Syria & Syrian Civil War Archive
Our Friends in Riyadh – by Toby C. Jones: Last Wednesday, a criminal court in Saudi Arabia sentenced Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, one of the kingdom’s most visible political dissidents, to death. Saudi authorities have justified the verdict in terms of national security. Convicted on vague
Shameful silence on the massacre of Sunni Muslims by ISIS: Editor’s Note : I condemn all those Shia, Sunni, Christian, Marxist, atheist, liberal and other activists who are silent on the massacre of Sunni Muslims by takfiri Wahhabi Deobandi Khawarij of ISIS in Iraq and Syria. The world
Robert Fisk’s interview: Syria update 10 Nov 2014: Transcript : Emma Alberici : Prime Minister Tony Abbott has confirmed tonight that Australian special forces are moving into Iraq to help in the fight against ISIS. It comes on the back of a US decision to send
Russia Today’s report on how Hamas, Al-Nusra and ISIS dragged Palestinians into Syria’s conflict – by Sharmine Narwani: Palestinians didn’t jump into the fray in Syria. They were dragged into it – violently and reluctantly. Here is the story of how and why Palestinians and their 14 refugee camps became strategic targets in the Battle for
Research paper: ISIS-Turkey list – David L. Phillips: Is Turkey collaborating with the Islamic State (ISIS)? Allegations range from military cooperation and weapons transfers to logistical support, financial assistance, and the provision of medical services. It is also alleged that Turkey turned a blind eye to
300 ISIS terrorists who returned to UK enjoying rehab instead of prosecution: Shame on PM Cameron: Returning Wahabi/Deobandi fighters are being offered ‘jihadi rehab’ instead of prosecution for supporting blood-thirsty terrorist groups. The vast majority of more than 300 young men who have arrived back from Syria and Iraq are being allowed to continue their normal
ISIS ideology is grounded in Saudi education: According to an article published Oct. 21 on Al-Monitor, the Islamic State (ISIS or IS) has issued new regulations for the school systems under its control in Iraq and Syria. The announced purpose of the so-called guidelines,
Libyan model for Syria? The West is silent as Libya falls into the abyss – Patrick Cockburn: Remember the time when Libya was being held up by the American, British, French and Qatari governments as a striking example of benign and successful foreign intervention? It is worth looking again at film of David Cameron grandstanding
عالمی دہشتگرد تنظیم داعش پاکستان میں سرگرم: داعش کے تکفیری خوارج پاکستان میں موجود کالعدم گروہوں انجمن سپاہ صحابہ اور لشکر جھنگوی کے دہشتگردوں کے ساتھ مل کر مسلح افواج اور شیعہ مسلمانوں پر حملے کی تیاریاں کر رہے اور اس حوالے سے ان دہشتگردوں نے
ترکی کا تیرہ سالہ لڑکا جسے اس کی ماں نے داعش میں شامل ہو کر تمام غیر وہابی غیردیوبندی کو قتل کرنے کے لئے تیار کیا ہے: ترکی کے جنوبی علاقے میں واقع ایک مکان کے تنگ سے کمرے میں ایک 13 سالہ لڑکا شدت پسند تنظیم دولتِ اسلامیہ میں شامل ہونے کی تیاریوں میں مصروف ہے۔ جب اس نے ہمیں یہاں خوش آمدید کہا تو
Christian community’s legitimate reaction to the Wahhabi Salafi and Deobandi terrorists in Syria – Robert Fisk: Abdul Qadir al-Djezairi’s palace is on the right, noble in spirit as well as architecture. He is the one who brought the Christians and Jews of Damascus to his home when they feared the Muslims in the 19th
Useful Atrocities – Eva Bartlett: Harem refugee in Latakia centre speaks of atrocities committed by foreign insurgents. Photo by Eva Bartlett. Who outside of Syria knows the names Yara Abbas, Maya Naser, Mohamed al-Saeed…? The corporate media has inundated us with news of the
شام کے قدیم شہر سلمیۃ کی اسماعیلی آبادی پر داعش کے منڈلاتے سائے: شام کے صوبے حماۃ کا قدیمی اسماعیلی شیعہ اکثریت کا صوبہ سلمیۃ کا ایک منظر شام کے قدیم تاریخی شہر سلمیۃ پر داعش کے سائے اور ماغوط کی شاعری عامر حسینی کل رات کو امام بارگاہ سے واپس
Discrimination against Shia led to genocide of Christian and Yazidi – Hawraa Zakery: WASHINGTON, August 13, 2014 — Human rights NGOs, pro-humanity entities, and pro-democracy governments all discriminate, which is why not much has been accomplished in the world to protect human dignity and security. Every human rights activist claims to care
