An image distributed by al Shabaab after the attack on a military base in Kenya shows a Somalia’s al Shabaab militant holding the group’s flag next to a burning aircraft, said to be at the Manda Bay Airfield in Manda, Lamu, Kenya January 5, 2020. Al-Shabaab/Handout via REUTERS The US has confirmed that one service

Members of the Iraqi parliament are seen at the parliament in Baghdad, Iraq January 5, 2020. Iraqi parliament media office/Handout via REUTERS Iraq’s parliament called on Sunday for U.S. and other foreign military forces to leave amid a growing backlash against the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander that has heightened fears of

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks following the U.S. Military airstrike against Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, Iraq, in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 3, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites “very hard” if Iran attacks Americans or U.S. assets after a drone strike

Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamist group on Sunday attacked a base in Kenya’s Lamu county used by both U.S. and Kenyan forces and it published pictures of masked militants standing next to aircraft in flames, though the images could not be immediately verified. The attack began before dawn and was still under way four hours later,

Iraqi counter-terrorism forces stand guard in front of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 2, 2020. (AFP Photo) Two loud explosions Saturday rocked Baghdad’s Green Zone, which houses government offices and foreign embassies. According to unconfirmed reports, a missile landed in the vicinity of the U.S. Embassy in the Iraqi capital. A Katyusha rocket

This undated photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, shows Maj. Gen. Esmail Ghaani. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei later on Friday appointed Qassem Soleimani’s deputy, Maj. Gen. Esmail Ghaani as the new commander of the Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force. Soleimani was killed in the U.S. airstrike in

Photo Credit Nairobi wire The man admitted he is aware he has been linked to the Somali guy alleged to be Betty’s new lover- He denied being the man in question holding the speculations are misleading- News about Betty’s Somali lover was first made public by NTV news anchor Ken MijunguAspiring Kenyan politician Alinur Mohamed

Soleimani was killed in US drone airstrike in Iraq Thousands of mourners gathered in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Saturday at the start of a funeral procession for top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone airstrike a day earlier. Iranian and Iraqi officials were present at the procession, which is

The commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force, Gen. Qasem Soleimani (3rd from R), attends a religious ceremony, Tehran, March 27, 2015. (AFP Photo) With the killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the U.S. and Iran have been brought face to face in their war in the Middle East, which is likely to bring about

FILE – In this Dec. 24, 2019 photo, President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media following a Christmas Eve video teleconference with members of the military at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump says Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the target of a Friday U.S. airstrike in Iraq was “plotting to kill”