‘How I joined the jihadis by mistake’
Source: BBC More than 300 people from Kosovo went to join Islamists fighting “holy war” in Syria and Iraq – per capita the highest number in Europe. But not all […]
A Little Knowledge of Islam Is a Dangerous Thing
By Omair Ahmad on 14/09/2017 Without understanding the context of words such as Wahhabi, Salafi and Takfiri, reportage on Islamic militancy may obscure more than it reveals. Reporting on militancy in the name of Islam without understanding the context of some of the words used may obscure more than they reveal. […]
If Baghdadi is dead, next Islamic State leader likely to be Saddam-era officer
Reuters International JUNE 23, 2017 A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made what would be his first public appearance at a mosque in the centre of Iraq’s second city, Mosul, according to a video recording posted on the […]
Amnesty says Iraq and allies violated international law in Mosul battle
Reuters International JULY 11, 2017 Iraqi security forces walk along destroyed buildings from clashes in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq July 10, 2017. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (reuters_tickers) ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Amnesty International said on Tuesday it had identified a pattern of attacks by Iraqi forces and the […]
Syrians living under Isis accepted the jurisdiction of Islamist courts – does that make them collaborators?
Exclusive: Documents recovered from a ‘Sharia’ court in the town of Deir Hafar show even minor disputes were brought before religious judges Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent Almost exactly four years ago, a Syrian called Abu al-Zein, from the village of Katbiya in Aleppo province, appeared before the ‘General Court of the Revolutionary […]
What is Germany’s plan to relocate from İncirlik to Jordan?
BERIL DEDEOĞLU Berlin’s withdrawal from Turkey’s İncirlik Air Base to Jordan seems not to benefit the fight against the Daesh terrorist group Germany has announced that it will withdraw […]
Baghdadi ‘The Ghost’: world extremism’s low-profile boss
By AFP – Jun 19,2017 – JORDAN TIMES This image grab taken from a propaganda video released on July 5, 2014 by Al Furqan Media allegedly shows the leader […]
Wheel of fate spins at screening centre in Iraq’s Mosul
By AFP – Jun 19,2017 – JORDAN TIMES An Iraqi soldier frisks a displaced Iraqi man at a temporary camp in the compound of the closed Nineveh International Hotel in Mosul on Friday which was recovered by Iraqi troops from the Daesh group earlier in the year (AFP photo) […]
Russia’s military says it may have killed Islamic State leader; West, Iraq sceptical
Reuters International JUN 16, 2017 A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made what would be his first public appearance at a mosque in the centre of Iraq’s second city, Mosul, according to a video recording posted on the Internet […]
From “caliph” to fugitive: IS leader Baghdadi’s new life on the run
Reuters International JUN 12, 2017 – FILE PHOTO: A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi making what would have been his first public appearance, at a mosque in the centre of Iraq’s second city, Mosul, according to a video recording posted […]
Why I’m calling for a national ban on the terms Isis and Islamic State
The primary weapon of a terrorist organisation is to hijack, divide and poison communities. With every non-Muslim that begins to fear Islam, the ‘so-called’ Islamic State becomes stronger Emily Parker 70 comments […]
Battling Islamic State: A Visit to the Mosul Front
The fight against Islamic State in western Mosul is chaotic and brutal, with up to 200,000 civilians still trapped in the IS-held Old Town. DER SPIEGEL visited the front in Iraq to see how the battle is progressing. By Christoph Reuter Jacob Russel A girl walks through the destroyed streets […]
Don’t turn Islamic State fight into battle against all Muslims – German defense minister
Our Source: Swiss Info Reporting by Shadia Nasralla and Andrea Shalal; Writing by Michelle Martin; Editing by Michael Nienaber MUNICH (Reuters) – German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen warned […]
Why it’s wrong to demand that Muslims condemn Isis
Roy Greenslade And why it’s also wrong to refer to ‘Muslims’ as if they are a single entity Tuesday 24 November 2015 There is an insistent call for Muslims to condemn Isis. (I’ll come back to that groupist description in a moment). The Sun’s leading article a week ago (17 […]
Switzerland condemns deadly Red Cross Afghan ambush
SIX KILLED FEB 8, 2017 ICRC President Peter Maurer condemned the attack in Afghanistan (Keystone) Swiss Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter, has condemned an attack on humanitarian workers in Afghanistan that left six International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff dead on Wednesday. Burkhalter expressed condolences to the families of the […]
Syria anti-Daesh forces say US sent them armored cars
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE | Published — Tuesday 31 January 2017 This file photo taken on December 13, 2016 shows fighters from the Kurdish-Arab alliance known as the Syrian Democratic Forces siting on a heavily armed vehicle near the village of Khirbet al-Jahshe, on the western outskirts of Raqa as they […]
Islamic State Is Collapsing, So Why Is It Suddenly So Successful Against Assad?
January 23, 2017 James Miller A screen grab from a video released by the Islamic State-affiliated Amaq news agency, said to be in Palmyra on December 11 Share There are at least four separate coalitions that claim to be battling the extremist group Islamic State (IS). Three of those coalitions […]
Reporting Behind Enemy Lines in Mosul
DISPATCH Reporting Behind Enemy Lines in Mosul Omar al-Jubory believed the world needed to know what life was like under the Islamic State. He barely got out alive. BY DAVID KENNER JANUARY 2, 2017 Omar al-Jubory began his career as a journalist in the deep end — covering the most […]
Analysis – How Iran closed the Mosul ‘horseshoe’ and changed Iraq war
Reuters International DEC 7, 2016 – American vehicles are seen in Bartila, Iraq December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani (reuters_tickers) By Dominic Evans, Maher Chmaytelli and Patrick Markey BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – In the early days of the assault on Islamic State in Mosul, Iran successfully pressed Iraq to change […]
Iraqi militia threatens Islamic State’s supply route to Syria
Reuters International NOV 16, 2016 – www.swissinfo.ch A woman holds her child as she crosses from the Islamic State fighters-controlled part of Mosul into the Iraqi special forces soldiers-controlled part of Mosul, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (reuters_tickers) By Ahmed Rasheed, John Davison and Dominic Evans BAGHDAD/BASHIQA, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi Shi’ite militias […]