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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
June 10, 2018 It is said that there are always two reasons for people’s behaviour: the reason they give, and the real reason. Throughout history, religious and political reasons have […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
© AFP Archive | Nice, France, truck attack aftermath, July 15, 2016. Text by FRANCE 24 Follow france24_en on twitter Latest update : 2018-05-24 Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria on Thursday announced the capture of French jihadist Adrien Guihal, known as the voice that claimed 2016 attacks in France for […]
Editorial Board The Jakarta Post Jakarta | Tue, May 22, 2018 | An Ahmadiyah follower says Friday prayers on the street in Bukit Duri Tanjakan, South Jakarta, on Friday, June […]
By Reuters – May 21,2018 – ORDAN TIMES Soldiers loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Assad forces are deployed at Al Qadam area near Yarmouk Palestinian camp in Damascus, Syria, on April 29 (Reuters photo) BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian troops fought on Sunday to crush the last pockets of resistance […]
By AFP – May 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A general view shows a camp where detained Daesh families are held in Ain Issa in the Syrian northern Kurdish region on […]
An Israeli statement that the Iranians had missiles in Syria was surely made in concert with the Trump administration – it came within hours, and coincidences don’t run that close […]
Reuters International This content was published on May 10, 2018 A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Mosul, July […]
Syria has been at war for seven long, deadly years. President Bashar al-Assad’s government is fighting both rebel groups and the jihadists of Islamic State. The northern city of Raqqa has been a key battleground for many factions in the conflict. This is the story of how one peaceful […]
BERIL DEDEOĞLU Scholarly articles on the fight against terrorism emphasize the economic aspect of the issue more and more. The financing of terrorism is indeed a critical subject and should be thoroughly discussed in the context of the fight against terrorism. According to a news report I saw on […]
Apr 19,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power A total of 500,000 dead and counting. President Bashar Assad is going full blast at reducing the parts of his country still standing, […]
By AFP – Jan 24,2018 -JORDAN TIMES PARIS — European nations rarely miss a chance to slam the use of the death penalty by others, but they have largely turned […]
By Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry April 13, 2018 | A member of the Iraqi forces walks past a mural bearing the logo of the Islamic State group in a tunnel […]
By AFP – Apr 14,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A vehicle carrying Jaish Al Islam fighters and their family members, evacuated from the Eastern Ghouta town of Douma, arrives at the […]