Boko Haram suicide bombers attack mosque in Cameroon
Two female suicide bombers suspected of belonging to the Boko Haram militant group blew themselves on Monday near a mosque in Cameroon’s Far North province, military officials said on Monday.
It was not immediately clear if the explosions caused other fatalities.
Boko Haram has led a six-year campaign for an ISIS in northeastern Nigeria. Neighboring countries including Cameroon joined forces against the group last year, driving its offensive beyond Nigeria and displacing thousands of people.
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Four Shia Teenagers Win Top Titles at Saudi Arabia’s Quran Competition
Four Shia teenagers in Saudi Arabia managed to win top ranks in the 3rd edition of national Quran and Hadith memorization competition held in the holy city of Medina.
The four are students of Tarateel Al-Fajr Quranic Institute affiliated to Alam Al-Huda Cultural Center in Safwa, a Shia-dominated region located north of Qatif and South of Jubail.
Seyyed Abdullah Rami Hashim Al-Sadah and Abdullah Ahmad Al Mubarak were respectively the fourth and sixth rank winners in memorization of 5 Juzes (parts) of Quran.
In memorization of 20 Juzes of Quran Seyyed Muhammad Hashim Al-Shurafa won the seventh rank and Tahir Fathi Al Abdullah was the 13th top participant in memorization of 10 Juzes.
It was the second time that representatives of the Quranic institute attended the national Quran competition and won top ranks.
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Imam Hussein shrine unveils the history of ‘Karbala in the Ottoman Documents’
Ahlul Bayt News Agency – The International Media of the Imam Hussein Holy Shrine has published the first edition of ‘Karbala in the Ottoman Documents’, within a project to obtain all documents associated with the holy city and its holy shrines.
The head of the International Media, Hassan Ali Kadhum, said, “After nearly two years of hard-fought efforts, we were able to obtain, translate, categorize, typeset and design the documents associated with Karbala to publish the first edition of ‘Karbala in the Ottoman Documents’ consisting of 516 pages.”
Sabah al-Taliqani, project’s coordinator, added “We categorized the documents into eight parts: Military, Financial, Administrative, Medical, Economical, Religious, Tribal and Architectural,” mentioning the initiation of the work on the second edition, which will contain other categories concerning other fields.
It is noteworthy that the Ottomans ruled Iraq for four centuries up until 1920.
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Bahraini Court Acquits Policeman who Shot Protestor Dead
Ahlul Bayt News Agency – A Bahraini court acquitted on Sunday (November 8, 2015) a policeman who deliberately opened fire at a protester, who was holding a photo of the opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, in protest against Salman’s arrest.
Activists on social media posted a video showing the security forces while targeting a protest (January 20, 2015) with “shotguns” from close range before the protestor fell to the ground.
Bahraini courts have acquitted a number of policemen involved in killing protestors. The Bahraini Prime Minister, Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, vowed that the law won’t be applied to the policemen.
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More than 156 terrorists killed, 98 sorties carried out by Syria’s Army Air Force in different areas
Ahlul Bayt News Agency – Military spokesman of the Syrian Arab Army said on Monday that army units achieved great success through establishing control over al-Sefsafeh, al-Sheikh Ahmad, Berrawi, Azeezeh, azeeziyeh sama’an and Tal Mamou villages in Hama and Aleppo countryside.
The military spokesman added in a statement that the army’s air force carried out 98 sorties during the past three days against gatherings of terrorist organizations and their command centers in Damascus, Homs, Hama, Aleppo, Idleb, Deir Ezzor and al-Raqa countryside.
“The sorties ended up with destroying five fortified sites for terrorists and three command centers in al-Qariytain city, Talbeeseh town, Eastern Ghouta and Khan Sheikhoun in addition to destroying dozens of vehicles in the surroundings of the Air Force Academy and in the surroundings of al-Shaer oil field, a- Baiyrat area and east Jub al-Jarah in the eastern countryside of Homs as well as depots in al-Lattamneh, kafar Zeta and kafar Naboudeh in Idleb countryside,” The military spokesman said.
He added that the army units in the southern areas targeted gatherings of terrorist organizations in the old customs, the Refugees Camp, the Meteorology- al-Sad road , Daraa al-balad , the surroundings of Ataman town , the east of Jaleen town and al-Naeimeh center in Daraa countryside, killing large numbers of terrorists and destroying mortar launch-pads and nine vehicles equipped with machine guns.
