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1. State Media: Turkey Detains More than 100 in Raids Against Pro-Kurdish Party
December 12, 2016
Turkish police have detained 118 people in raids across Turkey targeting officials from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) over allegations of links to Kurdish PKK militants, state-run Anadolu agency said on Monday.
The operations were launched after an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on Sunday claimed responsibility for twin bombings that killed 38 people and wounded 155 outside an Istanbul soccer stadium.
Hours after that claim, Turkish warplanes...... (read more)
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2. Kurdish Militant Group Claims Bomb Attack that Killed 38 in Istanbul
December 11, 2016
A Kurdish militant group has claimed responsibility for the bombings that killed at least 38 people and wounded more than 150 others in the Turkish city of Istanbul..
The claim was made Sunday by the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, or TAK, a group seen as an offshoot of the outlawed PKK.
The blasts rocked a huge football stadium late Saturday. Witnesses and authorities said the attacks — a car bombing and a suicide blast — targeted security officers two hours after a...... (read more)
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3. Russia Resumes Aleppo Bombings After Brief Pause
December 09, 2016
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday Russia and Syrian government forces will continue their bombing raids in Aleppo until rebels vacate the city.
"After a humanitarian pause, [the strikes] have resumed and will continue for as long as the bandits are still in Aleppo," Lavrov told reporters while attending a security meeting in Hamburg, Germany.
Lavrov's comments come just a day after he said the Syrian government had stopped all active military operations...... (read more)
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4. Calls Increasing for Immediate Cease-fire in Aleppo
December 07, 2016
A coalition of nations, led by the United States, called for an immediate cease-fire in Aleppo and condemned Russia for interfering with attempts to bring humanitarian aid to those civilians trapped in the Syrian city.
"Aleppo is being subjected to daily bombings and artillery attacks by the Syrian regime, supported by Russia and Iran. Hospitals and schools have not been spared. Rather, they appear to be the targets of attack in an attempt to wear people down. The images of dying...... (read more)
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5. Turkish Hotels Cut Staff, Shut Down for Winter with Occupancy Lowest in Europe
December 05, 2016
Turkish hotels have cut staff by 40 percent, some have shuttered for the winter and others are struggling to pay back loans after a trying year when occupancy rates fell to the lowest in Europe, a report said Monday.
The tourist industry, which adds about $30 billion to gross domestic product in a usual year, has been dealt a body blow by a spate of bombings this year, including an attack on Istanbul's main airport, and a failed coup in July.
Long one of the world's most...... (read more)
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6. Syria Health Services 'Devastated' by Conflict
November 21, 2016
Top United Nations aid officials warned Monday that health care services in Syria have been devastated by bombings and the nearly six-year-old conflict.
"Over half the country's public hospitals and primary health care centers are either closed or only partially functioning," the World Health Organization's representative in Syria, Elizabeth Hoff, told a meeting of the U.N. Security Council via a video link from Damascus.
"Almost two-thirds of all health...... (read more)
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7. Rebel Fire Kills 7 Children in Aleppo
November 20, 2016
Syrian sources say rebel shelling on a school killed at least seven children Sunday in the government-held part of Aleppo. Dozens of other people were reported to have been wounded by the rocket fire on the Furqan neighborhood.
On Saturday, White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice warned the Syrian government and its Russian backers they will be held accountable for the "heinous" bombings of hospitals in rebel-held portions of Aleppo.
"The United States condemns...... (read more)
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8. White House Scolds Russia, Syria for Aleppo Hospital Bombings
November 19, 2016
White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice warned the Syrian regime and its Russian backers Saturday that they will be held accountable for the “heinous” bombings of hospitals in rebel-held portions of Aleppo.
