Syria & Syrian Civil War Archive
BBC: Dewsbury teenager is ‘UK’s youngest ever Deobandi suicide bomber: A West Yorkshire teenager is believed to have become Britain’s youngest ever suicide bomber after reportedly blowing himself up in Iraq. Talha Asmal, 17, was one of four suicide bombers who attacked forces near an oil refinery south
بی بی زینب کے مزارکا دفاع کرنے والےغیرتمند سنی صوفی اور شیعہ پختون کے خلاف محمود اچکزئی کی ہرزہ سرائی: شام میں مزارات بی بی زینب اور دیگر اہل بیت اطہار کے مزارات صرف شیعہ کے لیے محترم و مقدس نہیں ہیں بلکہ یہ مزارات سب شیعہ و سنّی مسلمانوں کے لیے متبرک و مقدس ہیں ، ان مزارات
داعش امریکی اور اس کی اتحادی مڈل ایسٹ ریاستوں کی پالیسیوں کی پیداوار ہے – صداے اہل سنت: امریکہ میں جنگ مخالف ایک گروپ نے یہ ڈاکومنٹری رپورٹ تیار کی ہے ، اس رپورٹ میں بتایا گیا ہے کہ عام طور پر تاثر یہ ہے کہ داعش مڈل ایسٹ میں امریکیوں کی بے عملی کیوجہ سے ابھر
When an American journalist visited Syria and opened her eyes, She stopped listening to lies being spewed by the mainstream media.: “A perfect example of how the west is directly supporting al Qaeda through our governments and media. Click on the link below to read a BBC ‘reporter’ happily sharing how Al Qaeda (called Al Nusra in Syria) is leading
When will Husain Haqqani write an impassioned article against the multi-billion dollar arms sale by the USA to Saudi Arabia – by Riaz Al-Malik Hajjaji: Just wondering when Hussain Haqqani will write an impassioned article against the multi-billion $ arms sale by the United States to Saudi Arabia – you know, the country that supplied 15 of the 19 terrorists of 9/11 and
Was ISIS created by “inaction” by the United States government or by “direct” action: Ben Swann’s video: “Some information or derived conclusions are wrong. But, basic analysis is true and you will never see this on CNN, BBC etc. The families of Saud, Wahhaab, Khalifa, Thaani, Nahyaan etc in association with the US, EU and the
پینٹا گون امریکہ کی رپورٹ : امریکہ کو بن غازی لیبیا میں امریکی سفارت خانے پر حملے کے منصوبے کا پہلے ہی علم تھا – عامر حسینی: امریکی انتظامیہ کو تین ماہ پہلے ہئ نومبر 2012 کے امریکی صدارتی الیکشن سے پہلے ہی داعش کے عراق میں خلافت قائم کرنے کے منصوبے کا علم تھاامریکی انتظامیہ کو بن غازی سے اسلحے کی کھیپ کے شام منتقل
Pentagon report predicted West’s support for Islamist rebels would create ISIS – Nafeez Ahmed: A declassified secret US government document obtained by the conservative public interest law firm, Judicial Watch, shows that Western governments deliberately allied with al-Qaeda and other Islamist extremist groups to topple Syrian dictator Bashir al-Assad. The document reveals that
Celebrating death not life – Tahir Kamran: “IS celebrates death, not life” was a statement from a young Jordanian colleague who works on Middle Eastern politics. Despite being visibly distressed and shaken over the gruesome killing of the Jordanian pilot, Moaz al-Kasasbeh, who was burnt
War with Isis: In Mosul, the Sunni brides brainwashed into becoming Salafi Deobandi suicide bombers – Patrick Cockburn: It was when Isis issued a fatwa saying a wife should obey her husband in all matters, including becoming a suicide bomber, that Aysha, a 32-year-old mother of two children, decided to flee her home in Mosul. She recalls
The ISIS Salafi and Deobandi militants enforcing Jihad-un-Nikah. rape and temporary marriage on Sunni women in Iraq – Patrick Cockburn: On the day Ibrahim fled his home city of Fallujah, crowds were gathering to witness the execution of two women who had refused to marry Islamic State (Isis) militants. A 49-year-old Sunni Arab, he says he was shocked
Saudi Arabia wants to lead the UN Human Rights Council: Saudi Arabia wants to lead the UN Human Rights Council, which raises anger among activists who fear an erode of the Council’s credibility. An “abomination, and cynical by a nation that beheads people on public squares,” said a human
