Terrorism

IS accused of trading in human organs

NEW YORK -- The Iraqi ambassador to the UN has asked the Security Council to investigate allegations that the Islamic State members are trading in human organs.

According to this, they use the money to fund their operations.

According to Allied command, US and allied aircrafts launched six air strikes against the Islamic State in Kobani,Syria.

In the last 24 hours allied aircrafts also launched eight raids against positions of the Islamic State in Iraq, according to the same sources.

Whenever you ask diplomatic sources about U.S.-Turkey relations, the kind of answer you get is usually about the ?absence of any problems.?

Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu, on Monday, in a post on the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) Twitter account, has firmly condemned the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) having executed 21 Christian Egyptians, in Libya.

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'We voice our solidarity with Egypt in the fight against terror,' Aurescu added.

Egypt carried out air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets in Libya on Feb.16 after the jihadists posted a video showing the decapitation of 21 Coptic Christians, the military said.
      

A Jordanian court on Feb. 15 sentenced a senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood to 18 months in prison for criticising a decision by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to blacklist his organisation.
      

President Klaus Iohannis strongly condemns the terrorist attacks in Copenhagen on Saturday night and underlines Romania's support for the fight against terrorism, a press release by the Presidential Administration reads on Sunday.

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Local and international institutions, police and security agencies need to cooperate more if the battle against terrorism is to be won, Bosnia's Chief Prosecutor, Goran Salihovic, told a counter-terrorism workshop in Sarajevo this week.

At least three people, including a policeman, have been injured after an explosion near Turkey?s border with Syria on Feb. 13, Do?an News Agency reported.

The explosion occurred near a police checkpoint at the entrance of the Suruç district of the southeastern Turkish province of ?anl?urfa.

EU leaders reacted with deep sorrow and strong unity to the recent terrorist attacks in Paris. These attacks targeted the fundamental values and human rights that are at the heart of the European Union - solidarity, freedom, including freedom of expression, pluralism, democracy, tolerance and human dignity. All citizens have the right to live free from fear, whatever their opinions or beliefs.