Reuters International AUG 26, 2016 – www.swissinfo.ch Police remove the body of a suicide bomber from the scene of an attack in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia on July 5, 2016 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Maulana Surya/via REUTERS/File photo (reuters_tickers) By Randy Fabi and Kanupriya Kapoor SOLO, […]
In a military prison in Damascus, a 34-year old Muslim who wanted to be an Islamist fighter breaks down in tears as he tells us how he lied to his wife. Another man tells me his life is so framed by war that his biggest fear is peace Robert Fisk […]
AUGUST 25, 2016 Author: Lea Speyer A Jordanian prince and a Jewish academic are calling on Jews and Muslims to unite in religious tolerance to stop the spread of ISIS-perpetrated hatred against Christians in the Middle East. In an op-ed in the UK’s Telegraph on Tuesday, Prince Hassan of Jordan, founder and president […]
The Turks don’t want a Kurdish mini-state on their frontier any more than the Syrians want to lose territory to the Kurds Robert Fisk @indyvoices How the West would love […]
Just as Erdogan has become pals with Putin, the Turkish and Iranian foreign ministers have been embracing in Ankara with many a promise that their own talks will produce new alliances Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 18 August 2016 The Shias are winning. Two pictures prove it. The US-Iranian photo op […]
Could it be that the Sultan is thinking of renewing his old friendship with the Lion of Damascus? Be sure that he is Robert Fisk @indyvoices Sunday 21 August 2016 It says a lot about post-failed-coup Turkey that you can spot the priority list of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s foreign antagonists […]
Isis has broken down the precious wall which separates childhood from adulthood, innocence from guilt. This, far more than mass murder, is its final dark achievement Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 11 August 2016 Old Bishop Daly was a hero of mine. In an age when the Catholic Church was betrayed […]
Aug 06,2016 – JORDAN TIMES The Golan Heights give reason to the region to worry. The deteriorating situation there, whereby 1,000 jihadists affiliating with Daesh chose Golan as their base, poses a tangible threat that requires prompt action. And with another 1,500 jihadists calling themselves Jabhat Al Nusra — which […]
The Syrian Democratic Forces have been fighting towards Manbij for two months Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden Rebel forces backed by the US-led coalition are reported to be in “almost complete control” of a Syrian city after driving Isismilitants out of their former stronghold. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance has been […]
ORDER FROM CHAOS How we all reinforce a narrative of Islam versus the West Madiha Afzal Thursday, August 4, 2016 “Our way of life is under threat by Radical Islam and Hillary Clinton cannot even bring herself to say the words,” tweeted Donald Trump after Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National […]
Aug 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI Never in modern history has the Arab world experienced such a wide range of jarring political developments as it does today, including fragmenting states, refugee flows, a terrorism export industry and long-running devastating wars. These conditions did not suddenly emerge overnight. […]
There are no ‘good guys’ among the Syrian warlords yet, despite all the evidence, we want to find them. It’s time to stop lying to the people of the Middle East […]
Aug 3, 2016 (IraqiNews.com) Erbil – President of the Kurdistan Region Massoud Barzani on Friday promised to liberate the Christian lands, which are being presently controlled by ISIS. The promise […]
Jul 24, 2016 (IraqiNews.com) Baghdad- A well placed source in the Ministry of Interior has informed that security forces in Syria on Sunday arrested ISIS members who were disguised as […]
ISIS members. File photo. (IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – The National Security Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan revealed that about 600 Kyrgyz citizens, including 100 women, have joined ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Spokesman of the National Security Committee of Kyrgyzstan Rashad Sulimanov said, “Over 600 Kyrgyz citizens, including 100 women, have […]
Recent wave accounts for about one-in-ten asylum applications since 1985 BY PHILLIP CONNOR A record 1.3 million migrants applied for asylum in the 28 member states of the European Union, Norway and Switzerland in 2015 – nearly double the previous high water mark of roughly 700,000 that was set in […]
28.05.2015 Deutschland, Islam, Terrorism/War, WorldJulia DR. JUERGEN TODENHOEFER: Dear friends, according to the US secret service, DIA, the Obama administration has known as early as August 2012 that Al Qaeda /AQI, IS, ISIS) and other extremists were heading the Syrian rebellion. As a result, the “possibility that a Salafist principality […]
How come a Muslim can be a terrorist in Europe but a mere ‘attacker’ in south-west Asia? Robert Fisk @indyvoices Monday 25 July 2016 377 comments The frightful and bloody […]
| Published — Saturday 30 July 2016 BEIRUT: Daesh has executed at least 24 civilians after seizing a village in northern Syria from a US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance, a monitor said Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Daesh executed 24 civilians “in the last 24 hours” after taking […]
Manuel Valls, under fire after recent attacks, says he is open to idea of banning foreign financing of mosques Manuel Valls meeting religious representatives at the Elysee Palace in Paris earlier this week. Photograph: Messyaz/Sipa/Rex/Shutterstock Agence France-Presse in Paris Friday 29 July 2016 France’s prime minister has said he would […]