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Syrians gather at the site of multiple bombings that left tens dead in the northern coastal city of Jableh, between Latakia and Tartus on May 23, 2016.
At least 101 people were killed in a spate of bombings in two regime bastions along Syria’s coast, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
A total of seven blasts simultaneously, four in Jableh and three in Tartus, hit the two cities on Monday morning. / AFP PHOTO / STRINGERSTRINGER/AFP/Getty Images

Suicide Bomber in Assad Regime Bastion

by Adel al-Salmi | Jan 6, 2017 | Middle East

London- At least 15 people including eight civilians were killed on Thursday in a car blast near the municipality stadium in Latakia’s coastal city of Jableh that includes a majority of Allawites and is the hometown of head of the Syrian regime Bashar Assad’s...

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Damage from the explosion inside Cairo’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral is seen inside the cathedral in Cairo, Egypt December 11, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Egyptian Laws to Face ‘Sedition Fatwas’

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Dec 17, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo – Egypt’s Parliament is expected to issue new laws to face the “Sheikhs of Sedition” and the fatwas issued to incite hatred and discrimination on religious basis. Parliamentarian sources said on Friday, “Several deputies had presented draft laws to...

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Egyptian security officials and investigators inspect the scene following a bombing inside Cairo’s Coptic cathedral in Egypt December 11, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Terror Feeding into Sedition

by Walid Abdelrahman and Mohammed Shaaban | Dec 12, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo: Terrorism once again fed into sectarian strife after an explosion targeted on Sunday a chapel that adjoins Cairo’s main Coptic Christian cathedral, leaving 23 people killed and at least 49 injured, mostly women and children. “The terrorism attack killed...

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New York City firefighters stand near the site of an explosion in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, U.S. September 17, 2016. REUTERS/Rashid Umar Abbasi

‘Intentional’ Explosion Shakes the City of New York, 29 injured

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 18, 2016 | World

An explosion took place in the Chelsea district of Manhattan on Saturday night, injuring at least 29 people in what was labeled by authorities as a criminal act although investigations so far showed no evidence of a “terror connection”. Officials ruled out...

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Wahhab speaks in a press conference last year/National News Agency NNA

Lebanon: A Former Minister’s Bodyguard Admits relation to Majdel Anjar Explosion

by Youssef Diab | Sep 11, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- Primary investigations conducted by Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces (ISF) proved that the bodyguard of a former minister close to the Syrian regime was involved in an explosion that took place in the town of Majdel Anjar, east Lebanon, leaving four injured...