April, 2024

• 9 April

  Notorious Iraqi extremist killed in suicide bombing in Syria

  

  A notorious Iraqi extremist leader was killed in a suicide bombing in Syria’s rebel-held north-west, it was revealed on Friday. Abu Maria Al Qahtani was killed in an attack by an ISIS fighter using an explosive belt, said former Al Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir Al Sham, which rules Syria’s last …

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• 9 April

  Report: 20 killed in clashes in Syria’s restive Daraa province

  

  At least 20 people were killed in clashes Sunday in Syria’s Daraa governate a day after an explosion killed a group of children, a rights monitor said. Daraa was the cradle of the 2011 uprising against President Bashar Assad but it returned to government control in 2018 under a cease-fire …

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• 9 April

  Worrying signs exist that IS growing stronger in Syria

  

  Slowly but surely, the Islamic State terror group seems to be regaining its footing in Syria, launching new and brazen attacks against forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Just-released data from U.S. Central Command, which oversees U.S. forces across the Middle East and South Asia, puts the number of …

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• 9 April

  CEP Report: Central Syria’s ISIS Insurgency In 2023

  

  The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) released a report today detailing ISIS activity in central Syria in 2023 showing that ISIS attacks, high quality attacks, and civilian and military casualties rose dramatically last year—and were often more aggressive than in recent years. The 215 ISIS attacks chronicled by CEP often utilized …

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• 9 April

  The war in Gaza has been ongoing for exactly six months: Is an end in sight?

  

  The war in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement, which has been ongoing for six months and has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people, shows no signs of ending, according to the German news agency dpa. Negotiations for a ceasefire and the release of hostages …

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• 9 April

  What’s happening: Israel has withdrawn most of its troops from the southern Gaza Strip, leaving only one brigade behind

  

  The Israeli army has withdrawn all its ground forces from the southern Gaza Strip except for one brigade, said an army spokesman. The army did not immediately provide further details. It is unclear whether the withdrawal will postpone the entry of the army into the city of Rafah in southern …

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• 9 April

  Netanyahu: There is no force in the world that will stop us

  

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated that Israel will continue with its goal of eliminating all Hamas brigades, including those in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza. Commenting on his statements, a Hamas spokesperson told Al Jazeera that this calls into question the purpose of the ongoing negotiations in …

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• 9 April

  Iran Update, April 8, 2024

  

  Senior Iranian military officials have continued to suggest that they will carefully calibrate Iran’s response to Israel’s killing of senior IRGC commanders in Syria. This careful approach aims to avoid a direct war with Israel. Iranian Armed Forces Chief of the General Staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri said on April …

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• 9 April

  Yugoslavia’s NATO Bombing Victims: Official Death Toll Unclear, 25 Years Later

  

  Twenty-five years after the start of NATO’s air strikes on Yugoslavia, no exact casualty figures have ever been established and no official comprehensive list of all the civilian victims’ names exists – allowing the death toll to be manipulated by politicians. On March 24 last year, in his speech at …

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• 9 April

  30 Years After Ceasefire Deal, Bosnia’s Mostar Can’t Escape Divisions

  

  The 1994 Washington Agreement ended fighting between Bosniak and Croat forces, but in the historic city of Mostar, people’s everyday lives and the local political scene are still troubled by the legacy of the wartime past. Only a few passers-by are to be seen early in the morning on what’s …

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