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JERUSALEM ndash; Muslim leaders have told Palestinians to return to Jerusalem s Al-Aqsa mosque to pray after Israel dismantled controversial new security measures, CBS Radio News correspondent Robert Berger reports.Israel installed metal detectors and cameras at the site known to Jews as the Temple Mount after a deadly Arab shooting attack two weeks ago. Thousands of Palestinians had been praying in the streets outside the shrine to protest the security measures since the crisis began. Trump committed to Israel-Palestinian peace deal 02:34 adidas campus 80s After extensive discussion and after achieving this victory in this round we call on our people in Jerusal air force 1 em and inside Israel and anyone who can access the Al-Aqsa Mosque to enter ... en masse, the Islamic leaders declared in a statement.The head of the Supreme Islamic Committee, Ikrema Sabri, said the first prayers would be held there Thursday afternoon.Israel installed the new security measures earlier this month after Palestinian gunmen shot an nike sb dunk d killed two police officers from within the site. It said the security measures were necessary to prevent more attacks and are standard procedure to ensure safety at sites around the world. Palestinians claimed Israel was trying to expand its control over the site.The issue sparked some of the worst stree Cijj U.S. to require negative COVID-19 test for all international travelers
A Taliban commander announced a unilateral cease-fire Monday in a northwestern Pakistan region where the military says it has killed around 1,500 militants in an ongoing offensive.The military was not available for comment on the Taliban s move in Bajur region, which is a major transit route for militants traveling to fight U.S. and NATO forces in neighboring Afghanistan.It follows the introduction of an already week-old cease-fire between the go stanley cup vernment and militants in the Swat Val stanley cup ley, a stanley cup usa nother northwestern region, in support of a peace process there.The United States and other Western governments have criticized the Swat truce and negotiations, saying they could create a safe haven for al Qaeda and Taliban in the region.Unlike in Swat, the Taliban in Bajur had been losing ground in recent months, most analysts say, and the military has several times claimed to be close to victory. Taliban commander Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, announced the cease-fire, in an FM radio broadcast. We have decided to observe a cease-fire, he said. I direct all of my fighters to stop armed actions against the government, he said. We will take strict action against anyone who violates the order. Pakistan is under intense international pressure to crack down on al Qaeda and Taliban militants in the northwest blamed for increasing attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan. U.S. officials also fear the region is being used to plan terrorist attacks on the West.Earlier Monday, the paramilitary Frontie
LONDON -- A former hostage held in Syria by Isla adidas campus mic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS extremists for more than six months has described mock executions and other forms of psychological torture against him and other captives.Spanish journalist Javier Espinosa wrote in The Sunday Times that militant Mohammed Emwazi played a lead role in the mock executions. Emwazi, a Londoner nicknamed Jihadi John, is believed to have played a central role in a series of beheading videos. Jihadi John e-mails suggest ISIS militant had suicidal thoughts 02:11 adidas campus Espinosa, who work adidas samba og s for El Mundo and was on assignment for the Spanish daily when he was abducted in September 2013, characterized Emwazi as a bloodthirsty psychopath who enjoyed threatening him and other Western hostages.He said Emwazi caressed his neck with a long blade and described how he would behead Espinosa: Feel it Cold, isn t it Can you imagine the pain you ll feel when it cuts Unimaginable pain, he quoted Emwazi as saying.Emwazi went on to describe precisely how the beheading would occur, the former hostage said, and explained where he would place Espinosa s head once it had been done. Espinosa described how the militants took pleasure in telling their more than 20 hostages each day that they would be beheaded. He said Emwazi used an ant Iqul Machu Picchu reopened for lone tourist who was stranded in Peru because of COVID-19
Updated 1:10 a.m. ESTDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan Several missiles fired from American drones slammed into a compound near the Afghan border in Pakistan early Tuesday, killing eight suspected stanley mugs militants, Pakistan officials said.The two intelligence officials said the compound was located near the town of Mir Ali, in the North Waziristan tribal area.One of the officials said an al Qaeda operative was believed t stanley thermosflasche o have been killed in the strike.They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. North Waziristan, the area where the strike occurred, is considered a stronghold for insurgent groups operating in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is one of the few parts of the tribal areas that border Afghanistan in which the Pakistani military has not conducted a military operation to root out militants, despite repeated pushes to do so from the American government.Tuesday s strike was the fourth since the new year began.On Sunday, nine Pakistani Taliban fighters were killed when American missiles fired from several drones flying overhead slammed into three militant hideouts in another tribal area, South Waziristan.The militant in ch stanley cup arge of training suicide bombers for the Pakistani Taliban was believed by Pakistan intelligence officials to have died in Sunday s strike. On Jan. 2, a drone strike killed a top Pakistani militant commander, Maulvi Nazir. He was accused of carrying out deadly attacks against American and other targ
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JERUSALEM ndash; Muslim leaders have told Palestinians to return to Jerusalem s Al-Aqsa mosque to pray after Israel dismantled controversial new security measures, CBS Radio News correspondent Robert Berger reports.Israel installed metal detectors and cameras at the site known to Jews as the Temple Mount after a deadly Arab shooting attack two weeks ago. Thousands of Palestinians had been praying in the streets outside the shrine to protest the security measures since the crisis began. Trump committed to Israel-Palestinian peace deal 02:34 adidas campus 80s After extensive discussion and after achieving this victory in this round we call on our people in Jerusal air force 1 em and inside Israel and anyone who can access the Al-Aqsa Mosque to enter ... en masse, the Islamic leaders declared in a statement.The head of the Supreme Islamic Committee, Ikrema Sabri, said the first prayers would be held there Thursday afternoon.Israel installed the new security measures earlier this month after Palestinian gunmen shot an nike sb dunk d killed two police officers from within the site. It said the security measures were necessary to prevent more attacks and are standard procedure to ensure safety at sites around the world. Palestinians claimed Israel was trying to expand its control over the site.The issue sparked some of the worst stree Cijj U.S. to require negative COVID-19 test for all international travelers
A Taliban commander announced a unilateral cease-fire Monday in a northwestern Pakistan region where the military says it has killed around 1,500 militants in an ongoing offensive.The military was not available for comment on the Taliban s move in Bajur region, which is a major transit route for militants traveling to fight U.S. and NATO forces in neighboring Afghanistan.It follows the introduction of an already week-old cease-fire between the go stanley cup vernment and militants in the Swat Val stanley cup ley, a stanley cup usa nother northwestern region, in support of a peace process there.The United States and other Western governments have criticized the Swat truce and negotiations, saying they could create a safe haven for al Qaeda and Taliban in the region.Unlike in Swat, the Taliban in Bajur had been losing ground in recent months, most analysts say, and the military has several times claimed to be close to victory. Taliban commander Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, announced the cease-fire, in an FM radio broadcast. We have decided to observe a cease-fire, he said. I direct all of my fighters to stop armed actions against the government, he said. We will take strict action against anyone who violates the order. Pakistan is under intense international pressure to crack down on al Qaeda and Taliban militants in the northwest blamed for increasing attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan. U.S. officials also fear the region is being used to plan terrorist attacks on the West.Earlier Monday, the paramilitary Frontie
