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FILE – In this Tuesday, May 12, 2013 file photo, Egyptian Army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle backed by a helicopter gunship during a sweep through villages in Sheikh Zuweyid, north Sinai, Egypt. Islamic militants on Wednesday unleashed a wave of simultaneous attacks, including suicide car bombings, on Egyptian army checkpoints in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula, killing at least tens of soldiers, security and military officials said.(AP Photo, File)
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British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon (C) leaves the Cabinet Office in central London, on June 29, 2015, after attending a security meeting on the mass shooting in Tunisia that killed at least 38 people including many British tourists. (AFP Photo/Niklas Halle’n)
UK weighs more action against ISIS in Syria after Tunisia attack
London, Reuters—Britain is considering whether it could and should do more to help defeat Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in Syria after a deadly attack in Tunisia last week killed up to 30 of its nationals, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister David...Caption:
Smoke rises in Egypt’s North Sinai as seen from the border from the southern Gaza Strip with Egypt, on July 1, 2015. (Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)
Egypt launches airstrikes against ISIS affiliate in Sinai
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt launched a series of airstrikes against militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in North Sinai on Wednesday, after over 50 people were killed in coordinated attacks in the province earlier in the day. The army...Caption:
Yemeni volunteer fighters loyal to President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi comb an area at the frontline of their fighting against Houthi fighters in Yemen’s southern city of Aden on June 17, 2015. (Reuters/Stringer)