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Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz speaks during an extraordinary GCC leaders’ summit in Riyadh on November 16, 2014. (AFP Photo/HO/SPA)
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Syrians inspect the damage following a reported US-led coalition air strike in the town of Harem in the northwestern province of Idlib, bordering Turkey, on November 19, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/MOHAMAD ZEEN)
US airstrike hits Al-Qaeda-held town in Syria
Beirut and Baghdad, AP—An overnight American-led airstrike struck Al-Qaeda militants in northwestern Syria, the US military and Syrian activists said Wednesday. The strike marked the fourth time the US has targeted the Al-Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda’s Syrian branch,...Caption:
An image taken from a video by the official media outlet of Ansar Al-Sharia allegedly shows their militants during a battle in Benghazi. (AFP Photo/al-Raya Media Foundation/HO)
UN impose sanctions on Libya’s Ansar Al-Sharia
United Nations, AP—The UN Security Council imposed sanctions Tuesday on the Libyan Islamist militant group Ansar Al-Sharia, which took part in the 2012 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, for its ties to Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups. The council committee...Caption:
In an undated picture made available by the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on November 20, 2014 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un tours a military fisheries processing factory at an unknown location in North Korea. (EPA/KCNA)
North Korea threatens to beef up military capability
Seoul, South Korea, AP—North Korea threatened Thursday to bolster its war capability and conduct a fourth nuclear test to cope with what it calls US hostility that led to the approval of a landmark UN resolution on its human rights violations. A UN committee on...Caption:
Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara February 18, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY – Tags: POLITICS)