US, Arab partners launch first strikes on IS in Syria
• US aircraft and cruise missiles attack targets in Syria • Allies include Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan, Bahrain and Qatar • Raqqa city and Iraq-Syria border among areas hit • […]
John Kerry’s rhetoric on Isis insults our intelligence and conceals the reality of the situation in Syria
Anyone who has studied Syria knows the moderate opposition doesn’t exist by Robert Fisk, The Independent John Kerry is becoming more and more like William McGonagall, the “worst poet in the world” whose horror at the 1879 Tay Bridge railway disaster yielded the imperishable observation that it “will be remember’d […]
As in Vietnam, the U.S. has underestimated its foe
Summary BY DAVID IGNATIUS, THE DAILY STAR, LEBANON The U.S. has made the same mistake in evaluating fighters from ISIS that it did in Vietnam – by underestimating the enemy’s will, according to James Clapper, the director of national intelligence. Clapper’s comments came in a telephone interview Wednesday, in which […]
Young British Muslims launch online campaign against IS
BY HENRI ROSE CIMATU It’s time to make their voices heard say a group of young British Muslims who have launched a video and social media campaign to condemn the terror acts of the Islamic State group. London-based group Active Change Foundation launched a YouTube and Twitter campaign #NotInMyName to […]
ISIS closes in on Syria Kurdish town
Summary ISIS jihadists were closing in on Syria’s third largest Kurdish town Sunday after their capture of surrounding villages sent tens of thousands of refugees streaming into Turkey, an activist […]
Ex-fighter exposes IS lies
A Saudi citizen who recently returned from Syria after fighting with the “Islamic” State (IS) terror organization has posted an online video urging fellow youth not to fall victim to the group’s rhetoric. Fahad Al-Zaidi stressed that he had been brainwashed and deluded into thinking this was a legitimate form […]
Turkey lets in Syria Kurds fleeing ‘Islamic State’
Thousands of Kurds fleeing the “Islamic State” have crossed into Turkey. The militant group has seized Kurdish villages in northern Syria over the past two days. On Friday, Turkey opened […]
Turkey lets in Syria Kurds fleeing 'Islamic State'
Thousands of Kurds fleeing the “Islamic State” have crossed into Turkey. The militant group has seized Kurdish villages in northern Syria over the past two days. On Friday, Turkey opened […]
Islamic State: Germany Struggles to Deal with Returning Fighters
The players at TuS Makkabit Frankfurt remember Kreshnik B. as a reliable defender. As a member of the Jewish football club’s youth B-team, he kept opposing players away from his goal and even shot a few of his own. Kreshnik B., who is Muslim, happily wore the blue jersey of […]
Islamic State in Iraq: ‘They Know Exactly What They Are Doing’
Interview conducted by Dieter Bednarz SPIEGEL: Mr. Chalabi, how close have fighters from Islamic State come to Baghdad? Chalabi: They are 26 kilometers away. That is menacingly close, but the situation is calm at the moment and Islamic State has not made any more advances on Baghdad. Thank God. SPIEGEL: […]
Islamic State in Iraq: 'They Know Exactly What They Are Doing'
Interview conducted by Dieter Bednarz SPIEGEL: Mr. Chalabi, how close have fighters from Islamic State come to Baghdad? Chalabi: They are 26 kilometers away. That is menacingly close, but the situation is calm at the moment and Islamic State has not made any more advances on Baghdad. Thank God. SPIEGEL: […]
Assad’s letter to the US: How Syria is luring President Obama into its web
Syria has asked Washington to engage in military and intelligence collaboration to defeat their mutual enemy Isis, inviting US congressmen and senators to visit Damascus to discuss joint action against […]
Assad's letter to the US: How Syria is luring President Obama into its web
Syria has asked Washington to engage in military and intelligence collaboration to defeat their mutual enemy Isis, inviting US congressmen and senators to visit Damascus to discuss joint action against […]
ISIS Draws a Steady Stream of Recruits From Turkey
By CEYLAN YEGINSU SEPT. 15, 2014 THE NEW YORK TIMES ANKARA, Turkey — Having spent most of his youth as a drug addict in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Turkey’s capital, Can did not think he had much to lose when he was smuggled into Syria with 10 of […]
Another war to rearrange the ME
RAMZY BAROUD ARABNEWS.COM Published — Tuesday 16 September 2014 A few months ago, not many Americans, in fact Europeans as well, knew that a Yezidi community in fact existed in northwest Iraq. Even in the Middle East itself, the Yezidis and their way of life have been an enigma, shrouded […]
The U.S. plan leaves lingering doubts
Summary by Rami G. Khouri I dearly wish that ISIS will be contained and then defeated by the many countries and armed groups who say they are committed to achieving that goal. I lack confidence in this aspect of the American approach because it is foolhardy to expect that such […]
U.S. Pins Hope on Syrian Rebels With Loyalties All Over the Map
By BEN HUBBARD, ERIC SCHMITT and MARK MAZZETTISEPT. 11, 2014 BEIRUT, Lebanon — President Obama’s determination to train Syrian rebels to serve as ground troops against the Islamic State in […]
Robert Fisk on Isis campaign: Bingo! Here’s another force of evil to be ‘vanquished’ – One can see how difficult these lessons in Middle East history must be for the average American
Resurrection, reinvention and linguistics. Barack Obama did the lot. And now he’s taking America to war in Syria as well as Iraq. Oh yes, and he’s going to defeat Isis, […]
Iran arrests 3 foreigners on suspect trip to Iraq
Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran: Iran’s state-owned newspaper says authorities have detained three foreigners traveling through Iran under the suspicion of planning to join ISIS in neighboring Iraq. Tuesday’s report by the IRAN daily quoted Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli as saying Iranian border guards stopped several travelers en route to […]
ISIS's Enemy List: 10 Reasons the Islamic State Is Doomed
By Kurt Eichenwald / September 8, 2014 NEWSWEEK The so-called Islamic State, better known as ISIS, is not just a collection of barbaric psychopaths willing to engage in the most brutal and sordid forms of violence without any hesitation born of normal human morality. They are also the most irreparably […]