Syria & Syrian Civil War Archive
Saudi royal calls for regime change in Riyadh: A senior Saudi prince has launched an unprecedented call for change in the country’s leadership, as it faces its biggest challenge in years in the form of war, plummeting oil prices and criticism of its management of Mecca, scene
What Putin told the UN: the US and allies are to blame in Mideast: Those who hoped Vladimir Putin would lead the way out of the Syria crisis with a detailed new plan on Monday were disappointed. The Russian president used his address to the UN General Assembly for a tour de force
شام : اوبامہ اور پیوٹن کی پوکر گیم – عامر حسینی: کل جب یو این کے 70 ویں جنرل اسمبلی سیشن میں امریکی صدر باراک اوبامہ اور ولادیمیرپیوٹن نے خاص طور پر مڈل ایسٹ اور شام پر اپنے اپنے موقف کے دفاع میں دلائل دئے تو سچی بات یہ ہے
The evil empire of Saudi Arabia is the West’s real enemy: Iran is seriously mistrusted by Israel and America. North Korea protects its nuclear secrets and is ruled by an erratic, vicious man. Vladimir Putin’s territorial ambitions alarm democratic nations. The newest peril, Isis, the wild child of Islamists, has
Putin is talking more sense on Syria than anyone else – John R. Bradley: At the outset of Syria’s brutal four-year civil war, I was an almost unique voice in the British media deploring the push to depose the secular dictator President Bashar al-Assad, especially in the absence of a genuinely popular
Obama’s Iran Deal creates international safety – Pranaav Jadhav: You may have often heard from political pundits that the second term of a presidency is often uncharismatic and low-key. This certainly does not seem to apply to President Obama who used up every bit of his last resource
Europe’s Migrant Crisis cannot risk ISIS infiltration – MCHR: The sight of toddler’s drowning to death as part of the influx of thousands of asylum seekers at the boundaries of Europe has moved the Global community deeply. While our sympathies are with the victims of ISIS, we are
Turkish daily exposes transfer of weapons to ISIS: On Sept. 1, police raided numerous news outlets, including one that happened to publish on that same day a report documenting weapons being transported from Turkey to the Islamic State (IS) in Syria with the knowledge of the local customs
Hajjaji salutes General Petraeus disingenuous support for Al Qaeda “moderates” in Syria – Riaz Malik Hajjaji: General Petraeus’s sly backing of Al Qaeda “moderates” reminds Hajjaji of the Good Taliban vs Bad Taliban/Pakistan Taliban vs Afghan Taliban “distinction” that was made by the civil and military establishment in Pakistan. This “distinction” was formalised in the
Kuwait Official refers to Syrian refugees as ‘psychologically disturbed’ and says they should not be allowed into Kuwait or Gulf cooperation council countries: Kuwait and other gulf cooperation council countries are too valuable to accept any refugees. Our countries are only fit wor workers. its too costly to relocate them here. Kuwait is too expensive for them anyway. As opposed to Lebanon
شامی تارکینِ وطن اور نام نہاد نقاد۔ از نور درویش: کچھ کمرشل لبرل، نام نہاد حقیقت پسند اور نقاد ایک راگ الاپ رہے ہیں کہ شام کے تارکینِ وطن کے غم میں رونے والوں کو اپنے ملک کے وزیرستان کے متاثرین نظر نہیں آتے۔ افسوس کہ اِن حضرات کو
“Do not kill women, children, the old, or the infirm…” words “From your mouth to Heaven’s Door,” by Rusty Walker: It is the terrorists that are responsible for the death of this child. Not the drowning, not the fleeing of this child’s homeland. Culpability lies on the blood-soaked hands of the Takfiri Salafist invaders- Daesh who set off the chain of
Noam Chomsky on the Iran deal: Throughout the world there is great relief and optimism about the nuclear deal reached in Vienna between Iran and the P5+1 nations, the five veto-holding members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany. Most of the world
