Source: The Guardian Two former international development secretaries have called for an inquiry into the way in which UK counter-terrorism laws are hampering the humanitarian work of Islamic charities, including […]
The Independent Adam Withnall © Provided by The Independent An aerial view of the Zaatari refugee camp on the Jordan-Syrian border, which houses 80,000 people (Picture: [copyright])The king of Jordan has warned his country could stop taking refugees from Syria if it is not offered more support by the international […]
Our Source: MSN News Ban Ki-moon and the Israeli government are at odds after the United Nations secretary-general criticised the Israeli occupation in an address to the Security Council last week. Ban said it was “human nature” for Palestinians to react to the occupation, specifically pointing to settlement building as […]
Created on Monday, 01 February 2016 The Rise of ISIS and Other Extremist Groups: the role of the West and Regional Powers by Bouthaina Shaaban This essay examines the role of Western and regional players (i.e. Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar) in inflaming the conflict and the growth of […]
BBC News © Reuters Makeshift oil refineries in Syria are obtaining crude oil from the Islamic State network Israel’s defence minister has accused Turkey of buying oil from the so-called Islamic State (IS) group, thereby funding the militants’ activities. Speaking in Athens, Moshe Yaalon said IS had “enjoyed Turkish […]
SECURITY By swissinfo.ch and agencies JAN 30, 2016 – 15:23 Swiss police outside the French consulate in Geneva on December 11, when four terrorist suspects were being hunted (Keystone) Switzerland has dropped an investigation of two men of Syrian origin arrested in Geneva last month over traces of explosives found […]
ARAB NEWS Published — Monday 1 February 2016 Beyond any shadow of doubt, Daesh and its likes have nothing to do with Islam. All the actions of these terrorist organizations are in sharp contrast with the true teachings of Islam and Sunnah. It seems that Daesh is just a puppet […]
Source: Independent Doesn’t Netanyahu realise how enraged Europeans are at his government’s treatment of the Palestinians? Robert Fisk @indyvoices 3 hours ago 10 comments I suspect that it was Ban’s […]
By AFP – Jan 30,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Abu Mahmoud, a 52-year-old rebel fighter, speaks with a fellow fighter next to gas masks inside a tunnel, used as a base, in the rebel-controlled area of Arbeen, on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, on Friday (AFP photo) […]
Jan 30,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI Geneva III negotiations were launched this week in the hope of putting an end to the civil war in Syria, which, after five years, killed more than quarter of a million citizens and forced 8 million to become refugees, according to the […]
IN RIGHT DIRECTION: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and US Vice President Joe Biden in Istanbul. (AP) ARAB NEWS Published — Sunday 24 January 2016 ISTANBUL: US Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the US and Turkey were prepared for a military solution against Daesh in Syria should […]
Jan 22,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI The difference between the sensible and superficial approaches to tackling the scourge of terrorism and other forms of violent extremism by groups such as Daesh was as clear as possible last week, in two efforts by the US government and the […]
Source:RNS NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) A Muslim man who shielded Christians after a passenger bus was ambushed by suspected al-Shabab militants is being saluted as a symbol of unity. Salah Farah, a schoolteacher, died Monday […]
Tim Buxton, his wife Sarah, and their three small children moved to Iraq The family moved from Brisbane to the Kurdish area in north Iraq in 2014 ISIS invaded the day the Buxton’s landed in the war-torn country In the past 18 months they have helped hundreds of refugees find […]
From the sectionAsia Media captionThe BBC’s Shahzeb Jillani: “The gun battle was intense. Blasts were heard” A gun attack on a university in north-west Pakistan, has killed at least 19 people and injured 50, officials say. Nearly three hours after the attack began, an army official said firing had stopped […]
By AFP – Jan 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Iraqi security forces inspect a car at a checkpoint on the main road from Baghdad’s central Jaderiyah district to Dora on the southern outskirts of the Iraqi capital on Monday (AFP photo) BAGHDAD — Search operations were under way Monday for […]
By HAMZA HENDAWI1 hour ago . View photo In this Dec. 5, 2015, photo, Syrian refugee Nayef speaks to The Associated Press during an interview in southeast Turkey. Under the Islamic State group, “justice has been erratic,” said Nayef, who hails from the Islamic State group-held eastern Syrian town of […]
The writer is travelling through the region by bicycle – trying to understand what lies beyond the bloody headlines The writer on the top of the Prokletije range on the Albania-Montenegro border. All photographs: Rebecca Lowe Rebecca Lowe Friday 15 January 2016 11.58 GMTLast modified on Saturday 16 January 201612.36 GMT […]
Iraqi security forces clear the Soufiya neighborhood of Daesh fighters in central Ramadi, 115 kilometers west of Baghdad, on Jan. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed SUSANNAH GEORGE | AP Published — Sunday 17 January 2016 BAGHDAD: A United Nations report published Saturday said that the ongoing battle for the […]
Jan 17,2016 -JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah drew a distinction between Daesh and khawarej (outlaws of Islam), making clear that the former, called by most of the West ISIS in Syria and Iraq, “can be defeated fairly quickly”, but the latter, “what I call the third world war by […]