Tag: military

Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Jafari holds a press conference in Tehran AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE
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Members of Iranian Special Forces present in Syria and Lebanon are only ‘counsellors’

Iran confirms the presence on Iranian forces in Syria

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Yemeni Protestor chant slogans during a demonstration against terrorism and assassinations in the capital Sanaa AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED HUWAIS
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Yemeni security reshuffle

President sacks security officials loyal to ousted Saleh

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha
Kurdish women hold pictures of jailed journalists in Istanbul on 10 September during the start of the trial of 44 journalists with suspected links to rebels from the Kurdistan Workers' Party AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC
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Journalists on trial in Turkey highlight Kurdish plight

Journalists held on trial for alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers Party…

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
8 April supporters protest in Tahrir Square on 16 June (File photo) 8 APRIL GROUP
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8 April officer’s mother grieves the ill-treatment of her son

Arrested army officer faces mistreatment in prison

Hend Kortam Hend Kortam
People walk past a row of destroyed buildings near the Al-Hayat Hospital in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on September 10. Syrian troops on Tuesday pounded Aleppo to thwart a rebel advance in Syria's second city, activists said, as Hollywood star Angelina Jolie visited a Jordanian camp for refugees from the conflict. AFP Photo
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Aleppo pounded as Jolie visits Syria refugees

Bloodshed continues in Syria, as Lakhdar Brahimi hold Syrian-crisis talks in Cairo

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Essam Atta case reopened

Case of military detainee allegedly tortured to death reopened due to new…

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha
Screenshot of a video posted on the Internet by Al-Malahem Media Foundation, the media arm of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, on 6 October, shows second in command Saeed al-Shehri AFP PHOTO / HO / AL-MALAHEM MEDIA FOUNDATION
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High ranking Al-Qaeda leader killed in Yemen

Yemeni military declare the death of Sa'id Ali Al-Shihri

Ahmed Aboulenein Ahmed Aboulenein
Malian army admitted responsibility for shooting a bus at a checkpoint in Diabali (File photo) AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO
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“Declaration of war” – Malian Islamists condemn army

Army says attack on Islamic preachers a mistake, Islamists vow to take…

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha
Mohamed Magdy Al-Hamshari was arrested at Rafiq Hariri Airport in Beirut (File photo) AFP PHOTO
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Egyptian doctor arrested in Beirut

Mohamed Al-Hamshari under military investigation in Lebanon

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh
Britain's Prince Harry examines the interior of an Apache helicopter with a member of his 622 Squadron at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, Afghanistan on 7 September AFP PHOTO / POOL / JOHN STILLWELL
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Taliban target kidnap Prince Harry

British royal a high value target during four-month tour in Afghanistan

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh