Australian PM appalled at decapitated head photo: A shocking image of what is believed to be the young son of an Australian man holding a decapitated head in Syria shows how barbaric the Islamic State “terrorist army” is, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Monday. Abbott
Syria’s Military: Last Man Standing? – by Florence Gaub: Not long ago, every defection from Syria’s armed forces was hailed as yet another sign that the country’s military was about to collapse—and with it, the regime as a whole. In a dramatic public countdown, Al Jazeera installed
Could ISIS retaliate against the West? – by Paul Cruickshank: The U.S. air strikes carried out Friday against ISIS are likely to have one unintended consequence: immediately increase the terrorist threat in Europe and the United States, Western counter-terrorism officials tell CNN. Within hours of U.S. military jets and
Holy War Arrives in Germany – by Soeren Kern: “Never before have the sympathizers of Islamic terror appeared so openly in Germany.” — Editorial, Westfalen-Blatt. “Anyone who thought the civil war in Syria or the barbarity of the Islamic State in Iraq does not affect us, you are
Humanisation of ISIS will not work – by Ali Wahab: In mid June 2014, news started circulating of the capture of Mosul, a city of nearly 2 million inhabitants in Northern Iraq by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, referred to as Isil. Not only news
Qatar facilitates ransom for Al Qaeda related groups: Officials from Switzerland, left, and Qatar flanked Silvia Eberhardt at Doha’s airport after she was freed from captivity in Yemen in 2013. Agence France Presse/Getty Images Note by Agha Jafri: The most dangerous and bloodthirsty terrorists in the
Why No One Cares About the Christians of Mosul: No one cares about the Christians of Mosul–or perhaps we should say the Christians formerly of Mosul. The reports in recent days suggest that the last Christians have now fled that city, forced out by Islamist militants who implemented a