Europe torn over Islamic State children in Syria
Reuters International Nov 1, 2018 – 08:06 A woman looks through a window at a meeting of “Mothers’ Jihad”, a group aiming to repatriate Belgian women and children held in […]
French mothers in Syria face terrible choice
Women walk at a camp for Daesh group-affiliated people in the northern Syrian village of Malikiya near the border with Turkey, walks with a child on September 29, 2018. […]
Increasing unilateralism, racism main causes of global insecurity, Pres Spox Kalın says
ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL Former Lebanese PM Fouad Siniora, Turkish Pres Spox Ibrahim Kalın, UN Syria Envoy Staffan de Mistura, Carnegie Middle East Center Director Maha Yahya and former OIC UN […]
Russia vows no safe passage for Syria extremist fighters in Idlib
By AFP – Sep 30,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Syrians demonstrating against the government in the rebel-held town of Maaret Al Numan, in the north of Idlib province, on Friday (AFP photo) […]
As Isis is defeated, the Trump administration is opening the door to a new round of Middle East wars by targeting Iran as the source of all evil
The exaggeration of ‘the Iranian threat’ by the Trump administration this week at the UN General Assembly in New York was very like what was being said by Bush and […]
Syrian army transfers hundreds of Daesh terrorists to Idlib — monitor
Militants were ferried overnight from Deir Ezzor By AFP – Sep 25,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Syrians wave flags during a demonstration in the rebel-held northern Syrian city of Idlib on […]
Where is Daesh leader Baghdadi?
Daesh leader Baghdadi, world’s ‘most wanted’, sought in Syria offensive By AFP – Sep 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Leader of the Daesh terrorist group, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, addressing Muslim […]
Iran defence minister in Damascus, says will help rebuild Syria
By AFP – Aug 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES An artist paints war-damaged buildings in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp on the southern outskirts of the capital Damascus on August 15 (AFP […]
Army attacks Daesh terrorists trying to infiltrate borders
Syria, Israel forces engage with remnants of militants in Yarmouk Basin By JT – Aug 02,2018 – JORDAN TIMES This photo taken on Thursday shows a man riding a motorcycle […]
Where is the outrage?
Aug 01,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Where is the outrage? Last week, Daesh fighters slipped into the Druze-majority Sweida city and countryside and massacred more than 250 civilians, […]
Britain shows it is becoming a weaker state by failing to put the Isis ‘Beatles’ on trial
Isis benefits from the imbroglio over the ‘Beatles’ because its atrocities have always aimed to provoke an overreaction by those it targets. This strategy worked well for al-Qaeda after 9/11 when US judicial credibility was […]
Syrian nightmare: Detained Islamic State woman and child seek return to Switzerland
This content was published on July 14, 2018 The Swiss Muslim woman being interviewed by SRF at the Kurdish camp in northeast Syria. (SRF-SWI) A Swiss Muslim woman, captured […]
Isis may have been defeated a year ago in Mosul, but the ideology that caused it to grow lives on
Isis may have been defeated a year ago in Mosul, but the ideology that caused it to grow lives on One year ago, Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi declared that […]
Child beggars fill Mosul streets a year on from Daesh
An Iraqi child peddlar sells tissue paper to cars driving down a street in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on July 7, 2018. (AFP) AFP July 08, 2018 Residents […]
Son of Islamic State leader killed in Syria’s Homs – IS news channel
Reuters International This content was published on July 3, 2018 A man rides a bicycle past a poster depicting Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad near the new clock square in the […]
Why Moderates Support Extreme Groups – It’s Not About Ideology
By Barbara F. Walter One of the big surprises since the end of the Cold War has been the growth of radical Islamist groups, especially those that adhere to Salafi […]
SDF, Damascus seek departure of foreign fighters in Syria
Jun 14,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen The announcement by the political wing of the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said that it was prepared to hold unconditional peace talks with Damascus which could amount to a breakthrough for both sides, if negotiations take place. Since the SDF controls […]
Evidence shows coalition attacks on Syria’s Raqqa broke law — Amnesty
By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Jun 05,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Women walk past rubble of damaged buildings in Raqqa, Syria, on May 14 (Reuters photo) BEIRUT — There is evidence […]
US, Britain and France inflicted worst destruction ‘in decades’ killing civilians in Isis-held city of Raqqa, report says
Air and artillery strikes by the US and its allies inflicted devastating loss of life on civilians in the Isis-held city of Raqqa, according to an Amnesty International report. It […]
Whether Armenia, the Nazis or Isis – if you’re going to commit genocide, you can’t do it without the help of local people
This is not something new – but it is something we too often forget Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 24 May 2018 Up to 1.5 million of its people were killed during the First World War Getty How do you organise a successful genocide – in Turkish Armenia a century ago, […]