After the recent execution of Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr by Saudi Arabia, the Middle East once again risks devolving into sectarian chaos. A mob torched the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, prompting Saudi Arabia and a number of its Sunni allies to break diplomatic relations with Iran. In response to the unfolding chaos, the Wall Street Journal responded by asking “Who Lost the Saudis?” — fretting that the lack of support from the United States could…
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At least four Daesh insurgents were killed in a foreign troops’ drone strike in eastern Nangarhar province today, officials of 201 Selab Military Corps said. The incident took place in Achin district of the province after a foreign troops drone targeted the Daesh insurgents, officials said. There were no civilian casualties in the airstrike, he said. This comes after the Afghan Air Force carried out an air strike in Achin on Monday, and destroyed a…
LADDAH: Important militant leaders were among 19 Taliban killed in a drone strike in Paktika province of Afghanistan on Monday night, according to sources. They said a US drone targeted a compound in Bagheecha area of Gomal district where Taliban fighters, mainly from South Waziristan’s Mahsud offshoots, had gathered for a meeting. Of the 19 militants killed in the strike, 11 had been associated with the Khan Said Sajna group and eight belonged to the…
The bodies of 18 fighters of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) who were killed in drone strikes in Afghanistan have been returned and buried inside Pakistan. Reports suggest that the dead bodies were buried in villages located near the Afghan border. 14 of them reportedly belonged to Mehsud tribe and four others to Ahmadzai Wazir tribe. According to Azadi Radio’s affiliate Mashaal Radio, the militants were killed in two drone strikes in Gomal District of Paktika province…