The Turks say: US sends additional $400M to YPG/PKK terrorists in Syria
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ANKARA WAR ON TERROR OCT 03, 2020 In this file photo, a U.S. military officer speaks with a YPG terrorist at the site of Turkish airstrikes […]
Russia repatriates orphans of suspected Islamic State fighters in Syria
Russia repatriates 26 children held at Syria’s al-Hawl refugee camp, as Kremlin official says plans are to bring dozens more home By MEE and agencies Published date: 7 February 2020 […]
Islamic State Baghdadi raid video released as US general warns of Isis reprisal attacks
General Kenneth McKenzie says Isis will remain a threat as he shows footage of raid on leader’s Syria hideout Julian Borger in Washington Wed 30 Oct 2019 Pentagon […]
Back from jihad: The citizens that Switzerland would like to disown
. By Samuel Jaberg Aug 31, 2016 Switzerland is considering several options against jihadis, including the application of a law stripping them of their Swiss nationality (AFP) Should a young […]
Trump may have claimed to kill al-Baghdadi, but he has brought Isis back to life
As for claiming that the world ‘is now a much safer place’, well let’s wait and see. These Islamist cults usually have a chrysalis leader waiting to take the place […]
Syrian Kurds say spy stole Baghdadi’s underpants for DNA test
Syrian Democratic Forces also claim they played a key role in tracking down Baghdadi to a compound in northern Syria Julian Borger in Washington and Martin Chulov in Beirut Mon […]
A former top US counterterrorism official explains what Baghdadi’s death means for ISIS
Michael Leiter, who led the National Counterterrorism Center during the Osama bin Laden raid, offers his thoughts on the Baghdadi operation. By Alex Ward@AlexWardVoxalex.ward@vox.com Oct 27, 2019 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, […]
Berlin Worried about IS Fighters Coming Home
The German government long shied away from bringing German Islamic State fighters and their families back from Syria. But with the Turkish invasion of northern Syria, that hesitancy is coming […]
Kosovo returns families of jihadists from Syria
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 20, 2019 PRISTINA AIRPORT, Kosovo (Reuters) – An airplane has returned women and children who are relatives to Kosovo jihadists in Syria to […]
Teenage brides trapped between Islamic State and its victors
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 12, 2019 Children look through holes in a tent at al-Hol displacement camp in Hasaka governorate, Syria April 2, 2019. Picture taken April […]
Syria Kurds announce deal for return of 31,000 displaced Iraqis
By AFP – Apr 12,2019 – JORDAN TIMES People walk amidst the debris following a reported air strike on a plastic factory in Sanaa’s Jeraf district on Wednesday (AFP photo) […]
The Caliphate’s Kids: Sick Children Bear the Brunt of Post-IS Chaos
The last pocket of Islamic State may have been dislodged over the weekend, but the extremist group has left behind hundreds of children. They are the group’s weakest and most […]
Germany to strip IS fighters of citizenship under certain criteria – report
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 3, 2019 FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron (not pictured) at the Elysee […]
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 […]
US and Saudi Arabia arms significantly enhanced Isis’ military capabilities, report reveals
Number of US and Saudi supplied weapons in Isis’ hands goes ‘far beyond those that would have been available through battle capture alone’ Bethan McKernan Beirut @mck_beth Friday 15 December […]
Hope among the ruins of Aleppo’s cultural heritage
Experts say a third of ancient Syrian city destroyed, but much can be restored Fri, Mar 17, 2017, Michael Jansen in Aleppo The ancient Aleppo Citadel was only lightly damaged. […]
US escalation in the Middle East
Feb 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh It is clear that the Trump administration in the US is adopting a new strategy in the Middle East that is […]
Indonesia to add hundreds of counter-terrorism police to monitor IS
Reuters International This content was published on December 29, 2017 By Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s counter-terrorist police force is to get 600 extra personnel next year to monitor Islamic State networks and head off so-called lone wolf attacks, the chief of police in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country […]
Swiss intelligence says 100 people pose ‘high risk’ to security
30 November 2017 http://www.swissinfo.ch New suspects were jihadists who had been radicalised within Switzerland (Keystone) Around 100 people in Switzerland have been identified as a high risk for national security, […]
US has done enough harm, time to go it alone
THE EDITORIAL BOARD ISTANBUL Any doubt that the U.S.’s anti-Daesh strategy was nothing but empty promises based on a mistaken prognosis of the problem evaporated overnight earlier this week when BBC News, in a very important reporting achievement, showed how U.S. forces in Syria not only allowed but also […]