Sputnik Report: Turkish PM Erdogan and Saudi King Salman agree to support Al-Qaeda, Al-Nusra and ISIS in Syria: Regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Turkey have temporarily put aside their differences in order to support a new anti-Assad coalition in Syria. The so-called “Army of Conquest” has been ravaging northern Syria in the past couple of weeks with a ferocity unseen since the
Want to Stop Islamic terrorism? Talk to Saudi Arabia, Malaysian diplomat urges: Could the kind of Islamic extremism that has been wreaking havoc in Iraq, Syria, Nigeria and other countries take root in Southeast Asia? Dennis Ignatius, a retired Malaysian diplomat, thinks it’s entirely possible. And if it happens, he
Al Saud: Kingdom of Slaughter, Destruction and Fear – byIsraa Al-Fass: Remembering the Wahhabi forces has always been associated with remembering the criminal practices of their ancestors since the political deal between Mohammad bin Saud and Mohammad bin Abdul Wahhab, which stated that the first must protect the ideology
Let Saudi Arabia fume – Pervez Hoodbhoy: The news is that the high and mighty heading the 200-million strong Islamic Republic of Pakistan have just returned from the world’s petro-capital, Riyadh. The prime minister, chief of army staff, minister for defence, foreign secretary, and an assemblage
سعودی عرب اور اسرائیل کے اتحاد کی کہانی – رابرٹ پیری کی زباںی: کنسورشیم نیوز ڈاٹ کوم “آزاد صحافت ” کی علمبردار ایک ویب سائٹ ہے جو 1995ء سے کام کررہی ہے ، اس کے لیے کام کرنے والے معروف صحافی رابرٹ پیری نے اپریل 15 ، 2015ء کو ایک خصوصی رپورٹ
Saudi Arabia is ‘biggest funder of terrorists’: Saudi Arabia is the single biggest contributor to the funding of Islamic extremism and is unwilling to cut off the money supply, according to a leaked note from Hillary Clinton. The US Secretary of State says in a secret
Did money seal Israeli-Saudi alliance?: Special Report: The odd-couple relationship between Saudi Arabia and Israel may have been sealed with more than a mutual desire to kiss-off Iran. According to an intelligence source, there was a dowry involved, too, with the Saudis reportedly giving
Islamic State descends from Wahhabism: WINSTON CHURCHILL recognized the danger that an Islamic state posed in 1921, when he rose in the House of Commons to warn of a then little-known sect emerging from “the vast deserts of Arabia:” the Wahhabis. But because
Iran warned Houthis against Yemen takeover: Editor Note : First it turns out that the Zaydis are not even part of the more traditional 12ver (Isnashari) Shia sect but are actually a Sunni-Shia hybrid and follow the jurisprudence of a Sunni Imam. Then they
Mohammad Javad Zarif: A message from Iran: Editor note : After Saudi-Turkish sponsored AQ/FSA/Daesh, the Iran vs Saudi binary does not hold. It is valid to critisize Iran for its domestic rights situation but hypocritical to exclude Saudi Arabia and Turkey, Qatar and Jordan from the
Sale of U.S. arms fuels the wars of Arab states: WASHINGTON — To wage war in Yemen, Saudi Arabia is using F-15 fighter jets bought from Boeing. Pilots from the United Arab Emirates are flying Lockheed Martin’s F-16 to bomb both Yemen and Syria. Soon, the Emirates are expected
America has abdicated its guiding role in the middle east to a sectarian Arab military force – James Traub: In the speech on counterterrorism policy that he delivered last year at West Point, President Barack Obama made clear that the United States would no longer try to fight the terrorist threat abroad on its own, but rather
Perhaps the Houbaras would approve Pakistan’s decision to stay clear of Saudi aggression on Yemen – by Ayaz Amir: There’s always the brighter side of things. A bit of Arab anger following our waffling but intrinsically sound stand on Yemen may hold the promise of some good. If this anger extends to the point where Arab sheikhs and
Ayaz Amir’s analysis of Saudi war on Yemen: The army has to decide, not (hapless) civilians We should be able to cut through the simulated confusion. If Pakistan gets into any part of the Yemen mess, if Pakistani troops are sent or not sent, if Pakistan gets
