Exclusive: Robert Fisk visits the Syria clinic at the centre of a global crisis Robert Fisk Douma, Syria @indyvoices Tuesday 17 April 2018 The search for truth in the rubble […]
Syria cannot countenance Kurdish presence on its territory and Turkey cannot tolerate a Kurdish enclave along its southern border, however secular, liberal and socialist it claims (not without reason) to be Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices Thursday 18 January 2018 Colonel Thomas Veale has had the unenviable task of […]
JUN 7, 2017 – www.swissinfo.ch Homegrown Swiss jihadists often want a fresh start due to troubles at school or in the workplace. They tend to view the world in stark […]
There was a period in 2011 and 2012 when there were genuinely independent opposition activists operating inside Syria, but as the jihadis took over these brave people were forced to flee abroad, fell silent or were dead Patrick Cockburn @indyworld It has just become more dangerous to be a foreign […]
BY KURT EICHENWALD ON 3/22/16 NEWSWEEK.COM Police control access to the central train station following the bomb attacks in Brussels on March 22.REUTERS Anyone surprised by the murderous attack in Brussels has not been paying attention. On a per capita basis, Belgium has been Europe’s hotbed of young Muslims who travel […]
ROOTS OF EXTREMISM MAR 11, 2016 – 15:41 Homegrown jihadism “is coming” to Switzerland, argues a former Islamic extremist – unless new ideologies are presented to young Muslims. Young people in the country have vanished from their homes and gone to join jihadi movements. And a Winterthur mosque has been […]
Source: The Express Tribune Most global jihadis are not illiterates raised in poor slums, but from well-off families and with advanced education degrees. “Most of the danger comes from us,” said Majid Nawaz, founder of Khudi, at a seminar titled ‘Muslims and the Modern World The State of the Muslim […]