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 […]
US denial of involvement in YPG-Daesh Raqqa deal contradicts field realities, Erdoğan says
SERDAR KARAGÖZ @serdarkaragoz DOHA President Erdoğan (L) said U.S. forces have been involved in the fight against Daesh on the ground alongside YPG forces in Raqqa. The U.S. denying […]
Secret convoy let hundreds of IS fighters escape
13 November 2017 The BBC has uncovered details of a deal that let hundreds of IS fighters – including foreign militants – and their families escape from Raqqa in Syria, […]
By killing Isis fighters instead of bringing them to justice, we become as guilty as our enemies
For decades, we have been condemning the dictators of the Middle East for their drumhead courts and their mass hangings. But how can we condemn them now, when we are announcing, quite publicly, that we want our own citizens dead if they joined Isis Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices […]
Russia accuses US of ‘pretending’ to fight Isis
The Independent Online A member of the US-backed Iraqi security forces stands guard at a shrine destroyed by air strikes in east Mosul, Iraq, on 19 April 2017 REUTERS The Pentagon has dismissed Russian allegations that the US is only “pretending” to fight Isis in Iraq as a “ridiculous” Russian […]
Hezbollah says Kurdish vote a step toward wider Mideast partition
Reuters International This content was published on September 30, 2017 Kurds celebrate to show their support for the independence referendum in Duhok, Iraq, September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Ari Jalal (reuters_tickers) BEIRUT […]
Daesh releases alleged audio message from leader al-Baghdadi
ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO Daesh terrorist group on Thursday released what it said was a new audio recording of its top leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in which he vows to continue fighting and lavishes praise on his fighters despite their loss of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Mosul was […]
Isis murdered 80 Iraqis in a terror attack on Friday – but all anyone could talk about was Parsons Green
As an Iraqi living in London, the discrepancy in reaction is hard for me to stomach Amrou Al-Kadhi @glamrou Last Friday, news outlets went on overdrive surrounding the explosion at Parsons Green station. Our media has since been saturated with coverage on it; front pages have featured blurry images of […]
Muslims at haj are worried about Trump’s policies towards them
Reuters International PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 Muslim pilgrims leave after casting stones at a pillar that symbolises Satan during the annual haj pilgrimage in Mena, Saudi Arabia September 2, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (reuters_tickers) By Mahmoud Mourad and Stephen Kalin MECCA/RIYADH (Reuters) – Even at Islam’s holiest sites and […]
The road ahead for the Mideast
Aug 28,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL The apparently imminent fall of the city of Tal Afar to the Iraqi forces backed by local militias, notably Hashed Al Shaabi, so soon after the recapture of Mosul is an added evidence that Daesh’s days in Iraq are now numbered. Tal Afar, strategically […]
Daesh asks Hizbollah, Syrian army for withdrawal from Syria-Lebanon border — source
By Reuters – Aug 24,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian pro-government forces fire towards extremist positions, in the western Qalamoun, on Wednesday, during an offensive against Daesh extremists (AFP photo) BEIRUT — The Daesh terror group has asked the Syrian Army and its ally Hizbollah to let it withdraw from […]
Bomber, gunmen attack Shia Imam Zaman mosque in Kabul
Attackers strike mosque packed with people attending Friday prayers in Afghan capital killing at least 20 worshippers. Police try to rescue a child at the site of the suicide attack claimed by ISIL [Omar Sobhani/Reuters] A suicide bombing followed by gunfire as Shia Muslims gathered for Friday prayers at a […]
Iraqi forces must rescue many abducted Yazidis from Tal Afar — Yazidi MP
By Reuters – Aug 21,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A displaced Iraqi girl from Tal Afar washes her clothes in Salamya camp, east of Mosul, Iraq August 6 (Reuters photo) ERBIL — As Iraqi forces pressed their offensive to retake Tal Afar on Monday, a Yazidi politician urged them […]
This is why young European Muslims are joining Isis
One factor common amongst these attackers is their youth: the alleged offender in the Barcelona attack, Younes Abouyaaqoub, is 22 years old. The suspected terrorists shot dead by police in Cambrils were aged between 17 and 24 Imam Qari Asim 330 comments This week has seen three terror attacks in […]
Islamic State still a threat as Mosul residents return to city in ruins
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 9, 2017 An Iraqi boy sells water in front of destroyed houses on a street in Western Mosul, Iraq August 7, 2017. Picture taken through a glass window. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (reuters_tickers) By Raya Jalabi MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Abu Ghazi stood […]
Four German women who joined Islamic State detained in Iraq – report
. Reuters International JULY 22, 2017 BERLIN (Reuters) – Four German women, including a 16-year-old girl, who joined Islamic State in recent years are being held in an Iraqi prison and receiving consular assistance, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Saturday. It said diplomats had visited the four in […]