Politics

Islamic State militants have abducted about 900 Kurdish civilians in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo over the past three weeks, amid fierce fighting for control of a nearby militant stronghold, a Kurdish official and Syrian activists said Friday. The abductions began shortly after the […]

It is unlikely that US President Barack Obama will follow the State Department’s dissent advice and make a 180-degree shift in his foreign policy toward Syria: it will be up to Obama’s successor how to untie the Syrian knot. Commenting on the diplomatic memo, which […]

In the province of Rakka, while the Syrian Arab army was advancing and liberating villages held by Daesh and its allies, the enemy has used sarin gas, or more precisely its most dangerous version: VX gas. The Syrian army was forced to withdraw. To protect […]

Kurds Close to Terrorist Capital of Raqqa; Fallujah Under Attack by Iranians and Iraqi Shiite Militias; Buildup for Attack on ISIS-Occupied Mosul Reported; France 24 Sees Turn of Tide in Conflict vs. ISIS; German Police Block Strategy of Tension Terror Attack on Düsseldorf; Every Defeat […]

An Egyptian court on Tuesday nullified a government decision to transfer sovereignty of two strategic Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, in a surprising setback for President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The ruling surprised even some of Mr. Sisi’s critics, who did not expect the judiciary […]

Long before Falluja was known the world over for deadly jihadists, it was known all over Iraq for its kebab — fatty lamb, ground and mixed with onion, grilled on a skewer over an open fire and served with a pinch of sumac — at […]

Government troops in Iraq have almost completely recaptured Fallujah from Daesh. They also took control of the administration building in the city center. But the terrorists are still keeping the resistance, holding individual streets and houses Al-Zulfiqar Baldavi, the head of the volunteer center “Al-Shaab […]

After the bomb attack that hit the headquarters of Blom Bank in Beirut this month, US financial sanctions against Hizbollah are threatening to pose an internal problem for Lebanon. “For those who are not aware, most of the sanctions were initially directed against American banks […]

Bahrain said Monday it has revoked the citizenship of the Sunni-ruled kingdom’s top Shiite cleric, accusing him of sowing sectarian divisions, in a move that sparked protests among the majority community. Sheikh Issa Qassem, considered the community’s spiritual leader, abused his position to “serve foreign […]