Iraqi FM warns against `poisonous` extremism in Syria

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 05:41

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Friday that efforts to stop the civil war in Syria must tackle the "poisonous" extremism and sectarianism threatening the region.

China introduces new banking law to freeze terrorists` assets

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 18:37

China has introduced a new law enabling banks to freeze assets of "terrorists" as it doubled the budget in the restive Xinjiang region to combat growing militancy following a bloody year of anti-government attacks.

Car bomb in Lebanon town near Syria kills at least three

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 02:47

A car bomb on Thursday ripped through the main square of Hermel, a Hezbollah bastion in Lebanon`s Bekaa Valley, killing three people in the latest attack linked to Syria`s war, officials said.

1,069 killed in Syrian rebel infighting: Activists

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 22:38

Two weeks of fighting between an al Qaeda-linked group and other rebel forces in Syria has killed more than 1,000 people, an activist group said today, as clashes raged between the rival factions in a northwestern town.

Lebanon arrests commander of al Qaeda-linked group

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 08:15

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) arrested a commander of al Qaeda-linked terrorist group Wednesday during a raid in western Bekaa region, which also left one person dead, according to a statement by army.

India, China, Russia to hold trilateral meet on Afghanistan

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 00:13

Senior officials from India, China and Russia will hold a trilateral meet in Beijing on Thursday to discuss the emerging situation in Afghanistan.

Lebanon Army says jihadist commander arrested

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 22:07

Lebanon`s army on Wednesday announced the arrest of a commander loyal to Al-Qaeda, adding he was involved in an attack against the military last month.

Trial of Kenya Westgate mall massacre suspects opens

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 19:19

The trial of four men charged in connection with Kenya`s Westgate mall massacre opened on Wednesday, an attack claimed by Somalia`s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents.

Saudi sentences Qaeda suspects to death for expat murders

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 07:22

Saudi court sentenced two suspected al-Qaeda members to death today for the 2007 murder of four French expatriates near the western city of Medina, a judicial source said.

Turkey police target charity in anti-Qaeda raids

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 00:33

Turkish anti-terror police on Tuesday detained two dozen people in a nationwide operation against al Qaeda.

Sunni gunmen seize more turf in Iraq`s Ramadi: Police

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 23:53

Sunni fighters including al Qaeda-linked militants have overrun several more areas of Ramadi, one of two Iraqi cities near Baghdad, police said on Tuesday.

Turkey police arrest two dozen in anti-Qaeda raids

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 22:37

Turkish anti-terror police on Tuesday detained 25 people in a nationwide operation against al Qaeda that targeted an Islamic charity linked to the beleaguered government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.