Security officials say a car bomb has exploded near a church in the Iraqi capital as Christians celebrated Christmas Day, killing at least 26 people.
The blast on December 25 in the Dura area, of south Baghdad, also wounded at least 28 people.
Sunday, 22 December, 2013
Yemen: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) says attack on Yemen military hospital was a ‘mistake’
The Yemeni wing of al-Qaeda has said a deadly attack on a military hospital by its fighters earlier this month was a mistake. It offered to pay “blood money” to the families of people killed in the attack.
“We do not fight in this way, and this is not what we call on people to do, and this is not our approach,” said a statement released by the al-Qaeda branch.
Friday, 20 December, 2013
Syria: Warplanes continue Aleppo airstrikes for fifth day, target southern villages
Syrian warplanes continued to crush Aleppo for a fifth consecutive day Thursday, according to Agence France-Presse.
Sources on the ground have said that Thursday’s attacks have expanded to include villages southeast of Syria’s second largest city.
Wednesday, 18 December, 2013
Lebanon: Nusra Front in Lebanon and Marwan Hadid Brigades claimed rocket attacks on Hermel
Two groups claimed responsibility for a rocket attacks on the northeastern Lebanese city of Hermel Tuesday, citing Hezbollah’s military intervention in neighboring Syria.
“The Nusra Front in Lebanon and the Marwan Hadid Brigades announce the targeting of strongholds of Iran’s party [Hezbollah] with 10 Grad-type rockets in the Hermel region,” they said in statement posted in a Twitter link.
Sunday, 15 December, 2013
Syria: Al-Nusra Front jihadists and salafis seize christian village of Kanaye
Al-Nusra jihadists and salafi militants this night sized syrian christian village of Kanaye forcing population to obey the sharia and women to wear islamic veil, subject to immediate execution.