the humanitarian group Doctors without Borders is pulling out all of their staff and closing all programs in the country.
The group says they are leaving because of “extreme attacks on its staff”. It said terrorists and even some civilian leaders “support, tolerate or condone the killing, assaulting, and abducting of humanitarian aid workers.” Continue reading
At least 44 were killed when Boko Haram attacked a mosque in northeast Nigeria.
Terrorists opened fire during dawn prayers on Sunday morning in Konduga, 22 miles from Borno’s state capital Maiduguri. Hospital officials in Maiduguri say 26 people are being treated for injuries. Continue reading
Syrian rebel forces claim a rocket and mortar attack on the motorcade of President Bashar al-Assad as he traveled to pray to mark the start of a major Muslim holiday.
Two Syrian rebel brigades say they struck Assad’s motorcade in the upscale Malki district of the capital. The government denied that any attack was made on or near the President’s motorcade. Continue reading
A terrorist attack at a soccer field in Karachi has killed at least 11 people and wounded more than two-dozen others.
Witnesses say many of the victims are children between 6 and 15 years old. Continue reading
Government spokesmen in Nigeria have said that 35 are dead after attacks by terrorists in the northern part of the country.
A military report says 32 terrorists were killed, 2 soldiers and one police officer in the assaults on a police station and military base. The attacks took place in Borno where a state of emergency has been declared due to terrorist attacks from Boko Haram. Continue reading
A rocket attack on an arms dump in Syria has killed at least 40 according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The death toll is expected to rise as more than 100 people have been injured, many of them seriously wounded. Continue reading