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27 Apr 2017, 11:13 am by Rachel Bercovitz
More than 9,000 police personnel were additionally suspended from their posts. [read post]
20 Mar 2017, 10:52 am by Jordan Brunner
After shooting and injuring a police officer, firing his gun in a bar, and carjacking a vehicle to speed to the airport, Ziyed Ben Belgacem was shot by two soldiers. [read post]
16 Mar 2017, 12:09 pm by Jordan Brunner
IMF Director Christine Lagarde has condemned the French attack as a “cowardly act of violence,” and has said that the IMF is working closely with French police to investigate. [read post]
15 Mar 2017, 11:33 am by Jordan Brunner
  The BBC reports that at least 31 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack at the main court complex in Damascus, Syria this morning. [read post]
3 Jan 2017, 9:28 am by Quinta Jurecic
Turkish police are still in search of the shooter, though fourteen people have been detained; authorities have released a photograph of the suspect and indicated that he may be from Kyrgyzstan or elsewhere in Central Asia. [read post]
29 Nov 2016, 12:56 pm by Zachary Burdette, Quinta Jurecic
An anonymous “senior official in the pro-Damascus military alliance” claims the Russians are pushing for this quick timetable in preparation for a shift in American policy on Syria, Reuters notes. [read post]
14 Oct 2016, 1:06 pm by Zachary Burdette, Quinta Jurecic
The Syrian government negotiated an evacuation deal with 400 rebels entrenched outside Damascus, reports Reuters. [read post]
26 Sep 2016, 12:59 pm by Quinta Jurecic
Meanwhile, German police arrested a young man on Saturday on suspicion of membership in ISIS. [read post]
26 May 2016, 2:50 pm by Alex R. McQuade
Meanwhile, Iraqi police reclaimed villages just outside of Fallujah as part of a campaign launched earlier this week to recapture the war torn city. [read post]
19 May 2016, 12:11 pm by Alex R. McQuade
” Over in Syria, forces loyal to President Bashar al Assad and allies have recaptured a town southeast of Damascus from rebels. [read post]
16 May 2016, 2:11 pm by Alex R. McQuade
” News broke last Friday that Hezbollah’s top military commander was killed in Syria by an explosion at Damascus airport on Thursday. [read post]
26 Apr 2016, 12:22 pm by Alex R. McQuade
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for yesterday’s car bombing in a district south of Damascus. [read post]
11 Apr 2016, 10:47 am by Elina Saxena
” Days after the Islamic State abducted 300 cement workers near Damascus, the militant group released most of the workers but killed four among them who were reportedly members of the minority Druze sect and continue to hold 20 pro-government gunmen. [read post]
7 Apr 2016, 1:09 pm by Alex R. McQuade
” “At least 200 people are reported missing after a suspected attack by the so-called Islamic State on a cement factory near Damascus,” according to the BBC. [read post]
4 Apr 2016, 1:13 pm by Alex R. McQuade
The AP also tells us that, earlier today, two people were killed and six others were wounded in a bomb explosion aimed at police forces. [read post]
29 Mar 2016, 1:42 pm by Alex R. McQuade
But there is a catch: the United States must coordinate with Damascus much like Russia did when it entered the conflict. [read post]
18 Mar 2016, 12:29 pm by Alex R. McQuade
Salah Abdeslam, the most wanted fugitive behind the Islamic State’s terrorist attacks in Paris last November, was arrested today after a shootout with police in Brussels. [read post]
22 Feb 2016, 12:54 pm by Cody M. Poplin
But in the city of Faisalabad, three police officers were killed in a suspected Islamic State attack. [read post]
1 Feb 2016, 1:07 pm by Alex R. McQuade
According to the AP, Kabul’s police spokesman, Basir Mujahid, said the suicide bomber detonated himself after joining the line of people waiting to enter the police headquarters. [read post]
27 Jan 2016, 11:23 am by Elina Saxena
-supported rebel group suffered a loss of Sheikh Miskeen, a key town located at the crossroads of a supply route between Damascus and the Jordanian border which was taken by Syrian forces. [read post]