August 2016 – Page 36 – odiaspora.org

Israeli soldiers wounded as troop carrier crashes into bulldozer in Shebaa

16 August 2016

NNA – A number of Israeli soldiers were injured as a troop-carrier slid and crashed into a military bulldozer, in the prefecture where the enemy is undertaking road works southern Shebaa, National News Agency correspondent reported on Tuesday. A military chopper is working on evacuating […]

Why Turkey ‘Could Very Likely Make Concessions to Russia, Iran on Syria’

16 August 2016

Forced by geopolitical circumstances Turkey is very likely to make concessions to Iran and Russia on Syria; at the same time, Ankara has seemingly softened its stance toward the Baathist Syrian government led by Bashar al-Assad. According to global intelligence company Strategic Forecasting Inc. (Stratfor), […]

Trump promises to work with NATO to defeat Islamic State

16 August 2016

Republican Donald Trump said on Monday he would work closely with NATO allies to defeat Islamic State militants if he wins the White House, reversing an earlier threat that the United States might not meet its obligations to the Western military alliance. In a policy […]

Merkel’s party calls for full-face Muslim veil ban as ‘burqa contrary to integration’

16 August 2016

Angela Merkel’s conservative party is considering prohibiting burqa in public places, adding that a full-face veil does not help Muslims to integrate. The announcement comes after three French towns introduced a ban on burqinis, Muslim female swimwear. The proposal was announced on Monday by members […]

Radical UK Islamist preacher guilty of inviting support for ISIS

16 August 2016

LONDON: Anjem Choudary, Britain’s most high-profile Islamist preacher whose followers have been linked to numerous plots across the world, has been found guilty of inviting support for ISIS. Choudary, 49, was convicted at London’s Old Bailey court of using online lectures and messages to encourage […]

Mediterranean Migrants Offered Cash for Blood, Body Parts and Organs

16 August 2016

A survey by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has found that 76 percent of almost 1,400 migrants and refugees interviewed had been aware of offers of money for blood, body parts and organs, as well as human trafficking and other exploitation. Approximately 5 percent […]

Learning to Live With Terrorism

16 August 2016

In his investigation for The Atlantic into whether America is safer now than it was before the 9/11 attacks, Steven Brill rejects the “fantasy” that the threat of terrorism can be eliminated. And he credits the Obama administration with taking steps not only to prevent […]

Iraqi Kurdish troops take more ground east of IS-held Mosul

16 August 2016

QARQASHAH, Iraq: A small unit of Kurdish peshmerga forces huddled in an abandoned home on the edge of Qarqashah, one of a dozen villages east of the Iraqi city of Mosul that the peshmerga captured from the Islamic State group this week. The advance aims […]

Ces enfants réfugiés syriens qui découvrent le métier de journaliste

16 August 2016

Dans un camp des réfugiés à la frontière syrienne, au Liban, les enfants suivent un cours gratuit qui diffère beaucoup de ceux des écoles traditionnelles. C’est une école pas comme les autres, dans un lieu pas comme les autres. Dans ce camp des réfugiés à […]

Bassil: Le Liban refuse l’implantation, Chucri: Pas de préférence pour un candidat

16 August 2016

Le ministre des Affaires étrangères Gebran Bassil a déclaré lors d’une conférence de presse commune avec son homologue égyptien Sameh Chucri, qu’une nouvelle chance de coopération avec l’Egypte se présente. Il a assuré que “l’Egypte doit récupérer son rôle stratégique au niveau de la lutte […]

Ahmad Hazer: un velocista che viene da lontano

16 August 2016

Il velocista libanese Ahmad Hazer parteciperà a Rio alla sua seconda Olimpiade dopo Londra nel 2012, con una “wild card” (un invito). Poco tempo fa Ahmad Hazer non avrà mai immaginato di prendere parte alle Olimpiadi di Rio de Janeiro, che inizieranno il 5 agosto. […]

Ahmad Hazar: Een sprinter die terug komt van ver

16 August 2016

De libaneze sprinter Ahmad Hazar zal voor de 2e keer deelnemen in Rio voor de Olympische Spelen na 2012 in Londen, dankzij de wildcard(uitnodiging). Enige tijd geleden had Ahmad Hazar nog nooit aan gedacht om deel te nemen aan de Olympische Spelen in Rio, die […]