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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), […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Lebanese government has adopted Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s proposal to make the Feast of the Annunciation on March 25 a joint national holiday for Christians and Muslims, the Lebanese daily An-Nahar reported (in Arabic) on Friday. The Feast of the Annunciation, which is called […]

An Egyptian judoka has been reprimanded and sent home by the International Olympic Committee for refusing to shake the hand of an Israeli competitor who beat him on Friday, according to the Associated Press. Islam El Shehaby, who has been described as an an ultra-conservative […]