Saudi Arabia faces existential crisis after its misjudged gamble on oil: If the oil futures market is correct, Saudi Arabia will run into trouble within two years. It will be in existential crisis by the end of the decade. The contract price of U.S. crude for delivery in December
Islamic State abducts dozens of Christians from Syrian town: Islamic State militants have abducted dozens of Christian families after seizing a strategically located town in the central Syrian province of Homs, a monitor said on Friday. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 230
‘Muslims are biggest victims’: ISIS’ online recruiting success story: The Islamic State’s deft use of social media is continuing to inspire and recruit young people in America to its cause and win them over to Islam, in spite of the terror group’s brutal tactics causing violence around the
Takfiri terrorist Malik Ishaq failed to read the shift in the national landscape – by Ayaz Amir: Ultimately what got Malik Ishaq, the doyen of Pakistan’s sectarian terrorists, was not his commitment to violence but his failure to read the shift in the national landscape. He got away with murder – to accuse him of
Instead of bashing on Malik Ishaq’s killing, why can’t we just give the Army a break and believe its claims, for once? – by Umaima Ahmed: Having a rare day off, I was, as always, sleeping when the news of Malik Ishaq, his two sons’ and 13 of their follower’s demise in an encounter near Muzaffargarh broke and spread like wildfire. I was still
راحیل شریف کی جانب سے دہشت گردی کے خاتمے کا عزم مصمم – نداۓ اہلسنت: ملک اسحاق کے چودہ ساتھیوں سمیت پولیس مقابلے میں مارے جانے کے فوری بعد جو رد عمل سامنے آرہا ہے ، اس میں ایک گھنٹے کے بعد جنرل راحیل شریف کے جو بیانات سامنے آئے ان سے یہ ظاہر
ملک اسحاق کا خاتمہ شام سے موصولہ خفیہ اطلاعات پر کیا گیا – حیدر جاوید سید: کالعدم لشکر جھنگوی اور اہلسنت والجماعت (ملک اسحٰق گروپ کے ) سربراہ ملک اسحٰق اور ان کے 13ساتھیوں کی جنوبی پنجاب کے ضلح مظفر گڑھ میں شاہ والا جنگل کے قریب پولیس مقابلہ میں ہلاکت کے بعد ان کے
پاکستانی دیوبندی خوارج کی ناپاک جسارت: شامی صدر کے خلاف جھوٹے پراپیگنڈے کے لئے قرآن مجید میں تحریف کردی: داعش، النصرہ، طالبان اور القاعدہ کی حلیف پاکستانی کالعدم دہشت گرد جماعت سپاہ صحابہ (نام نہاد اہلسنت والجماعت) نے شامی صدر بشار الاسد کے بغض میں ایک نہایت ناپاک جسارت کر دی، دہشت گرد اعظم طارق دیوبندی کے بیٹے
Robert Fisk: David Cameron extremism speech: The PM’s Churchillian posturing over Syria is misguided: The way David Cameron tells it, this is the Battle of Syria. He’s going to “hammer” Isis, if he gets his way. Reminds you of Winston. Just imagine what our fighter boys were thinking when their 650 Spitfires and
Pakistani Deobandi among two arrested on terror charges in Italy: MILAN: Italian police say they have arrested two people, including a Pakistani Deobandi and a Tunisian, suspected of being behind a Twitter account that carried threats in the name of Daesh or the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group against
Turkey’s Erdogan still fears Kurdish autonomy more than ISIS – Ruby Stockham: On Monday a suicide attack in the small Turkish city of Suruc killed at least 32 young activists and left more than 100 seriously injured. The activists were part of a meeting of around 300 members of the Federation of Socialist Youth Associations (SGDF),
Who has triumphed in Vienna? – by Syed Kashif Ali: With sanctions removed, not only will Iranian economic revival be initiated but also greater US-Iran regional cooperation is expected in the Middle East, especially for Iraq’s stability, fight against Islamic State and peaceful settlement of the Syrian and the
