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We're waiting to hug Edan, says grandmother of hostage to be freed from Gaza
Tel Aviv (AFP) May 12, 2025 Among those waiting anxiously Monday for the release of Edan Alexander, the US-Israeli hostage held by Hamas since October 2023, was his grandmother who said she couldn't wait to hug him. "I feel very excited, happy. The process is still not over, it has only just begun, and we are really waiting to hug Edan and feel that he is truly with us," Varda Ben Baruch said from her Tel Aviv home. Sporting a baseball cap with the slogan "Now" and wearing a T-shirt highlighting the number of days her gran ... read more |
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Iraq arrests IS suspect for inciting the New Orleans attackBaghdad (AFP) April 27, 2025 Iraqi authorities have arrested a suspected member of the Islamic State group for inciting a January truck-ramming attack that killed 14 people in the US city of New Orleans, Iraq's judiciary said Sunday. ... more 
US to withdraw some 1,000 troops from SyriaWashington (AFP) April 18, 2025 The United States will roughly halve the number of troops it has deployed in Syria to less than 1,000 in the coming months, the Pentagon said Friday. ... more 
'Bring him home': Philippines migrant workers grapple with Duterte falloutHong Kong (AFP) Mar 18, 2025 As dusk fell on a Hong Kong beach, around a dozen Filipino migrant workers turned on their phone flashlights and placed them around the image of a clenched fist, a symbol of support for Rodrigo Duterte. ... more 
Iraq says kills senior Islamic State group leaderBaghdad (AFP) Mar 15, 2025 Iraqi security forces have killed a senior Islamic State (IS) group leader responsible for foreign operations, according to the country's prime minister, with US President Donald Trump saying later Friday his "miserable life was terminated". ... more |
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Israeli intelligence chief to head hostage release delegeation in QatarWashington DC (UPI) Jan 11, 2024 Israel is sending the head of the country's intelligence service to Qatar to engage in negotiations to free remaining hostages held by Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office confirmed on Saturday. ... more 
Decade after IS abduction, Yazidi survivor returns to IraqSharya, Iraq (AFP) Jan 10, 2025 Her family had lost hope she would ever return after Islamic State fighters took her and thousands of other Yazidi women and girls as sex slaves from Iraq into Syria during their reign of terror. ... more 
UN experts urge Biden to pardon Guantanamo prisonerGeneva (AFP) Jan 8, 2025 United Nations experts called Wednesday on outgoing US President Joe Biden to issue a pardon for Abu Zbubaydah, who has been held at Guantanamo for nearly 20 years without charge. ... more 
Erdogan warns no place for 'terrorist' groups in SyriaIstanbul (AFP) Jan 7, 2025 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said there was no place for "terrorist organisations" in Syria under its new Islamist leaders, in a warning over Kurdish forces there. ... more
US releases 11 Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo prisonWashington (AFP) Jan 6, 2025 The US Defense Department said Monday it had resettled 11 Yemeni detainees from its Guantanamo prison to Oman, leaving 15 people still held at the controversial American base in Cuba. ... more |
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New Orleans attacker had recorded street using Meta glasses: FBI
Washington (AFP) Jan 5, 2025 The man accused of the ramming attack that killed 14 revelers on a crowded New Orleans street had earlier visited the city on apparent reconnaissance missions, once recording the location using camera-equipped glasses, investigators said Sunday. They said he had also traveled to both Egypt and Canada in the two years prior, though it was unclear what he did on those trips. US Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar first came to the Louisiana city from his Texas home in late October, the Federal Bureau ... read more
Pentagon repatriates Guantanamo Bay detainee to TunisiaWashington DC (UPI) Dec 31, 2024 Guantanamo Bay detainee Ridah bin Salah al-Yazidi was repatriated to Tunisia, leaving 26 remaining at the Cuba-based U.S. military facility, the Pentagon said on Monday. ... more |
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Syrian medics say were coerced into false chemical attack testimonyDouma, Syria (AFP) Dec 23, 2024 Two Syrian doctors and a nurse told AFP in a series of interviews over the weekend that Bashar al-Assad's government coerced them into providing false testimony to international investigators after a deadly 2018 chlorine attack. ... more
US transfers two from Guantanamo Bay to Malaysia following Kenya transferWashington DC (UPI) Dec 18, 2024 Two men held at Guantanamo Bay for 18 years in connection with the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed more than 200 people were repatriated to Malaysia on Wednesday, U.S. authorities said. ... more 
Rapes, torture, killings -- a litany of abuses blamed on Assad forcesParis (AFP) Dec 12, 2024 Bashar al-Assad's government has been accused of carrying out torture, rape, summary executions and other abuses since since Syria's civil war started in 2011. ... more 
Former prisoner revisits Syrian airbase ordealDamascus (AFP) Dec 11, 2024 The surrender of the Mazzeh air base outside Syrian capital Damascus by Bashar al-Assad's forces triggered a round of Israeli air strikes designed to prevent his former arsenal falling into the hands of Islamist rebels. ... more 
Syria chemical weapons: 'large quantities' and major questionsThe Hague (AFP) Dec 9, 2024 The world's chemical weapons watchdog has been probing Syria's stockpiles since 2013, encountering delays, obstructions, and suspicions that Damascus was not giving a full picture. ... more |
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