Dozens of Syrian government troops and Islamic State fighters have been killed in fighting around a government-held air base in eastern Syria in a region that is a stronghold for the jihadists, a monitoring group said on Thursday, Islamic State used at least two car bombs in its latest assault on the air base near the city of Deir al-Zor, where government troops are holed up, the Syrian Observatory for
By Tom Perry and Naline Malla BEIRUT (Reuters) – Western states have provided counter-terrorism training in Syria to Kurdish security forces that are battling Islamic State, the head of the force said, in a significant expansion of support to the Kurdish administration in northern Syria. The internal security force, known as the Asayish, is part of the Kurdish administration that has emerged in areas of northern Syria where the Damascus-based
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate pushed toward a critical vote Thursday on the international nuclear deal with Iran, with Democrats intent on handing a major victory to President Barack Obama.
Just ahead of the fourteenth anniversary of al Qaeda’s 9/11 attacks on the U.S., the leader of the terrorist group took aim in an angry speech at a mortal enemy — but not American “crusaders” this time. Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian doctor who replaced Osama bin Laden as the head of al Qaeda four years ago, in a new audio message accused ISIS top leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi of “sedition”
BALTIMORE (AP) — The trials for six police officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray will be held in Baltimore, a judge ruled Thursday, saying it would be nearly impossible to find a place not inundated by publicity about the high-profile case.
By Donna Owens BALTIMORE (Reuters) – A Baltimore judge on Thursday denied a request for a change of venue for the trials of six police officers charged in the death of a black man who died from an injury in police custody. The death of Freddie Gray Jr. in April triggered protests, including a day of rioting and fueled a U.S. debate on police treatment of minorities. Defense lawyers for
New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton said on Thursday he was concerned over the level of force used in the arrest of retired U.S. tennis star James Blake, who was mistakenly identified as a suspect in a fraud ring. Blake, at one time ranked fourth in the world, said he had been waiting for a car to take him to the U.S. Tennis Open when he was detained by
Seattle educators and support staff took to picket lines on Wednesday for the first time in three decades on what should have been the first day of the school year. The walkout by the 5,000-member teachers’ union was the latest upheaval in Washington state’s public education system following court cases challenging charter schools and classroom funding. “Seattle Public Schools appreciates our teachers and educators.
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