Archive for December 2, 2024
Syria’s civil war reignites in dramatic fashion as Russia joins airstrikes on rebels who seized Aleppo
The Syrian military and its ally Russia conducted deadly joint air raids Monday on areas that Islamist-led rebels seized control of over the weekend. The strikes were a response to a lightning offensive by the rebels that saw them wrest control of swathes of northwest Syria from government forces. The conflict that started more than…
Read MoreThree persons charged in Sweden with preparation of IS-linked terrorist crime
Swedish prosecutors have charged three persons with preparation of terrorist crime with links to Islamic State (IS), they said on Monday. The Swedish Prosecution Authority said in a statement it had also charged the three, and one more person, with being members of a terrorist organisation, and that the suspected crimes took place between September…
Read MoreTrump administration picks targeted with bomb threats and swatting
Several of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet and administration picks were targeted this week with actions including bomb threats and “swatting,” a spokesperson for the transition team said on Wednesday. The threats were made Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, and law enforcement acted quickly to ensure the safety of those targeted, spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in…
Read MoreDemocratic lawmakers report Thanksgiving bomb threats against their homes
At least five Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut were targeted by bomb threats on their homes Thursday, the lawmakers or their offices said. Sen. Chris Murphy and Reps. Jim Himes, Joe Courtney, John Larson and Jahana Hayes all reported being the subject of such threats. Police who responded said they found no evidence of…
Read MoreMan charged after explosive devices found inside car that shut down I-90 at Mercer in October
U.S. Attorney Tessa Gorman announced Wednesday that a King County man appeared in court Tuesday and was charged by criminal complaint for possession of an explosive device that shut down Interstate 90 at Mercer in early October. According to a press release from the Western District of Washington U.S. Attorney’s Office, Sokphana Soeung, 42, was…
Read MoreKosovo arrests eight linked to canal explosion as tensions with Serbia rise
Kosovo’s Interior minister Xhelal Svecla said on Saturday that police had arrested eight people after an explosion hit a canal that sends water to its two main power plants, an incident Pristina labelled a “terrorist act” by neighboring Serbia. Police raided 10 locations, confiscating more than 200 military uniforms, six shoulder-fired rocket launchers, long weapons,…
Read MoreRussia launches 110 attack drones into Ukraine amid high-level allied visits
Ukraine’s air force said it recorded 110 Russian attack drones launched into the country overnight into Monday morning. Massed Russian drone barrages have become a nightly occurrence in recent months as winter approaches and Moscow targets Ukraine’s energy grid — as it did in the two previous winters of its full-scale invasion of the country.…
Read MoreAmerican Warships Neutralize Houthi Missile Attack in Vital Shipping Lane
The U.S. Navy successfully intercepted seven missiles and drones fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Sunday. The attack targeted two American warships and three U.S. merchant vessels transiting the Gulf of Aden. According to U.S. Central Command, the USS Stockdale and USS O’Kane destroyed three antiship ballistic missiles, three drones, and an antiship cruise missile.…
Read MoreRussian, Syrian jets intensify bombing of Syrian rebel territory
At least 25 people were killed in northwestern Syria in air strikes carried out by the Syrian government and Russia, the Syrian opposition-run rescue service known as the White Helmets said early on Monday. Russian and Syrian jets struck the rebel-held city of Idlib in northern Syria on Sunday, military sources said, as President Bashar…
Read MoreWho are the rebels who have seized control of Aleppo, Syria?
The group behind these dramatic developments, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has held a consequential but checkered role in the country’s long-running civil war. An Islamist group that the US and several other nations long ago designated a terrorist organization, it was known as Jabhat al-Nusra when it formed a formal alliance with Al-Qaida more than…
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