CYBER CRIME OCT 30, 2016 – Excerpts of the Attorney General’s criminal order were published by Swiss newspaper NZZ am Sonntag on Sunday. (Keystone) The Swiss Attorney General’s Office has sentenced two Islamic State sympathisers this year, including the moderator of a large jihadist online forum. The former moderator is […]
Published time: 22 Oct, 2016 Get short URL http://on.rt.com/7soi The Russian Ministry of Defense says that the US-led coalition is responsible for striking mourners in the Iraqi city of Daquq on Friday, killing dozens of civilians, including women and children. The coalition jets apparently identified the mourning procession as […]
By AFP – Oct 24,2016 -JORDAN TIMES Iraqi families, who were displaced by the ongoing operation by Iraqi forces against Daesh militants to retake the city of Mosul, are seen gathering in an area near Qayyarah on Monday (AFP photo) QARAQOSH, Iraq — Iraqi forces advancing on Mosul faced […]
Oct 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh According to various security reports, the last few weeks have seen systematic mass withdrawal of Daesh fighters from Mosul, in anticipation of the battle to free this city from the terrorist group’s grip. The US insists on separating political and military […]
There is support, but a lot of the time it’s delayed,’ says one general Loveday Morris, Thomas Gibbons-Neff Kanhash @lovedayM Saturday 22 October 2016 families wait to receive food supplies at a processing centre for displaced people In Qayyara, south of Mosul REUTERS Iraqi and Kurdish forces, who have relied […]
PODCAST By Thomas Stephens http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/swi/inline?urn=urn:swi:audio:42532212 DOWNLOAD MP3 FILE OCT 23, 2016 – 11:00 Three archaeologists explain the importance and challenges of rebuilding ancient Syrian heritage sites destroyed by Islamic State. http://www.swissinfo.ch
İBRAHIM KALIN@ikalin1 A displaced woman, who fled from Daesh terrorists in Mosul, holding her baby at Deepaka camp in the northwest of Irbil, during an operation against Daesh in Mosul, Iraq, Oct. 20, 2016. Daesh rose to prominence because of a series of mistakes committed in the name of political […]
İBRAHIM KALIN@ikalin1 PublishedOctober 17, 2016 Illustration by Necmettin Asma – twitter.com/necmettinasma The key stakeholders including global powers, regional players and non-state actors must stop using Daesh for their small strategic gains because this is becoming a war in which there are no winners. Two wrongs do not make a right […]
by Tahir Nasser (RNS) This week, the assault on Mosul — the last stronghold of ISIS — began. As a student of religious history, it reminded me of the battles and horrors of first-century Judea. In 66 A.D. began a series of wars between the Jewish tribes of Judea and the superpower […]
Reuters International OCT 21, 2016 Iraqi army gather after the liberation of a village from Islamic State militants, south of Mosul, during an operation to attack Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, October 21, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudan (reuters_tickers) By Michael Georgy QAYYARA, Iraq (Reuters) – Islamic State launched a […]
Friday 21st October, 2016 Militants armed with assault rifles and explosives have attacked targets in and around the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk in an assault claimed by the extremist Islamic State (IS) group. The October 21 attack comes as the Iraqi government and Kurdish forces are making a major […]
Oct 20,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri The battle for Mosul that has been unleashed this week will focus much attention in the immediate future on a set of conditions that are particular to northern Iraq. Yet, there should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that the evolution of […]
Oct 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Ted Purinton and Allison Hodgkins With Daesh-inspired terror attacks becoming an almost routine occurrence, there is renewed attention on developing strategies for countering violent extremism across the globe. As we speak, studies are being commissioned, hearings held and conferences planned to develop and promote programmes […]
By David Patrikarakos Wed October 19, 2016 Mosul timeline: When can it be recaptured from ISIS? 03:05 Story highlights David Patrikarakos: Defeating ISIS means, above all, winning the narrative war The ability to stream events in real time on platforms such as Facebook is vital, he says David Patrikarakos is […]
Oct 18 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) called on all sides in the battle for the Iraqi city of Mosul on Tuesday to spare civilians and allow wounded to be evacuated. The ICRC has reinforced medical centres, including to treat any patients contaminated by chemical weapons, Robert […]
ARAB NEWS | Published — Tuesday 18 October 2016 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman chairs the weekly Cabinet meeting in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA) RIYADH: The warring parties in Yemen have agreed to a 72-hour cease-fire which is to take effect shortly before midnight Wednesday, the […]
Oct 17,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Hassan A. Barari In the wake of last month’s collapse of the ceasefire in Syria, Russia stepped up its lethal offence on Aleppo with one aim in mind: get the international community to accept Russia’s terms for peace. The high-level meeting on Syria which […]
The entire Isis caliphate army could be directed against the Assad government and its allies – a scenario which might cause some satisfaction in Washington Robert Fisk @indyvoices Iraqi forces deploy in the area of al-Shourah, some 45 kms south of Mosul, as they advance towards the city to retake it […]
By Holly Yan and Nadeem Muaddi, CNN (CNN)Of all the battles in the fight against ISIS, the operation to retake Mosulcould prove the most significant. Iraqi-led forces have started what will likely be a messy and prolonged offensive to seize Iraq’s second-largest city. Having already lost key cities — such […]
PUBLISHED: 8:30 PM, OCTOBER 16, 2016 GOA, India – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday he hoped the United States and its allies would do their best to avoid civilian casualties in an attack on Mosul, the stronghold of the Islamic State militant group in Iraq. REUTERS SOURCE: http://www.todayonline.com/world/putin-says-hopes-us-will-seek-avoid-civilian-casualties-mosul