A leading Iraqi expert in ISIL (ISIS) and other armed groups were shot dead in Baghdad on Monday after receiving threats from Iranian-backed militias, security and interior officials said. Hisham al-Hashemi, 47, was shot near his home in the Zeyouneh area of Baghdad and was pronounced dead in a hospital, …
Read More »
GENEVA (Reuters) – The US drone attack in January in Iraq that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and nine other people represented a violation of international law, a UN human rights investigator said Monday. FILE PHOTO: A supporter of Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah takes photos of the late …
Read More »
Turkey will respond if the European Union imposes further sanctions on Ankara, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Monday after meeting with the EU’s top diplomat. France’s foreign minister said last week that EU ministers would debate Turkey on July 13 and said further sanctions against Ankara could be considered, in …
Read More »
Hisham al-Hashimi, 47, appeared frequently in local and foreign media as an analyst, especially during the Iraq battle against ISIS. He was also an expert voice on Iraqi politics and extremist Shiite groups and had been an adviser to previous Iraqi governments. Al-Hashimi died at Ibn Al-Nafees Hospital in Baghdad …
Read More »
Israel has said he carried out fresh air forays into the Gaza Strip in response to three suspected rockets fired from the embattled Palestinian enclave. No victims were reported in the attacks late on Sunday. That took place amid intense tensions over Israel’s widely criticized plan to illegally annex parts …
Read More »