a Saudi citizen and former leader of the now-defunct extremist Jund al-Aqsa militant group. Local media activist Kenana Hindawi said the motorcycle Makki was riding was hit by two missiles.

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The grim discovery comes nearly a week after clashes in Idlib province between the jihadist Jund al-Aqsa rebel group and Al-Qaeda’s former Syrian affiliate and allied factions. At least 131 ...

AL-QAIDA-ALLIED insurgents advanced to within three miles of the Syrian city of Hama yesterday. Jund al-Aqsa, which is part of the Nusra Front — al-Qaida’s Syria’s branch — captured the town of ...

Israel Limits Muslim Worshippers at Al-Aqsa by Age During Ramadan JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will permit some Muslims over 50 and their children from the occupied West Bank to enter Jerusalem's ...

Israel has imposed strict restrictions on Palestinians from the occupied West Bank trying to reach Jerusalem for prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the second Friday of Ramadan. An Anadolu ...

Thousands of Palestinians performed the first Friday prayer of the holy month of Ramadan on Friday at Al-Aqsa Mosque, amid stringent military measures imposed by the Israeli occupation authorities ...

Jerusalem, Mar 7 (EFE).- Around 90,000 Muslim worshippers gathered for congregational prayers at al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site, on the first Friday of Ramadan, despite Israeli ...

JERUSALEM - Israel will permit some Muslims over 50 and their children from the occupied West Bank to enter Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Fridays during Islam’s holy month of Ramadan ...