Tag: Militant groups
Colombia rebel group claims leader ‘Jesus Santrich’ slain
BOGOTA, Colombia — A rebel leader who abandoned the 2016 peace accord with Colombia’s government and had been at large for three years was...
Israeli airstrikes kill 6, level large family home in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes killed at least six people across the Gaza Strip and destroyed the home of a large extended...
Seven Kenyan soldiers killed in jihadi ambush in Lamu county
NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan police official says that seven soldiers have been killed and one is missing in Lamu county after a bomb...
Rockets from Gaza rain havoc on Israeli cities in latest war
JERUSALEM — Sirens wailed just before the Jewish holiday of Shavuot began on Sunday evening, sending Chen Farag and her family once again running...
EXPLAINER: Are Israel, Hamas committing war crimes in Gaza?
JERUSALEM — A week into their fourth war, Israel and the Hamas militant group already face allegations of possible war crimes in Gaza. Israel...
Israel, Hamas trade fire in Gaza as war enters 2nd week
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel carried out a wave of airstrikes on what it said were militant targets in Gaza, leveling a six-story...
EU mulls ways to help defuse Israel-Palestinian fighting
BRUSSELS — European Union foreign ministers are meeting Tuesday to discuss how to use the 27-nation bloc’s political clout to help diplomatic efforts to...
Israel says Gaza tunnels destroyed in heavy airstrikes
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military unleashed a wave of heavy airstrikes on the Gaza Strip early Monday, saying it destroyed 15...
EU vows to boost efforts to end Israeli-Palestinian fighting
BRUSSELS — The European Union will redouble its efforts to end the upsurge in violence between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants, and seek...
Erdogan: High-ranking PKK militant killed in Iraq operation
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish security forces have killed an alleged high-ranking Kurdish militant in an operation in northern Iraq, Turkey’s president said Monday.
...