Afghan President Ashraf Ghani issued a decree promising to release 1,500 prisoners belonging to Taliban as a goodwill gesture to get intra-Afghan negotiations started. (Image: social media) Afghanistan's President Ghani signs decree to release 1,500 Taliban fighters https://t.co/2oeOcTcXF0 pic.twitter.com/yIj6cXrM7h — Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) March 11, 2020 A recent peace deal signed between the United…
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Idlib: Putin meets Erdogan “confidentially”
President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Recep Erdogan on March 4 that a face-to-face meeting was necessary amid the escalation in Idlib, Syria. #Kremlin: Russia-Turkey talks https://t.co/n7mI73sS8I pic.twitter.com/7MeKyEBRBY — President of Russia (@KremlinRussia_E) March 5, 2020 “We always have something to talk about, but now the situation in the…
Lyon: Mohamed H. principal suspect
The main suspect of the bomb attack in Lyon Mohammed H. a computer science student of 24 years, and three members of his entourage were arrested May 27 and placed in custody, announced the Paris prosecutor’s office and sources close to the ‘investigation. https://twitter.com/PATRIOTOSORUS/status/1133267164654448641 The Algerian student, previously unknown to the police, according to officials, is…
Iraq: French jihadists sentenced to death
Three French Daesh members sentenced to death in Iraq. (Image above: Baghdad). The three French citizens found guilty of joining the Islamic Sate group have been named as Kevin Gonot, Leonard Lopez and Salim Machou. They have 30 days to appeal https://t.co/7t4y9C8YvS 📷 @Delilsouleman pic.twitter.com/dSsLvVv69z — AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 26, 2019 Kévin Gonot,…
ALERT! Strasbourg perpetrator at large
Strasbourg police asked inhabitants to stay inside, while the operation is ongoing. The perpetrator has been under police surveillance on list S. of radicalised individuals. In issued press-release police explained the course of events in Strasbourg: “Around 20H, an individual entered the perimeter of the Christmas Market from the side of the birdge Corbeau and took the…
EU expresses solidarity to Afghans after bomb attack
Two journalists were among 20 people killed in Kabul in twin bomb attacks on a wrestling club on September 5, with the second blast targeting media and emergency services at the scene of the initial explosion. The first attack took place around 6 p.m. local time when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest in…
Journalists killed in Kabul suicide blast
Two suicide blast at rush hour in Kabul claimed lives of more than 20 people, and left many injured. In a first explosion, a suicide bomber detonated himself close to the National Directorate of Security (NDS), the main Afghan intelligence agency, TOLOnews reported quoting official sources. VIDEO: At least 25 people were killed, including Agence…
Macron declares fight against terrorism as a priority
President Macron confirmed that the fight against “Islamic terrorism” is the priority of his foreign policy, announcing the news at a conference dedicated to the fight against the financing of terrorism. https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/902519918435876864 Speaking in front of 170 ambassadors of France at the meeting in Paris, the head of state considered that the security of the…
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