Yemen crisis: What will Saudi Arabia do when – not if – things go wrong in their war with the Shia Houthi rebels? – Robert Fisk: The depth of the sectarian war unleashed in Yemen shows itself in almost every Gulf Arab official statement and in the official press. The Saudis take it as read that Iranian forces are actually present in Yemen to assist
The only way of dealing with Isis, al-Qaeda and other jihadi movements is in the countries where Salafis and Deobandis flourish, i.e. Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Afghanistan – Patrick Cockburn: The ghost of Osama bin Laden will have been chuckling this month as he watches the movements he inspired conquer swathes of the Middle East. He will be particularly gratified to see fighters from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
تاریخ اپنا آپ دھرا رہی ہے – عمار کاظمی: ہم نے دیکھا کہ ایران عراق براہ راست جنگ میں سعودیہ صدام کی پُشت پر کھڑا تھا۔ پاکستان میں شیعہ خمینی اور دیوبند سلفی اکثریت صدام حسین کے ساتھ تھی۔ پتا نہیں یہ ہار کا خوف تھا یا برائے
خطرہ آل سعود کی باد شاہت کو ہے – حرمین کو نہیں – عامر حسینی: آج کل پاکستان میں ہر طرف کچھ لوگ ” حرمین شریفین ” کو (فرضی ) خطرات لاحق ہونے کا شور مچاکر آسمان سرپر اٹھائے ہوئے ہیں اور مجھے اس پر جالب کے اشعار یاد آئے جن کو زرا ترمیم
Iraq: ISIS Escapees Describe Systematic Rape: The extremist group Islamic State (also known as ISIS) has carried out systematic rape and other sexual violence against Yezidi women and girls in northern Iraq. Human Rights Watch conducted research in the town of Dohuk in January
Putting genies back in the bottle – Murtaza Haider: It is the pot calling the kettle black. For decades India has accused Pakistan-based fundamentalists of exporting religious extremism to India. The fountainhead of Islamic fundamentalism in South Asia, however, is not Akora Khattak, but Deoband in India. India
The Saudis’ friends should have spoken up earlier – Ayaz Amir: The advice that the kingdom’s friends are giving it now they should have given earlier when the Saudi royals, made nervous and paranoid by Iran, were getting ready to strike at Yemen. Now that, putting their prestige and standing
33% stronger: A Pakistan without terrorism – Murtaza Haider: If incompetence and corruption of the ruling elite were not enough to derail the economy, Pakistan’s sustained bout with terrorism did the rest. Recent research shows that in the absence of terrorist violence, Pakistan’s economy would have grown much
Fanaticism: From Peshawar to Paris – Murtaza Haider: If their agenda is to put a wedge between Muslims and the rest, the Jihadists are doing a pretty fine job. The attack in Paris that killed 12 journalists and police at the office of the newspaper Charlie Hebdo
Say hello to iJihad – Murtaza Haider: Not to be outdone by the rest in the Internet age, the Jihadists have readily embraced modern communication technologies. From their recruitment videos on YouTube to timely tweets of their vicious attacks on civilians, the Jihadists are
سب باغی ایک جیسے نہیں ہوتے۔ سید عون عباس: تیونس میں ایک ماسٹرز کئے ہوئے لڑکے نے جب اپنے حقوق نہ ملنے پر خود کو آگ لگائی تو اس آگ نے صرف اس نوجوان ہی کو نہیں جلایا بلکہ پورے تیونس میں یہ آگ پھیل گئی، اور برسوں
ISIS’s role in the destruction of Sunnis of Iraq – by Patrick Cockburn: Yet for all Mahmoud’s (an Iraqi Sunni) passionate sense of injustice, his belief that the government is irredeemably anti-Sunni is only part of the story. Sunni and Shia have both used mass violence against one another’s communities in the
From Tunisia to Iraq, Afghanistan to Egypt, Salafi and Deobandi terrorists are enemies of culture and civllization – Robert Fisk: Coming from a group which has burned and bulldozed churches and Islamic shrines in Iraq, axed 3000-year old statues in the Mosul museum and boasted of destroying the ancient city of Hatra, the Tunis Tweet is a warning to