Ankara wants better ‘joint action’ with Baghdad against PKK
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Turkey would like to work more closely with Iraq to combat “terrorists.”
Monthly Archives: October 2018
Iraq: Deadly car bomb hits market near Mosul
At least six people have been killed and 30 others wounded in a car bomb blast south of Mosul, police and medical sources said.
Bafel Talabani: Another intra-Kurdish conflict will not happen
Editor’s note: Below is an abridged version of the interview with Bafel Talabani, which was conducted a day before the electoral commission announced the final results of the September 30 parliamentary vote in Iraq’s Kurdish region.
Iraq PM Adel Abdul Mahdi sworn in amid bickering over cabinet
Iraq’s new Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi was sworn in on Wednesday but could not announce the full cabinet after legislators failed to reach a consensus on key postings, including interior and defence.
Analysis of Egypt sentences three to death for attacks on police
This story is about three gunmen who were sentenced to death for being involved in the killing of ten police officers and for belonging to an armed group. They belonged to a group known as Ansar al-Sharia. All the gunmen have the right to appeal to the ruling of being sentenced to death. I believe that these gunmen should not… Read more »
Egypt sentences three to death for attacks on police
A court in Egypt has sentenced three people to death for their involvement in the killing of policemen and belonging to an armed group. The defendants were found guilty by a Cairo criminal court on Sunday of being involved in the killing of 10 policemen, including an officer, between August 2013 and May 2014. The charges also included establishing and running… Read more »
Egypt says security forces killed 450 fighters in Sinai peninsula
Egypt has said its security forces have killed 450 armed fighters since the beginning of its eight-month offensive against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, otherwise known ISIS) in the Sinai peninsula. Army Spokesman Tamer al-Rifai said the large-scale operation, dubbed “Sinai 2018,” has also resulted in the dismantling of some 1,200 explosive devices and the destruction of about… Read more »
Israeli police forcibly remove Coptic protesters in Jerusalem
Israeli police broke up a sit-in by Coptic monks at a major Christian holy site in Jerusalem as they were protesting against restoration work at a nearby monastery claimed by their sect. Scuffles broke out on Wednesday between police and priests in the forecourt of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected. “The police… Read more »
Egypt arrests economist Abdel Khalik Farouk over ‘critical book’
Egyptian police have arrested economist Abdel Khalik Farouk after the publication of his book in which he is critically analysing the country’s economic and social crises, the author’s wife and a lawyer said. Farouk’s detention on Sunday came days after local media reported that copies of his book – titled, Is Egypt really a poor country? – were seized by authorities from… Read more »
News in Palestine
In much of the Middle East there is a lot of civil unrest. In Palestine, Palestinian forces are routinely arresting and torturing citizens. The two main groups guilty of this are The Fatah-led Palestinian Authority (PA) in the occupied West Bank and Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip. According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), these groups are routinely arresting peaceful… Read more »