A police officer at the wheel of a patrol car was injured this morning when was attacked with a knife in front of the Cannes police station in southeastern France, by a man who said he committed this act “in the name of the Prophet”, sources close to the law enforcement forces told the French […]
Tag: Terrorism
An explosion near a school in Kabul killed 55 people, mostly children
A car bomb explosion near a school in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killed at least 55 people and injured more than 150, mostly schoolgirls. This is reported by Reuters with reference to officials. An agency source said the explosion occurred when the schoolgirls were returning home from school. Boys and girls in this school […]
In Nigeria, Students Have Been Kidnapped And Killed One By One. The Authorities Are Against Negotiations
In Nigeria, five students were killed, a group of whom, along with employees of the University of Greenfield in Kaduna, were kidnapped for ransom by one of the local gangs. State Department of Homeland Security Commissioner Samuel Aruvan announced this on Facebox. On April 20, in the classrooms of a private university in northwestern […]
Qasem Soleimani killing was a ‘wake-up call’ to Tehran: Prince Turki
The U.S. airstrike that killed Iran’s top commander showed Tehran that it can’t get away with its provocations, but won’t stop the country from continuing with its agenda, a former chief of Saudi intelligence told CNBC. “The taking out of (Qasem) Soleimani definitely has been an important step to check at least some of the […]
Iran’s Rouhani makes veiled threat to US and EU troops in Middle East
Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s president, looks on during a news conference in Tehran, Iran, on February 6, 2018. Ali Mohammadi | Bloomberg | Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — In an angry speech on state television, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani lashed out at the U.S. and Europe for its presence in the Middle East and […]
My grandfather was an Iranian general who was killed in the revolution
Major Gen. Parviz Aminiafshar was commander of the Imperial Guards and head of G2 Military Intelligence for Iran’s Royal Army. Source: Yasmin Khorram There is another story about the killing of an Iranian general. And unlike Qasem Soleimani, he wasn’t an enemy of the U.S. In fact, as one of the top ranking military officials […]
Iran is closer ‘than ever before’ to regime collapse, says Gen. Jim Jones
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Iran has had a turbulent past week, marked by more than a hundred Iranian deaths and dramatically increased tensions with the U.S. As it enters into the third day of protests fueled by popular anger over the government’s handling of a downed passenger jet, some observers argue this is […]
US slaps new sanctions on Iran following strikes on US targets
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced new sanctions Friday on Iran’s metal exports and eight senior Iranian officials. The penalties came days after Iran fired missiles at U.S. targets in Iraq in retaliation for an American airstrike in Baghdad that killed Iran’s top military leader, Qasem Soleimani, last week. After […]