Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Suicide Bombing | ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive 2005 -2017
Select Page
Media ID: 55326398
Caption:

Russian President Vladimir Putin puts a flower outside a wreckage of a trolleybus in Volgograd, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014 (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)


Opinion: Putin vs. the “Black Widows”

Opinion: Putin vs. the “Black Widows”

As might have been expected, the latest suicide attacks in Volgograd have brought Russia back into the headlines just weeks before the opening of the Winter Olympics in Sochi. The attacks that claimed at least 60 lives and left many more injured were carried out by...
Media ID: 55325488
Caption:

A Lebanese army soldier stands guard at the scene where a car bomb went off near a Hezbollah base near the Baalbek region, eastern Lebanon, early Tuesday, December 17, 2013. The Lebanese army and officials said, the latest in a wave of deadly attacks that have targeted the Shiite militant group’s interests in Lebanon. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)


Media ID: 55323229
Caption:

Security forces carry flags and ride horses as they take part in a military parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Lebanon’s independence, in downtown Beirut November 22, 2013. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)


Opinion: Lebanon after the bombs

Opinion: Lebanon after the bombs

Al-Qaeda should regret what it did in Beirut on Tuesday, but that regret will not be because the bloodthirsty organization is suddenly troubled by its conscience. Rather, Al-Qaeda will regret the twin suicide bombings—which are the first of their kind in Lebanon, in...
Media ID: 55319925
Caption:

A handout image made available the Volgograd regional branch of the Ministry of Emergencies shows the site of suicide terrorist explosion in a passenger bus in Volgograd, Russia on October 21, 2013. (EPA/MINISTRY OF EMERGENCIES PRESS SERVICE)


Suicide bomber strikes Russian bus, killing 6

Suicide bomber strikes Russian bus, killing 6

Moscow, Associated Press—A female suicide bomber blew herself up on a city bus in southern Russia on Monday, killing six people and injuring about 30 others, officials said. The attack in Volgograd added to security fears ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi. The...
Media ID: 55318617
Caption:

Residents walk through the site of the previous day’s car bomb attack in new Baghdad District, eastern Baghdad October 7, 2013. (REUTERS/Ahmed Saad)