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9 September, 2024
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani. Photo: Anadolu Agency / Pool via Reuters
Middle East

Iraq PM to visit UK, says he will sign security deal with Britain

Mohammed Shia al-Sudani touted ‘new era’ in ties with UK. Iraq is trying to avoid becoming a conflict zone once again amid regional upheaval.

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History

Like a giant jigsaw puzzle, Iraq’s historic treasures become whole again

War and conflict

Opinion | China can help Syria transform from conflict corridor to bridge of commerce

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Middle East

Opinion | Syria a chance for Middle East to shape its own, better future

The stability of Syria, at the heart of the Middle East, is in the interests of all. It is time for regional actors, not external ones, to lead the change.

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Syrian leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani waits to welcome a Ukrainian delegation in Damascus, Syria, on December 30. The world has been beating a path to his door. Photo: Reuters
United States

New Orleans attacker wore Meta smart glasses for reconnaissance, FBI says

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who killed 14 people in the New Year’s Day attack, made two trips to New Orleans in October and November.

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Prince William

Prince William ‘saddened’ at death of ex-nanny’s stepson in New Orleans attack

Edward Pettifer was stepson of Tiggy Legge-Bourke, nanny to William and Harry. Pettifer is final victim to be identified in New Year attack.

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United States

US truck carnage planned weeks ago, bomb materials found at attacker’s home

Shamsud-Din Jabbar also tried to burn his rented house down by setting a fire in a hallway and placing accelerants to help spread it.

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Shamsud-Din Jabbar was fatally shot in a firefight with police at the scene of the attack in New Orleans. File photo: Facebook via Reuters
United States

US warns of possible copycat attacks after New Orleans truck rampage

Law enforcement agencies cited the ease of acquiring vehicles and the ‘low skill threshold’ required for staging such attacks.

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United States

From US Army to Isis: FBI seeks clues into New Orleans attacker’s radicalisation

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Texas native and US Army veteran, killed 14 in New Orleans after pledging support for Islamic State.

Terrorism

FBI says New Orleans truck attacker acted alone, was ‘100% inspired’ by Isis

Investigators seek clues to Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s path to radicalisation following deadly New Orleans rampage.

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A surveillance image shows Shamsud-Din Jabbar an hour before he drove a truck down Bourbon Street, New Orleans. Photo: FBI via AP
United States

New Orleans attack, Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion raise US security fears

FBI investigates New Orleans truck-ramming that killed 15, Cybertruck explosion outside Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel that killed driver.

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The FBI probing the deadly New Orleans truck-ramming and whether terrorism is behind Tesla truck explosion in Las Vegas. Photos: Reuters
United States

Who is Shamsud-Din Jabbar, New Orleans truck attack suspect?

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, served in the US Army for 13 years, including a deployment to Afghanistan.

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United States

Isis-inspired driver expressed desire to kill before deadly New Orleans rampage

Suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar was killed in a firefight with police, but authorities do not think he was acting alone.

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Middle East

Syria appoints foreign Islamist fighters, including Uygurs, to military: sources

Appointments include Uygur fighters from a group that China labels a terrorist organisation.

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Members of Syria’s new armed forces, former rebels who overthrew Bashar al-Assad’s government. Photo: AP
Israel-Gaza war

Israel targets Gaza City hospital with missile, killing 7: Palestinian officials

Israeli said Al-Wafaa Hospital was not being used at the time of the attack and was instead functioning as a Hamas command centre.

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Damage is seen after an Israeli strike on Al-Wafaa hospital in Gaza City on Sunday. Photo: Reuters
Middle East

Israel and Turkey seize the chance to shape Syria’s future post-Assad

While Turkey backs the HTS regime, Israel is destroying its military capacity and claiming territory – fuelling fears of fragmentation.

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Middle East

US says it doubled number of its troops in Syria before Assad’s fall

Washington has for years said it has some 900 military personnel in Syria as part of international efforts against Isis.

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Syria

Syria’s ousted leader Assad says he wanted to keep fighting but Russians evacuated him

Syria’s Bashar al-Assad issued his first statement since being toppled from power.

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A billboard in Damascus with a picture of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad shows damage by bullet holes. Photo: Reuters
Middle East

Turkey will offer military training to Syria if new administration requests

Nato member Turkey backed the Syrian rebels who toppled President Bashar al-Assad last weekend, ending a 13-year civil war.

Middle East

Opinion | How Syria’s new chapter changes the game for the entire region

After Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow, uncertainties remain about the agenda of Syria’s new government and the interests of foreign powers.

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Middle East

‘Friday of victory’: mass rallies across Syria celebrate fall of Assad

Fireworks and waving flags mark the first Friday prayers since a lightning rebel offensive ended over half a century of brutal rule.

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People gather with independence-era Syrian flags to celebrate the fall of Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad at the Umayyad Square in central Damascus on Friday. Photo: AFP
Middle East

Russia aims to secure deal with new Syria leaders to keep vital military bases

Talks are taking place for Russia to maintain a military presence in Syria after the overthrow of Kremlin ally Assad.

Russian aircraft, helicopters and military equipment at Khmeimim airbase, near Latakia, Syria. Photo: Maxar Technologies via Reuters
Afghanistan

Isis says behind suicide blast that killed Afghan minister

Suicide blast in Afghanistan’s capital marks the highest-profile casualty since the Taliban retook power three years ago.

Middle East

Assad’s fall in Syria will not weaken ‘strong and powerful’ Iran: Khamenei

Assad has long played a strategic role in Iran’s anti-Israel ‘axis of resistance’, especially in supplying weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon.

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Middle East

Afghanistan’s refugees minister killed by suicide blast

Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani was killed in an explosion at the ministry’s offices in the capital Kabul.

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Afghanistan’s Minister for Refugees Khalil Haqqani (middle) at a refugee camp near the Afghanistan-Pakistan Torkham border in 2023. Photo: AFP
Middle East

Isis comeback? Syria power vacuum marks opportunity for jihadists

A chaotic political transition following Bashar al-Assad’s exit from Syria could offer Isis’ scattered jihadists benefits.

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Portraits of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are dumped in a skip in the Damascus suburb of Daraya. Photo: AFP
Joe Biden

Biden says Assad’s fall a ‘fundamental act of justice’, but ‘a moment of risk’

The outgoing Biden administration and President-elect Donald Trump were working to make sense of new threats and opportunities across the Middle East.

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Syria

Syria’s Assad in Moscow after deal on military bases: Russian state media

Bashar al-Assad and family granted asylum in Russia after his regime was toppled in a lightning rebel advance.

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