Arab League Denounces Terrorist Attack Near Moscow

FILED - 17 February 2019, Munich: Egyptian diplomat and Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul-Gheit attends the last day of the 55th Munich Security Conference. Photo: Tobias Hase/dpa
FILED - 17 February 2019, Munich: Egyptian diplomat and Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul-Gheit attends the last day of the 55th Munich Security Conference. Photo: Tobias Hase/dpa
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Arab League Denounces Terrorist Attack Near Moscow

FILED - 17 February 2019, Munich: Egyptian diplomat and Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul-Gheit attends the last day of the 55th Munich Security Conference. Photo: Tobias Hase/dpa
FILED - 17 February 2019, Munich: Egyptian diplomat and Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul-Gheit attends the last day of the 55th Munich Security Conference. Photo: Tobias Hase/dpa

Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place near Moscow on Friday.
He described the attack as an act that cannot be justified under any pretext.
In a statement, Aboul Gheit expressed his deepest condolences to the Russian government and the families of the victims of the attack and also wished a speedy recovery to the injured.

Camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons at concertgoers near Moscow on Friday, killing at least 60 people and injuring 145 in an attack claimed by ISIS.

In the deadliest attack in Russia since the 2004 Beslan school siege, gunmen sprayed civilians with bullets just before Soviet-era rock group "Picnic" was to perform to a full house at the 6,200-seat the Crocus City Hall just west of the capital.



Iran-Backed Iraqi Militia Vows to Continue Fighting Israel

20 November 2024, Iraq, Baghdad: A view of an empty street near Baghdad's Tahrir square during a nationwide curfew restricting movement of citizens through the census period. (dpa)
20 November 2024, Iraq, Baghdad: A view of an empty street near Baghdad's Tahrir square during a nationwide curfew restricting movement of citizens through the census period. (dpa)
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Iran-Backed Iraqi Militia Vows to Continue Fighting Israel

20 November 2024, Iraq, Baghdad: A view of an empty street near Baghdad's Tahrir square during a nationwide curfew restricting movement of citizens through the census period. (dpa)
20 November 2024, Iraq, Baghdad: A view of an empty street near Baghdad's Tahrir square during a nationwide curfew restricting movement of citizens through the census period. (dpa)

One of the most powerful Iran-backed factions in Iraq said it would continue its operations in support of Gaza despite the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire.

Iraqi militias have repeatedly launched attacks on Israel from Iraq in the nearly 14 months since the Israel-Hamas war broke out.

In a statement, the Kataib Hezbollah group said that the ceasefire would not have been possible without the “resilience of Hezbollah fighters and the failure of the Zionists to achieve their objectives, making the decision solely Lebanese.”

The group said that a pause by one member of the so-called Axis of Resistance, which includes Iran-backed groups from Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen, would not undermine the broader “unity of fronts” strategy.

The militia also said the US had been Israel’s partner “in all acts of betrayal, killing, destruction and displacement,” and said it “will eventually have to pay for its actions.”