They did not give details about the location of the air strikes. They reported they took place in the northern syrian city and major strong hold of Islamic State. Public demand for retaliation against Islamic State has been mounting many jordan. In the capital a rally was held to comemorial service rate the pilots death. Citizens demand the Islamic State militant group be destroyed. We are not afraid of Islamic State militants. We will win. Absolutely. Jordan should go all out against Islamic State. Meanwhile in washington a u. S. State Department Spokesperson welcomed jordans resumption of attacks on Islamic State. Jordan which suffered this horrible loss themselves is not only clearly comfortable continuing to fly missions which shows the strength of the coalition and intensified efforts and doubled down on their commitment to defeat isil. King abdullah attended the funeral. The service for the air force pilot took place in his hometown in central jordan. The king met his relatives f
Islamic state militants have claimed responsibility for suicide bombings that killed dozens of people in eastern libya. The attackers detonated explosives in cars near a Police Station and a gas station. Middle Eastern Media say it killed more than 40 people, including egyptians. The Islamic State group says two members carried out the attacks. It was in revenge for egyptian air strikes. Planes bombed militant sites monday in darna. They were retaliating for the groups killing of egyptian workers. Islamic state militants are increasingly active in eastern and northern libyan cities. Egyptian leaders are urging other governments to do more to fight them. U. S. Military Officials Say a campaign to retake iraqs second largest city of mosul from Islamic State militants could begin as early as april. They controlled mosul since last june. The u. S. Military estimates there are up to 2,000 militants in the city. Its one of the main strongholds. The Officials Say the u. S. Will train iraqi an
Agreements starting from a comprehensive ceasefire, and withdraw of heavy weapons. The ministers called for a Ceasefire Monitoring mission to be reinforced and extended for another year. Ukrainian foreign minister hinted at a gap in opinions with russia over the capture of a strategic town after the ceasefire took effect. Unfortunately, there was no political agreement on how to condemn what happened. All tragic events and all infringements for ceasefire. This week marks a year since an uprising in ukraine toppled a pro russian president and sparked a war. Separatists and Government Forces have been battling over territory in the eastern part of the country. More than 5,600 people have been killed. An armed man opened fire at a restaurant in the czech republic. He killed eight people before turning the gun on himself. The man burst into a restaurant in the eastern town and started shooting inzrem nantly. There were about 0 customers in the restaurant. The shooter was a local man in his
The proposal would give japanese leaders the right to exercise collective selfdefense. The two sides will also discuss the issue of chinas growing defense budget. Officials in beijing say spending will increase by more than 10 this year. Their counterparts in tokyo say theyre looking for more transparency in chinas defense policies. Diplomats from the two nations will join their south korean counterpart next week in seoul. Theyll try to hammer out an agenda for a meeting of foreign ministers. Sugiyama will meet with Chinese Vice Foreign minister lu geminning and south korean minister foreign affairs. Representatives from the three sides met in september for similar talks. Japanese officials are hoping the discussions will be a stepping stone toward a summit between the three countries. Members of japans Ruling Coalition are getting ready for talks that could bring a turnaround in Security Policy. Theyll be discussing an outline of laws that would allow their country to exercise its rig
Young men. Uemura was frequently seen with a group of boys. People who knew him say he was punched in the face by members of the group. Police have discovered mobile phone messages uemura sent before he was murdered. He had been asking his friends for help. More details on that story as they come in. Now in other news a prominent american newspaper has unmasked the Islamic State member dubbed jihadi john. The blackclad man with the british accent has appeared in the groups videos. He wields a knife in videos that purportedly show militants murdering inging hostages. The Washington Post says he is mohammed emwazi. The report describes him as a briton in his mid 20s from a welltodo family. It says he was born in kuwait and raised in london where he graduated from university. Bbc news says emwazi was known to British Security services. Media reports say that in may 2009 he flew to tanzania with his friends and was detained by police on upon upon arrival. He was released but later question