Friday

October 30, 2015

Armed conflicts and attacks

Andrew Parker, head of British security agency MI5, states that ISIS terrorists are planning attacks in Great Britain and current terror threat levels are the highest he's witnessed in his career. (The Telegraph)

Syrian Civil War

At least 65 people are killed and 250 injured in Syrian government airstrikes targeting a marketplace in the city of Douma, Syria. (WSJ) (Reuters) (Al Jazeera via Yahoo!)

American-led intervention in Syria

U.S. President Barack Obama is set to send Special Operations forces to regions in northern Syria under Kurdish control to help local forces fight the Islamic State. (New York Times) (Reuters)

Israeli–Palestinian conflict (2015)

Two assailants are shot dead by Israeli police after knife-wielding Palestinians attacked Israelis in Jerusalem and in the West Bank. Another four people, including a Palestinian assailant, are injured in incidents at an Israeli checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Nablus and at a tram station in East Jerusalem. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)

Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)

The Iranian-funded Shi'ite Al-Mukhtar Army claims responsibility for Thursday's deadly rocket attacks near the Baghdad International Airport that killed 23 members of an exiled Iranian opposition group, the People's Mujahedin of Iran. (Reuters)

Arts and culture