Saudi warplanes target fresh areas across Yemen

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Saudi military aircraft have conducted a new round of airstrikes against several areas across Yemen.

On Tuesday morning, massive explosions shook Ta’izz, situated 346 kilometers (214 miles) south of the capital, Sana’a, as Saudi fighter jets launched airstrikes against the international airport in the southwestern Yemeni city.

There were no immediate reports of possible casualties and the extent of damage caused in the aerial assaults.

Saudi warplanes also hit the al-Omari camp north of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and off Yemen’s coast as well as the al-Arqoub military camp, which lies east of the Yemeni capital. No words about casualties were available.

Moreover, Saudi jets struck the road linking Haydan district to Maran region in the northwestern province of Sa’ada, though, no casualties were reported.

A Yemeni fisherman lost his life on Tuesday, when Saudi frigates fired a number of missiles at the Mokha port city, situated 346 kilometers (214 miles) south of Sana’a.

Saudi military aircraft also targeted a truck carrying crates of fruits in the Kholan neighborhood of Sana’a.

Meanwhile, Yemeni army soldiers backed by allied fighters from Popular Committees fired several rockets at the main military base in the al-Khobe district of Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border province of Jizan on Tuesday. There were no reports of casualties among Saudi troopers.

Yemeni forces also repelled an offensive by militiamen loyal to fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi in Kofel district of Yemen’s central province of Ma’rib.

Tens of Saudi soldiers were also reportedly killed when Yemeni army forces ambushed them close to the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.

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ISIS video threatens attack on US

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A new Islamic State video has warned that countries taking part in Syria airstrikes will suffer the same fate as France, which was hit with multiple attacks on Friday. It specifically threatens an attack on Washington.

A man in the video states that just as the center of France was hit by terror attacks on Friday, the US capital of Washington DC will suffer the same outcome at the hands of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).

It was not immediately possible to verify the authenticity of the video, Reuters reported.

ISIS claimed responsibility for attacks in Paris on Friday which left 129 people dead and 352 others wounded. Seven of the attackers blew themselves up, and police have been searching intensively for accomplices.

The assaults were the worst to take place on French soil since World War II.

Speaking at the Center for Strategic International Studies on Monday, CIA director John Brennan said he wouldn’t consider the Paris attacks a “one-off event,” but added that he would never say attacks are “inevitable,” as the agency “works 24/7 to prevent attacks from taking place.”

ISIS also claimed it brought down a Russian airplane over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 passengers onboard.

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Swedish city of Gothenburg largest incubator of ISIS terrorists in Europe

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Dozens of radicalized European citizens have joined the extremist group of ISIS in the Swedish second largest city Gothenburg, the Swedish integration police chief, Ulf Boström, said on Sunday.

ISIS is considered the most organized terrorist group among several other Islamist cells uncovered in Sweden.

“ISIS has the strength, intellectual capacity and ability to coordinate. They are no fools,” Boström said in a statement.

The Swedish security service, Säpo, revealed that over 300 Swedish nationals have left the country heading to the embattled countries of Syria and Iraq to fight for ISIS.

“Some 120 young men are from Gothenburg city, which, in proportion to its population, contributes the highest number of people to violent extremism,” Boström said.

Those who joined the ISIS terror group are mainly descending from the criminal gangs who reside the Gothenburg suburbs, “many are of the young people who believe they have no future,” he argued.

“This really affects my work in Gothenburg as the vast majority of Muslims here hate terror attacks. They sometimes ask me, ‘How do you protect the good Muslims’.”

“They are terrified that this kind of terrorism creates a more xenophobic Europe,” he said.

Boström has previously been very critical of the Swedish government’s approach to returning militants.

In May, at least 100 Swedish militants have returned home and none of them has been prosecuted under the laws related to terror actions, according to the chief of Swedish integration police.

“Although the government has the names and social security numbers of these returning militants, who came back from Syria or Iraq, it still provides them with health care and helps them.”

The ISIS extremist group claimed Saturday its responsibility for the terror attacks on the French capital Paris on Friday, during which at least 127 people were killed and 300 more injured.

With the terrorist returning home from the frontlines in Syria and Iraq, many western leaders fear they could radicalise their fellow countrymen or may launch attacks on home soil.