Why Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Sufyani Liberals hate the Iran deal – Syed Riaz Al-Malik Hajjaji: “King Salman sees the entire Middle East through the prism of a grand Arab cold war between Sunnis and Shiites—with the Shiites led by Iran and all Shiite movements, for instance the Houthi rebels in Yemen, as nothing more
Erdogan’s map of madness – by Dr Abbas Zaidi: In 2009, when Erdogan stormed out of a meeting in protest against Israel’s aggression in Gaza, Muslims in general were overjoyed claiming that he had crushed Israel: He was rapturously received by his Turkish supporters when he returned
انٹرنیشنل سوشلسٹ جرنل میں کامریڈ غیاث کا داعش پر ایک شاندار تفصیلی کالم – عامر حسینی: انٹرنیشنل سوشلسٹ جرنل میں کامریڈ غیاث کا ایک مضمون داعش پر شایع ہوا ہے اور اس میں ایک لمبی اور تفصیلی بحث کے بعد اس نے داعش ازم کیا ہے کہ عنوان سے بحث کو سمیٹتے ہوئے مڈل ایسٹ
حزب الوطنیہ دیمقراطیہ تیونس کا تکفیری قوتوں کے خلاف جرات مندانہ موقف – عامر حسینی: جامع الکبیر المساکن تیونس میں وھابی امام نے اپنے خطبے میں کہا کہ تیونس میں جو بھی اشعری عقیدے پر فوت ہوگا ، اس کی موت بدعت و کفر پر ہوئی ہے اور یوم قیامت اس کے ھاتھ پشت
داعش کے ساتھ ہم پہلے سے زیادہ محفوظ ہیں – برطانوی دیوبندی خاندان: برطانیہ سے لاپتہ ہونے والے 12 افراد پر مشتمل برطانوی خاندان شدت پسند تنظیم دولتِ اسلامیہ میں شامل ہوگیا ہے۔ خاندان سے منسوب ایک بیان میں کہا گیا ہے کہ وہ اپنے آپ کو ’پہلے سے زیادہ محفوظ‘ محسوس
Sticks and stones – How WikiLeaks could help precipitate the fall of the Saudi empire: Comment by Abdul Qadir : Now that the cat is literally out of the bag it will be much more difficult for the kingdom to manipulate from behind closed doors – plotting requires a certain degree of secrecy and
ISIL warns Hamas in video message: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has threatened the Palestinian armed group Hamas, vowing to end the faction’s rule in the territory. In a 16-minute long video shared by social media accounts sympathetic to ISIL
Wahhabism: Religious deviance, fountainhead of radicalism & extremism (Op-Edge): Muslims are caught in the eye of a ferocious storm as Islamic State’s legions spread fear across three continents. But anger has been misplaced as the real face of terror lies not with Islam but hidden in Saudi Arabia,
کویت میں شیعہ مسجد پر حملہ کرنے والا سعودی شہری تھا: شفقنا اردو۔ کویتی حکام نے کویت سٹی میں شیعہ مسجد امام صادق پر خودکش حملہ کرنے والے کی شناخت ظاہر کر دی ہے۔ حکام کے مطابق مسجد پر حملہ کرنے والا سعودی شہری ہے جس کا نام فہد سلیمان
The Kuwait-ISIS connection: Can we really trust the Kuwaiti Emir?: “Everybody knows the money is going through Kuwait and that it’s coming from the Arab Gulf,” said Andrew Tabler, senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “Kuwait’s banking system and its money changers have long been
Syrian Kurds claim capturing 3 Turkish special forces in Kobani: The Syrian Kurdish forces claimed that they have captured three Turkish special forces during the ISIL attack on the town of Kobani, media reports said. The Turkish forces were captured by the Kurdish fighters while they were accompanying the
کویت شیعہ مسجد میں نماز جمعہ پر دیوبندی سلفی تکفیری دہشت گرد کا خود کش حملہ: پندرہ سے زائد افراد شہید: کویت کی شیعہ مسجد میں آج پھر ایک دیوبندی سلفی تکفیری نے خوارج کی سنت کو ادا کر دیا مسجد یا مارکیٹ میں خود کش دھماکے کے بعد جو بد دیانت یا کم عقل لوگ فقط ملا اور مسجد
خاموشی کی خریداری ، سعودی عرب نے کیسے عرب اور عالمی میڈیا کو رام کیا – عامر حسینی: آج جب کہ میں یہ سطور لکھنے بیٹھا ہوں تو دنیا بھر کے میڈیا سے یہ خبریں آرہی ہیں کہ جیسے ہی جینواء میں اقوام متحدہ کے ثالث کار نے یمن کے حریف فریقوں کے درمیان مذاکرات کی ناکامی
Yazidi youth protests through his art – Raza Rumi: The barbaric treatment of non-Muslims and Shia in Iraq at the hands of so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or Daesh has alarmed the world. The Christians have been fleeing from northern Iraq where they have been