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Updated 3:45 pm: Israel continued its relentless assault of Gaza for a fifth day Saturday, vowing no let-up in a bombing campaign which has killed 127 Palestinians, mostly civilians, and injured nearly 1,000. Defiant fighters from Gaza responded by firing nine more rockets towards Israeli occupied territories, with Hamas rejecting international ...

Updated 12:54 pm: Israel continued its bombing campaign of Gaza for a fourth day Friday, killing a total of 100 people, mostly civilians, and injuring nearly 700, the Gaza health ministry said. Fighters in Gaza fought back with rockets, without causing any fatalities or serious injuries. But one rocket on Friday ...

Co-authored by Abbas Kadhim* and Luay Al Khatteeb** Before the security collapse in Mosul, the conventional wisdom among Iraq experts was that Iraq had two options to guarantee security when faced with challenges above the capacity of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF): the United States and Iran. Following this thinking, ...

As Israeli forces began their assault on the Gaza Strip, Israel’s leaders and media ramped up a rhetoric offensive, using dehumanizing discourse to garner support for deadly military action in the besieged Palestinian territory. Operation “Protective Edge” – Israel’s latest military offensive to be given a name with nurturing undertones ...

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2014 — As tension and unrest rise in Iraq, the Maliki government has been blamed for running a Shia regime that has “marginalized Iraq’s Sunnis.” Based on this premise, some have concluded that the marginalization is the reason Iraq’s Sunnis are supporting ISIS and welcoming them in ...

The Gaza health ministry has released the names and ages of 41 Palestinians killed so far in the besieged strip since Israel began its relentless assault early Tuesday. Among those killed, 13 were aged 16 or younger. The youngest victim, 18-month-old Mohammed Malakiyeh, was killed along with his 27-year-old mother. ...

Palestinian resistance fired several rockets at several cities in the Israeli depth late on Tuesday, with the missiles reaching for the first time Haifa city. “For the first time, the (Ezzedine al-) Qassam Brigades strike Haifa with an R160 rocket, and strike occupied al-Quds with four M75 rockets and Tel ...

Israeli war jets bombed 160 targets in the Gaza Strip overnight, the military said Wednesday, including a hospital and homes, as the casualty toll in the ongoing assault climbed to 41 deaths and over 370 injuries. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meanwhile threatened to escalate attacks on the besieged strip. ...

The number of Palestinians killed in the ongoing Israeli air attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip has risen to at least 35 people. Latest reports say at least seven Palestinians, most of them women and children, were killed in the latest attacks on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 35 ...

At least 14 Palestinians, including two children, have been killed and 80 others injured in a fresh spate of air attacks by the Israeli regime on the besieged Gaza Strip. This comes as the Israeli army carried out more than forty air strikes on the blockaded enclave on Tuesday. The ...