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ISIS executes 73 of its own militants for evacuating headquarters in Sinjar, Iraq

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The terrorist group of ISIS has reportedly executed dozens of its insurgents who fled recent battles with the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Shingal (Sinjar) district in northern Iraq, official sources reported on Sunday.

“Under the request of the group’s alleged caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, some 73 ISIS militants, who apparently fled the fighting with the Peshmerga forces in the Yezidi region of Shingal few days ago, were executed,” the Kurdish official Saeed Mamozini told reporters in Erbil.

He stressed the executions were carried out by firing squad south of Mosul.

Earlier this week, the terror group executed a number of its local Iraqi militants in Anbar province west of the country on charges of high treason and dissidence from the group, an eyewitness said on the condition of anonymity.

The source revealed that the extremist group has recently arrested dozens of its Iraqi members, who were apparently trying to desert the group and flee outside the ISIS-held city of Ramadi.

“The group has executed eight local members in the town of Zankoora, in Anbar province,” the source added.

In the meantime, ISIS foreign members carried out a campaign of arrests against Iraqi members of the group, executing dozens on charges of high treason.

Over the past few days, the terrorist group has faced defeat in both Syria and Iraq. In Syria, ISIS lost control of the key town of al-Hawl in Hasakah province, northeastern Syria.

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Canadian opposition urges government to continue air striking ISIS

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Some Canadian political leaders called on Saturday for vigorous action against terrorism including continued involvement in military action against the ISIS terrorist group in the wake of Friday’s attacks in Paris.

Opposition leader Rona Ambrose has called on the government to immediately reverse its decision to pull fighter jets from the US-led bombing mission against ISIS, saying that the attacks on France should prompt Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to rethink his government’s withdrawal plans.

“The signal that it sends to abandon that role at this time is not prudent”, the interim Conservative leader said at a news conference in Ottawa. “The fight against ISIS requires a strong humanitarian response, but also a military response. It is important that we remain resolute and support our allies”.

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Muslim world condemns Paris attacks, expresses solidarity with France

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Organizations representing Muslim people in the Netherlands and around the world denounced terrorist attacks in Paris that left over 120 people dead and almost 100 people in critical condition.

From its side, the Union of Mosques in France (UMF) called “on the Muslims of France to make prayers for the protection of our nation and of our people,” Rapid News Network reported.

Saphirnews, a Muslim news website in French, reported on Sunday that French Muslims were once again becoming “collateral victims of terrorism”.

On the other side, Indonesian President Joko Widodo noted in a press conference, on Saturday that his country condemns the violence that took place in Paris.

In addition, the largest Muslim group in the United States, CAIR, immediately condemned the Paris attacks after the news first broke out, adding, “These savage and despicable attacks on civilians, whether they occur in Paris, Beirut or any other city, are outrageous and without justification”. “Islamophobia exists and should be dealt with, institutionally and by the politicians”.

From his side, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Ameen Madani condemned in the strictest terms the terrorist attacks perpetrated in the French capital Paris on Friday, which claimed lives of nearly 130 and caused injuries to many innocent people, OIC reported.

Meanwhile, Madani called upon all governments across the world, international organizations and civil society institutions in all countries to close ranks and engage in a concerted joint action to combat the scourge of terrorism, which has become the arch enemy of humanity at large.

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Malaysian PM calls on Muslim leaders to spread true teachings of Islam

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Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak called on world Islamic leaders and top figures to spread the true teachings of Islam so that the concept of an Islamic nation could be understood to protect many from accepting the ideology of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS).

This was because the ideology of the ISIS group did not reflect the true Islam, the prime minster told a press conference after attending a dinner in conjunction with the 10th edition of the G20 Summit Meeting.

“The true concept of the Islamic nation and Islamic state must be understood and explained because if we don’t understand the true concept, we can fall victim and accept the ISIS ideology,” he said while stressing the importance of the role that should be played by Islamic leaders on the matter.

During the session which discussed the global challenges relating to terrorism and the refugee crisis, Najib told the G20 leaders that Islam was a religion of peace, moderation and did not allow innocent people to be killed, nor did it allow anyone to commit suicide such as becoming suicide bombers and so on.

