Militants killed 12 people in a shooting and a suicide bombing on Saturday in the northern city of Tikrit, police said. The attacks, which targeted one checkpoint on the west side of the city and another on its northern edge, also wounded 23 people, officers said.
The Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry pointed out that his country’s views on the Syrian crisis contrast with those of Saudi Arabia, asserting that the terrorist groups cannot remain in Syria. Saudi Arabia has aimed to change the Syrian leadership, while Egypt considers that only the political means can end ...
