Source: Time By Jared Malsin There are currently no functioning hospitals in the rebel-held section of the Syrian city of Aleppo following days of heavy shelling and airstrikes by Syrian government and Russian warplanes, medical officials say. Airstrikes took out the last remaining hospital on Friday, according to the Health Directorate […]
Source: Time By Jared Malsin / Istanbul As rebels hope to hold onto their half of Aleppo A fleet of eight Russian warships that entered the Mediterranean on October 26 […]
Source: BBC Iraqi special forces are now less than 1.5km from the eastern outskirts of Mosul and are preparing to enter the city held by Islamic State fighters. Hundreds of Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) troops entered Bazwaya, the last village before the city limits, after launching a dawn assault on Monday. […]
Source: BBC Islamic State (IS) militants have abducted tens of thousands of civilians from around the Iraqi city of Mosul to use as human shields, the UN says. The group […]
Source: BBC Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said his rival Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy plan in Syria would trigger World War Three. He also said the US should focus […]
Source: BBC Hundreds of people in Iraq are being treated for the effects of toxic gases after a sulphur plant was set alight in fighting with so-called Islamic State. The […]
Source: BBC Thousands of people have fled the Mosul area and more are expected as Iraqi troops move on the city to liberate it from the so-called Islamic State (IS). […]
Source: BBC The US Secretary of State has called for all planes to be grounded in key areas of Syria to save the truce there, following an attack on an aid convoy. In a blistering speech at the United Nations, John Kerry said the future of Syria was “hanging by […]
Source: BBC The Syrian government has retaken control of the town of Darayya, after the last rebels left under a deal ending a four-year siege. Buses containing the final remaining […]
Source: BBC By Kelly Grovier Every so often, a photo stops the world in its tracks. The image of nine-year old Phan Kim Phúc, running naked down a street in […]
Source: BBC Turkey says it will take a more active role in efforts to end the war in Syria and accepts President Bashar al-Assad as an interim but not long-term […]
Source: PBS News BY DANIEL MORITZ-RABSON Danish warplanes dropped bombs on the Islamic State in Syria for the first time, the country’s military said Friday. At some point “in the […]
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein May 29 The pre-war Pastor Matthew Williams had gone to seminary, was ordained and thought he understood why people suffer. “God allows suffering […]
Epigraph And if Allah did not repel some men by means of others, there would surely have been pulled down cloisters and churches and synagogues and mosques, wherein the name […]
Source: BBC In a surprise move, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to start withdrawing the “main part” of its forces in Syria from Tuesday. He said the Russian intervention had largely achieved its objectives. The comments come amid fresh peace talks in Geneva aimed at resolving the […]
Source: Arab News By HARUN YAHYA The writer has authored more than 300 books translated into 73 languages on politics, religion and science. The Crusades introduced a whole-new term to the world’s collective mind: “Wars of religion.” For centuries, every time a new war broke out, it was consistently suggested […]
Source: The Economist THE WORLD was shocked by this week’s revelation that a 1,400-year-old monastery in Iraq had been razed to the ground by Islamic State (IS). Satellite pictures obtained […]
Salon: Has World War III begun? Some world leaders and journalists seem to think so. For example, Jordan’s King Abdullah recently said at a news conference that “we are facing a Third World War against humanity,” and that we must “act fast to tackle the response to interconnected threats.” Similarly, […]
Source: The Guardian By Miqdaad Versi If military action were enough to destroy Isis, Sunni and Shia communities would support it. But there is no shortage of concerns – or alternatives On the fateful night when MPs voted to extend airstrikes over Syria, Shabana Mahmood, the Labour MP for Birmingham […]
Source: Belfast Telegraph By Adam Walker Over the past two weeks the world has been witness to a series of terrorist attacks. Lebanese army and civilians gather near the site […]