BEIRUT—Women held in a camp housing families of ISIS terrorists in northeast Syria tried to kidnap their Kurdish guards Monday, an opposition war monitor said. The attempt led to a shooting that left one child dead and several other people wounded. A Kurdish official confirmed there was an attempt to kidnap female guards but had…
Biden Voices Support for Iron Dome, Plans to Visit Israel on Call With PM Bennett
The White House announced Sunday that President Joe Biden plans to visit Israel later this year. On a Feb. 6 call with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Biden affirmed his “unwavering” support for Israel and agreed to visit the country later this year, according to a White House readout of the conversation. The White House…
Biden Administration Waives Sanctions Related to Iran Civilian Nuclear Activities
The Biden administration on Friday waived sanctions related to Iran’s civilian nuclear activities, reversing the Trump administration’s decision to rescind them. Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed several sanctions waivers related to Iran’s civilian nuclear activities which would exempt foreign countries and companies that work in Iran’s civilian nuclear sector from American penalties. The Wall Street Journal, which first reported…
China, Russia, Iran Pose Rising Threats to US, Free World: Experts
Decades-long divides between China and Taiwan, Russia and Ukraine, and Iran and Israel are capturing the world’s attention as tensions mount in each of the three distinct areas of the world. Experts spoke to The Epoch Times about the role of the United States in each potential conflict area. David Wurmser, a senior analyst at…
Turkey’s President Erdogan Tests Positive for COVID-19
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he had tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19. “The result of our COVID-19 tests done after showing mild symptoms with my wife came back positive. Thank god we are going through Omicron variant of the disease mildly,” Erdogan said in a tweet, shortly after addressing…
Attack That Left 13 US Troops Dead in Afghanistan Was Not Preventable: Pentagon
The bombing at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan last year that left 13 U.S. troops dead could not have been prevented, Department of Defense officials said on Feb. 5. “Based on our investigation at the tactical level, this was not preventable and the leaders on the ground followed the proper measures, and any time there…
Moroccan Rescuers Dig Toward Child Trapped in Well
RABAT—Rescuers were delicately removing rocks on Saturday as they dug towards a young boy who has been trapped for five days in a well in northern Morocco, a dangerous operation constantly imperiled by the threat of landslides. Workers with mechanical diggers have been trying round the clock to rescue the 5-year-old child, identified just as…
Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Severe, Deadly COVID-19: Study
People who are vitamin D deficient are 14 times more likely to have severe COVID-19 and to die from the disease, according to research from scientists in Israel. The peer-reviewed study, published in the journal PLoS ONE, looked at vitamin D levels before a person contracted COVID-19 and the disease’s severity and mortality. Researchers from Azrieli Faculty of…
Turkey: 19 Migrants Now Found Dead at Border With Greece
ISTANBUL—Turkish authorities on Thursday found seven more dead bodies near Turkey’s border with Greece, raising to 19 the number of migrants who have frozen to death at the frontier. Turkey has blamed Greece for the deaths, accusing Greek border guards of illegally pushing the migrants back over the frontier. Greece has strongly rejected the accusation….
Former Australian Major General on ISIS Leader’s Death
Australian Sen. Jim Molan, a former army general, has said the death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi is a reminder that, amid the threats posed by China and Russia towards Taiwan and Ukraine, the threat of ISIS “did not go away.” Molan praised the United States for their operation in northwest Syria on Feb. 3 that targeted…
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