The most dramatic video shows a massive, black plume of smoke rising from the ground after US military bombs level Baghdadi’s compound. “We suspect [ISIS] will try some form of retribution attack. And we are postured and prepared for that,” says Marine General Kenneth McKenzie, the commander of US Central Command.
As protests in Lebanon over the dire economic situation and political corruption gain momentum, demonstrators' irreverence toward senior figures who have long commanded respect shatters social traditions.
PM Benjamin Netanyahu condemns as "nonsense" comments by Bar-Ilan University Prof. Mordechai Kedar that Yigal Amir did not kill Yitzhak Rabin but that another gunman did, as part of a political conspiracy. Bar-Ilan University says Kedar’s views don’t reflect those of the school.
The elimination of Islamic State's leader is a victory, to be sure, but it is not, by any stretch of the imagination, the end of the war on terror.
Efforts to replicate the rocket threat in the Gaza Strip have been nipped in the bud due to Israel’s intelligence network and nightly counter-terrorism raids. Meanwhile, Iran-backed PIJ has been challenging Hamas, as it seeks to position itself as the “authentic” armed faction that confronts Israel.