“The United States condemns in the strongest terms these horrific attacks against medical infrastructure and humanitarian aid workers. There is no excuse for these heinous actions,” she said. “The Syrian regime and its allies, Russia in particular, bears the...... (read more)
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9. Lawyer: Bombings Suspect Has Serious Injuries From Shooting
November 10, 2016
A man charged with setting off bombs in New Jersey and New York shuffled slowly into a Manhattan courtroom Thursday to face federal terrorism charges as his lawyer expressed worries that a federal lockup could not adequately care for injuries stemming from his shootout with police.
Ahmad Khan Rahimi, 28, listened as U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn read him his rights and the charges against him during a brief morning appearance after he was transferred into federal custody at 5 a.m....... (read more)
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10. Two Suicide Bombings Kill Nearly Dozen in Iraq
November 06, 2016
A suicide attacker detonated an ambulance packed with explosives in Tikrit Sunday, killing nine people at the southern entrance to the city, police and hospital sources said.
The bomber struck during the busy morning rush hour. Authorities declared a curfew in the city, saying they had information that further attacks were possible.
Five female students, a woman and three policemen were killed in the attack at the southern entrance of the provincial capital, Tikrit, provincial...... (read more)
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11. Troops Kill Bomber Outside Camp of Refugees from Boko Haram
October 30, 2016
Troops shot and killed a man with explosives boldly showing strapped to his torso Sunday, as he tried to enter a refugee camp in northeastern Maiduguri city where another suicide bomber killed five people a day earlier.
The Sunday morning bombing is the fifth explosion in three weeks in Maiduguri, the birthplace of the Boko Haram Islamic extremist group blamed for the bombings. Maiduguri is also the headquarters of the military campaign to halt the insurgency.
The recent bombings have...... (read more)
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12. Suicide Bombers Kill 9 People in Northeastern Nigeria
October 29, 2016
Two suicide bombings killed at least nine people and injured 24 others Saturday morning in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the heart of the seven-year-old insurgency by the Boko Haram militant group.
The Nigerian military said one of the bombs went off in front of a camp holding more than 16,000 people who have been displaced by unrest in the region. The second blast occurred minutes later outside a state-owned fuel depot.
No one immediately claimed responsibility but the...... (read more)
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13. Suicide Bombing in Iraq Kills 19
October 15, 2016
Officials in Iraq say a suicide bombing in Baghdad has killed at least 19 people and wounded 50 others. Some reports put the death toll significantly higher.
Authorities say the attack happened Saturday in Iraq's capital where people had gathered for a funeral.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the assault. The Islamic state group, however, has carried out similar bombings targeting Iraq's Shi'ite majority, whom Islamic State considers...... (read more)
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14. Pope Urges Immediate Cease-fire in Syria
October 12, 2016
Pope Francis on Wednesday called for an immediate cease-fire in Syria.
Speaking at his weekly general audience at the Vatican, the pope said a halt in fighting should be put in place long enough for civilians, particularly children, to escape areas subject to bombings.
Previous international efforts to establish a cease-fire have quickly eroded throughout the country's conflict that has stretched on for more than five years. The latest example came last month in a short-lived...... (read more)
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15. France Says Russia Could Face War Crimes Over Aleppo
October 10, 2016
France says Russia could face war crimes charges over its bombing campaign of Syria’s eastern city of Aleppo.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault told France Inter radio Monday that the bombings are war crimes. He said that “includes all those who are complicit for what’s happening in Aleppo, including Russian leaders.”
Ayrault said France would consult with prosecutors from the International Criminal Court (ICC) to see how to launch investigations.
“We do not agree with...... (read more)
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16. Turkey Bans Large-scale Commemorations on 1st Anniversary of Suicide Attacks
October 10, 2016
Turkish police in Ankara used tear gas and water cannons Monday to prevent hundreds of activists from holding a protest to commemorate the first anniversary of an attack considered the worst in Turkey's modern history.
