Afghans find a credible opposition voice to the Taliban
LUKE COFFEY December 08, 2023 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows no sign of a peaceful conclusion. Meanwhile, the world remains focused on Israel’s war on Gaza. Sometimes it seems that […]
Afghanistan after US withdrawal; risks of Daesh-Khorasan
Aug 13,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Amer Al Sabaileh Two years have passed since the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, and while international attention is focused on other battlefronts, such as […]
Is the Middle East on the threshold of restructuring?
YASAR YAKIS June 04, 2023 The political order that prevailed in the Middle East for centuries came to an end after the First World War. The victors of the war […]
Turkiye’s ambivalent relationship with Daesh
YASAR YAKIS May 21, 2023 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month announced that Abu Hussein Al-Quraishi, the leader of the terrorist organization Daesh, was “neutralized” by Turkiye’s National Intelligence […]
The Daesh time bomb ticking in Syria
GHASSAN IBRAHIM April 07, 2023 The world is beginning to forget about the history of the terrorist organisation Daesh, which is rarely discussed on international forums and in the media […]
UN calls for children’s repatriation from PKK-held camps in Syria
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL APR 02, 2023 Children sit on the ground at al-Hol Camp, in Hasakeh, Syria, Mar. 18, 2021. (AFP Photo) It has been five years since […]
Despite the obstacles, women are our planet’s future
AuthorBARIA ALAMUDDINJanuary 09, 2023 Protesters call on the UN to take action against the treatment of women in Iran on Nov. 19, 2022. (AFP file) Women have made huge global […]
The winners and losers of any Turkiye-Syria rapprochement
CHRIS DOYLE January 02, 2023 The first formal ministerial meeting between Turkiye and Syria in 11 years should be turning heads. Russia hosted talks last week between Defense Ministers Hulusi […]
Three dead, four injured after shooting at Kurdish center in Paris
1 / 2 French riot police run to disperse protesters during a clash after three people were killed in a shooting in Paris on Dec. 23, 2022, (AFP) 2 / 2 News […]
Daesh claims attack on Pakistani envoy in Kabul
Taliban fighters stand guard near to the site of attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. (AP) Short Url Updated 18 sec ago AFP December 04, 2022 KABUL: The […]
Potential risk of reemergence of Daesh in South of Syria
Oct 23,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Amer Al Sabaileh Terrorist activities have recently been increasing in the south of Syria, particularly in the province of Daraa, with the strong presence […]
Daesh threat cannot be eliminated by focusing on individuals
CHRIS DOYLE February 07, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/peze7 That so few people even knew the name Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashimi Al-Qurashi was one of the most extraordinary features of the killing […]
The anti-terror coalition is asleep at the wheel
HAFED AL-GHWELL February 05, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/6sc2z The attack last month on the Kurdish-controlled Ghweyran prison in northeast Syria by 100 Daesh extremists, eerily reminiscent of the 2013 Abu […]
Daesh’s ‘caliph’ is dead, but a new generation is wreaking mayhem
BARIA ALAMUDDIN February 05, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/4ne5s The killing of Daesh’s “caliph,” Abu Ibrahim Al-Quraishi, is a rare foreign policy achievement for US President Joe Biden. However, Quraishi was […]
U.S. trained Afghan military elites “defect” to Daesh
U.S. trained Afghan military elites “defect” to Daesh International November 2, 2021 – Tehran Times TEHRAN – In what might be one of the most disastrous outcomes of the anarchic […]
The Taliban’s secretive war against IS
By Secunder KermaniBBC News, Jalalabad bbc.com Every few days, bodies are dumped on the outskirts of the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. Some have been shot or hanged, some beheaded. […]
Daesh Terror in Afghanistan: A Divide-and-Conquer Operation?
By Kevin Barrett International October 24, 2021 TEHRAN – On Friday, October 15, more than thirty people were killed in a terrorist bombing of the Bibi Fatima Mosque in Kandahar, […]
What do you gain by attacking Shiites?
BY HAKKI ÖCAL COLUMNS OCT 18, 2021 “The bombs are exploding for one and only one purpose: to dampen the voice of wisdom” A bomb explodes at a mosque in Kandahar, […]
UK government accused of complicity in torture of women and children in Syria
An estimated 15 to 20 women originally from the UK are among the 60,000 women and children who have been detained in the camps since the collapse of Daesh. (Reuters/File […]
Daesh claims responsibility for Afghan Shiite mosque attack
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL ASIA PACIFIC OCT 08, 2021 9:42 PM GMT+3Taliban fighters investigate inside a Shiite mosque after a suicide bomb attack in Kunduz, Oct. 8, 2021. (AFP Photo) The Daesh terrorist […]