BAGHDAD: Islamic State claimed responsibility on Tuesday for an attack on Monday targeting an army post in northern Iraq which security sources said had killed a commanding officer and four soldiers. The attack took place between Diyala and Salahuddin provinces, a rural area that remains a hotbed of activity forContinue Reading
BAGHDAD: A “bombing” overnight Friday hit a military base in central Iraq housing army troops and pro-Iranian paramilitaries, two security sources said.The explosion hit the Calso base, where former pro-Iranian paramilitary group Hashed al-Shaabi — now integrated into the regular army — is stationed, according to an interior ministry sourceContinue Reading
The Wagner Mercenary Group has sent a warning to the Russian establishment after the grisly demise of leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, the man behind the failed military coup in June. Before the flames had receded on the airplane wreck that claimed the lives of 10 people outside Moscow, masked members ofContinue Reading
Four children and two adults have been injured in a mass stabbing in the French city of Annecy, after a knife-wielding man stormed a playground. Security sources told AFP, a man armed with a knife ambushed a group of children aged about three years old on Thursday morning at aboutContinue Reading