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Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a bomb attack at a police checkpoint near the southern Iraqi city of Najaf, Iraq, January 1, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer
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Residents of Aleppo rural town of Atrab inspect damage done by air strike,Getty Images
Melting Pot of Extremist Groups Jeopardizes Syria Ceasefire
Controversy has recently been headlining the situation for Jabhat Fateh al-Sham forces in northwestern Syria, especially after authority overwhelmingly ordering a merger among all armed factions. Uniting all extremist factions raised fears among international...Caption:
In this photo released early Sunday Dec. 25, 2016, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II poses for a photo, sitting at a desk in the Regency Room of Buckingham Palace in London, after recording her traditional Christmas Day broadcast to the Commonwealth. (YUI MOK / AP)
Britain Worried about Queen Elizabeth’s Health
London – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth missed a New Year’s Day church service on Sunday due to a heavy cold, Buckingham Palace said, a week after the 90-year-old monarch missed a Christmas Day service for the first time in decades. “The Queen does not...Caption:
Hilarion Capucci, archbishop of Caesarea for the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. – Reuters
Archbishop of Jerusalem Hilarion Capucci Dies in Exile in Italy
London and Ramallah – Archbishop of Jerusalem Hilarion Capucci passed away at the age of 94 in exile in Italian Capital of Rome on Sunday. The official Palestinian Wafa news agency quoted President Mahmoud Abbas who mourned the late Archbishop describing him as a...Caption:
Flowers are placed in front of a police barrier near the entrance of Reina nightclub by the Bosphorus, which was attacked by a gunman, in Istanbul, Turkey, January 1, 2017. (Umit Bektas / Reuters)