He said there was a need to study in depth to see why there are people who believe in ISIS ideology and are prepared to do such things that are forbidden by Islam.

“It’s either that they feel there is injustice, there is no hope for the future or a sense of hopelessness or that they have been marginalized or they feel a sense of social injustice, or they believe that the Caliphate concept championed by the IS is the true path,” he added.

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Glasgow Cinema Cancels Screening of Iranian Film “Muhammad (PBUH)”

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A movie theater in Glasgow, Scotland, which planned to screen the Iranian film “Muhammad (PBUH), the Messenger of God”, cancelled its decision under pressures by certain Arab countries.

RT Arabic reported that the screening was called off due to unknown letters of threat by those opposing the movie.

The letters were reportedly sent from such countries as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Nigeria.

Sources said that the letters did not threaten the cinema staff, but the manager decided to cancel the screening in order to preclude possible problems and conflicts.

The decision, however, has been criticized by the British Muslim community who liked to watch the movie.

“We won’t allow them to portray Islam as an extremist religion. We have tried for years to live in freedom and peace beside all other religions in the British community,” British Muslims say.

Glasgow authorities have reportedly endorsed the Muslim community’s opinion and urged the movie theater owner to explain the reasons behind the decision.

It is not yet clear whether the film will be screened in Britain or not.

The movie, which is the first part of Iran’s big-budget trilogy on the life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), premiered in cinemas across Iran on August 26, and attracted a large number of audiences.

A number of internationally-acclaimed professionals, including Academy Award winning visual effects supervisor and filmmaker Scott E. Anderson, three-time Oscar-winning Italian director of photography Vittorio Storaro and renowned Croat production designer Milijen Kreka Kljakovic collaborated in making the film.

Academy Award-winning Indian music composer Allah-Rakha Rahman has written music for the movie.

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Iran’s Judiciary Chief Condemns Terrorist Attacks in Paris, Beirut,Yemen

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Head of Iranian Judiciary Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli-Larijani on Monday strongly condemned the crimes of terrorists in Yemen, Beirut and Paris.

He said the Western countries and the US in particular which upport Daesh Takfiri terrorists should be accountable.

Speaking to a group of judicial officials, he said Daesh Takfiri terrorists have launched new phases of crimes and atrocities in Lebanon, Yemen and Paris claiming lives of many innocent people.

The US and European states as main supporters of Daesh should be accountable for its crimes, Larijani said.

The US officials should not be reprimanded but brought to justice for supporting the crimes of terrorist groups and creation of Daesh , he said.

The European and the US should prevent entry of terrorists to the region, he said, adding that they should keep in mind that terrorism is a double-edged blade which finally harms the Western states.

Daesh is now spreading terrorism around the globe and latest findings indicate that a remarkable number of French youths have voiced readiness to join which should be regarded as a catastrophe, said the judiciary chief.

To seriously deal with Daesh Takfiri terrorists, the Western states should halt their support for them, he said.

On Syrian crisis and the role of Vienna meeting in resolving the crisis, he said the Syrian people should make decision on their fate.

‘If Vienna conference succeeds in halting support for terrorist groups, it will be regarded as a significant stride to this end,’ he said.

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Commander of Jeish al-Fatah Captured Alive by Syrian Soldiers

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The Saudi field commander of Jeish al-Fatah terrorist group was captured alive by the Syrian army troops in Aleppo province.

The Syrian army units captured the Jeish al-Fatah field commander Abdullah Mehesni during a special operation near the city of Aleppo.

An informed source revealed that Abdullah Mehesni, a Saudi citizen way up the chain of command of the Takfiri terorist group, was captured alive after the Syrian forces fired a missile at his car and as he was driving.

The Syrian army along with Hezbollah fighters and the National Defense Forces (NDF), and backed up by Syrian-Russian Air Forces, have been marching on militant group’s positions in Aleppo province in recent weeks.

According to the latest reports, government forces and their allies have gained back almost 410 square kilometers of Aleppo’s territories since the start of their massive operations early in October, killed hundreds of Takfiri terrorists and destroyed tens of militants’ strongholds and depots, a large number of military vehicles, weapons and military equipment.

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