Authorities banned large-scale commemorations of the twin suicide bombings, citing security concerns. At least 60 demonstrators were detained and 1,700 riot police were on duty in the city, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
Police blocked roads leading...... (read more)
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17. Thai Insurgency Stuck in Cycle of Violence
October 05, 2016
A string of recent bombings in Thailand’s south comes as the military-led government struggles in peace talks with key insurgency groups. The government has since announced the formation of a "front-line" cabinet to resolve the long-running conflict. Steve Sandford reports from Naratiwat, Thailand.... (read more)
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18. Syrian Army Presses into Aleppo after Hospital Bombings
October 02, 2016
Syrian forces advanced in the northern city of Aleppo Sunday, in an ongoing offensive to wrest one of the country's major cities from opposition fighters.
Syrian state media reports the army promised rebels safe passage if they cleared out of the city's eastern sector, following bombing campaigns that have heavily targeted the area's hospitals.
Relief workers say the largest remaining Syrian hospital in the rebel-held eastern half of Aleppo was bombed Saturday for the...... (read more)
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19. 17 People Killed in Baghdad Suicide Bombings
September 27, 2016
Suicide bombings killed at least 17 people and wounded more than 50 in Shi'ite districts of Iraq’s capital Baghdad, police and medical sources say.
At least eight people were killed and at least 29 wounded Tuesday in the eastern new Baghdad Jadida commercial area when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest in a commercial street.
Another suicide attack hit a commercial street of Bayaa in western Baghdad, killing at least nine and wounding 22 people, the sources said.
On a...... (read more)
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20. 7 Killed in Suicide Blast in Baghdad
September 25, 2016
Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber has blown himself up in Baghdad, killing seven people and wounding 19.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast Sunday in the Iskan neighborhood, a mostly Shi'ite district.
However, Islamic State — a Sunni group — considers Iraq's Shi'ite majority to be apostates and regularly targets them with bombings in crowded areas of Baghdad.
Iraqi forces, backed by coalition airstrikes, have been fighting Islamic...... (read more)
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21. FBI Looking for 2 Men Who Allegedly Found Explosive Device in NYC
September 21, 2016
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is asking the public for help in locating two men who allegedly found a piece of luggage on a New York sidewalk that contained an explosive device that may be tied to the suspect in Saturday's bombings in New York and New Jersey.
On Wednesday the FBI issued a statement and a photo of two men that was taken on Saturday, September 17, in the same hour an explosive device detonated. The FBI said the men took the luggage, which was...... (read more)
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22. Investigators Say New York Bomb Suspect Bought Parts on eBay
September 21, 2016
Federal investigators say the suspect in Saturday's bombings in New York and New Jersey bought components on eBay and used as triggering devices cell phones purchased from a store 500 meters from an address he once listed as his home.
The details are contained in criminal complaints made public Tuesday spelling out multiple federal charges against 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Ramani. Most of the charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Authorities arrested Ramani on...... (read more)
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23. Investigators Focus on Motive, Possible Foreign Ties in New York Bombing
September 20, 2016
U.S. authorities are working to determine whether the suspect in Saturday's bombings in New York City and New Jersey has any foreign terror ties and what may have motivated the attack that wounded 29 people.
Police arrested 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami on Monday after a search they said focused on him because he was spotted on surveillance video at the blast site and another nearby location where a similar bomb was found but did not explode. Investigators also said they found...... (read more)
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24. Following Terror Suspect Capture, New York Remains Vigilant
September 19, 2016
Following the swift arrest of Ahmad Khan Rahami — the prime suspect in connection with the New York-area bombings over the weekend — New York authorities provided reassurance that the city would continue to see a beefed up security presence throughout the week, in addition to the resources already in place for this year’s U.N. General Assembly.... (read more)
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25. NY Bombing Shakes Up Afghan-American Community
September 19, 2016
After the Orlando, Florida, nightclub shooting in June, many Afghan-Americans distanced themselves from attacker Omar Mateen, the New York-born man whose parents immigrated from Afghanistan in the 1980s.
After the weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey in which Afghan-born Ahmad Khan Rahami has been implicated, some say they can no longer maintain the fiction that the perpetrator is not one of their own.
"We can't just say he's not part of us,"...... (read more)
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