Meanwhile, other army units established control over al-Hazem al-Westani mountainous range to the east of Saddad town after fierce battles with the Islamic State ( ISIS) terrorists , thwarting infiltration attempts from the direction of Um Sahreej, Unq al-Hawa , Rahoum towards Maksar al-Hisan and Jub al-Jarah, killing more than 40 terrorists, most of them are from foreign nationalities in the eastern foot of al-Haiyan mountain on Palmyra – al-Baiyrat road in Homs countryside and destroying more than 20 armored vehicles and pickups equipped with machine guns, according to the spokesman.
In the north-western countryside of Hama , army units established control over al-Sefsafeh village after killing 28 terrorists from the so-called Jaish al-Fateh, destroying their arms and munitions, the Spokesman said.
He added that army units, in cooperation with the popular defense groups, have resumed their operations in Aleppo countryside successfully, establishing control over Berrawi, Azeezeh, Azeeziyeh sama’an, Tal mamou and al-Sheikh Ahmad villages after killing a large number of terrorists and destroying their arms and munitions,
“The army’s intensified operations in Aleppo countryside led to a state of collapse at the terrorists who accuse each other of lingering,” the Spokesman said.
In the north eastern countryside of Lattakia, army units, in cooperation with popular defense groups, expanded their control over the hills that surround Ghamam town and seizing Turkish medicine, cocaine, arms and ammunition during hunting terrorists in the hills surrounding Jub al-Za’arour and al-Farq mountain, according to the spokesman.
He affirmed that the army’s artillery dealt heavy blows to the dens of terrorists in al-Karoura Mountain, Arafeet, Okober, al-Zweik, al-Darmashliyeh, Deir Hanna, Kabaneh and katef al-Ghadr and Katef al-Ghanameh in the north eastern countryside of Lattakia, inflicting heavy losses upon them in personnel and equipment.
Army Units which protect Deir Ezzor Airport carried on fierce battles against ISIS terrorists, killing 58 of them, injuring scores and destroying an armored vehicle and three vehicles equipped with machine guns and rocket launching-pad in Naseeb Dgheim , al-Zera’a and Hweijet al-mariyeh.
The military spokesman concluded that army units enjoy high morale and carry out duties strictly, leaving a state of frustration and collapse at the ranks of the terrorists.
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14th Palestinians in Europe Conference to be held in Sweden
Ahlul Bayt News Agency – The presidency of the Palestinians in Europe Conference, the Palestinian Return Centre, London, and the Adalah Centre in Sweden officially declared the convention of its 14th conference in the Swedish city of Malmo on May, 07, 2016.
The 14th Palestinians in Europe Conference comes in light of regional and international changes that affected the Palestinian arena.
Many key issues will be on the agenda for the conference. The refugees in Syria will be the key topic as well as other Palestinian issues, most significant, the Aqsa Mosque and the Israeli threats of temporal and spatial division and even the destruction of the Muslims’ holy site.
The conference was held for the first time in London (2003) then followed by conferences in Berlin, Vienna, Malmo, Rotterdam, Copenhagen, Paris and others.
This conference is now a major event in Europe and has been running successively for thirteen years. It has successfully bonded thousands of Palestinians to the just cause of Palestine and their right of return.
The conference is usually attended by participants from all over the European continent, representatives of Palestinian associations, institutions and organizations both from within Europe and beyond. Additionally, the attendance included a number of official and public figures; notwithstanding academicians, artists, journalists and leaders of Palestinian civic society bodies in Sweden and across the continent.
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Hamas: We do not negotiate with the occupation
Ahlul Bayt News Agency – Member of Hamas’s political bureau Mousa Abu Marzouk strongly denounced president Mahmoud Abbas for accusing his Movement of holding negotiations with the Israeli occupation and attempting to annex an area of the Sinai to the Gaza Strip.
Abbas had told journalists in Cairo, following his meeting on Sunday with Egyptian president Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi, that ousted president Mohamed Morsi, when he was still in office in 2012, had offered him 1,000 square kilometers of the Sinai in order to expand the territory of Gaza and liquidate the Palestinian cause.
Abbas also accused Hamas of engaging in direct negotiations with the Israeli occupation.
“We have never had the idea of replacing one inch of Palestine with meters from other land, despite all calumnies and allegations made against us,” Abu Marzouk stated on his Facebook page on Monday.
“We neither negotiate with the [Zionist] entity, nor will we recognize it. We will remain resisting it until its demise,” the Hamas official underlined.
“There is no emirate in Gaza, nor will be there any state without Gaza. Our desired country extends from the sea to the river, and if some people saw it wishes, we will make it a reality,” he added.
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