Sunni Sufi Genocide: ISIS’s Salafi Deobandi terrorists massacre 220 Sunni Muslims of Albu Nimr tribe in iraq: BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The bodies of more than 150 members of an Iraqi Sunni tribe which fought Islamic State have been found in a mass grave, security officials said on Thursday. Islamic State militants, most of them from transnational
Despite US-led airstrikes, transnational Wahhabi and Deobandi fighters pouring Into Syria faster than ever: Top U.S. and British counterterrorism officials said Tuesday that the growing number and variety of foreign fighters streaming into Syria is unprecedented in recent history. “The rate of travel into Syria [by foreign fighters] is greater than we
There’s only one way to beat ISIS: work with Assad and Iran – by Leslie H. Gelb: The Obama administration has pulled together a coalition as ineffectual as it is unwilling. It’s time to join up with the forces, however unsavory, that can do the job. Earlier this week, outside Washington, the Obama team hosted senior
عرب بہار، شامی انقلاب اور فرقہ پرست سیکولر – جوزف دھر/عامر حسینی: جوزف دھر جوکہ شام میں انقلابی تحریک کے ایک سرگرم دانشور رہے ہیں انقلاب شام کے بارے میں ابتک گردش کرنے والے سوالات کے جوابات دینے کے لیے انھوں نے اپریل 2014ء میں یہ مضمون لکھا تھا اور یہ
War against Isis: US air strategy in tatters as militants march on – Patrick Cockburn: America’s plans to fight Islamic State are in ruins as the militant group’s fighters come close to capturing Kobani and have inflicted a heavy defeat on the Iraqi army west of Baghdad. The US-led air attacks launched against Islamic
کرد گوریلا خواتین کی جدوجہد ۔ سامراجیت اور جنگجو مزاحمت کار عورتوں کی فیٹشائزیشن: آج کل مغربی میڈیا ، سوشل میڈیا میں کرد عورتوں کی عسکری تنظیم پی وائی جے کی داعش کے خلاف جدوجہد بارے بہت کچھ دیکھنے کو مل رہا ہے اور فیشن انڈسٹری بھی پیچھے نہیں رہی ، اس نے
Europe Tries to Stop Flow of Salafi and Deobandi Citizens Joining Jihad – Steven Erlanger: BIRMINGHAM, England — European countries pressed ahead on Tuesday with efforts to deter the growing numbers of their Salafi and Deobandi citizens seeking to join radical Islamic movements in Iraq and Syria, as some experts warned that the United States-led
Anti-Western diatribe: Erdogan declares Lawrence of Arabia a bigger enemy than ISIS: GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took on the iconic Lawrence of Arabia Monday in a furious anti-Western diatribe. The Turkish president compared the outside meddling in the region now to the role the renowned British army
مہاجر کیمپ تک آنے والی جنگ اور جنگ کے بادلوں کی اوٹ سے ابھرتی شامی موسیقی -عامر حسینی: وسام الجزائری شامی مصور کی تخلیق میں نے جب اپنا کالم ” خوف میں جینا سیکھ لو ” لکھا تھا تو مجھے ہرگز نہیں معلوم تھا کہ اس کرہ ارض پر ایسے لوگ بھی موجود ہیں جو خوف کے
طیب اردوغان – داعش کا اصل قصائی خلیفہ: ترکی کے سرحدی قصبے سروک میں شامی نژاد کرد خاتون مہاجر کا خاندان ان بدقسمت خاندانوں میں سے ایک ہے جو داعش کے دھشت گردوں کے حملے کے وقت بروقت شام میں ترکی کی سرحد کے قریب واقع کوبانی
Time to kick Turkey out of NATO?: The Kurdish town of Kobane in western Syria is under siege by the Islamic State. A U.S.-led coalition has hit at the jihadists sieging Kobane—with 13 strikes on Wednesday and Thursday—but bombs alone may not suffice. It is the
Salafi Deobandi propaganda on internet is more dangerous than the so called Islamic State – by Robert Fisk: Ever since the Pentagon started talking about Isis as apocalyptic, I’ve suspected that websites and blogs and YouTube are taking over from reality. I’m even wondering whether “ Salafi Wahhabi and Deobandi Isis” – or Islamic State or Isil,
Washington Post: Demographic composition of foreign militants of the Islamic State aka ISIS: An estimated 15,000 militants from at least 80 nations are believed to have entered Syria to help overthrow the regime of President Bashar al-Assad according the CIA and studies by ISCR and The Soufan Group. Almost all of these
UK police arrest 4 Wahabi/Deobandi men suspected of terror plot: London (CNN) — Four men were arrested Tuesday in London on suspicion of planning an act of terrorism, one that the city’s police commissioner described as “quite a serious case.” Armed police officers assisted in the arrests of the
Saudi Arabia, Qatar funding extremism: British commander: A former British commander in Iraq says that Saudi Arabia and Qatar are accountable for globally spreading extremism. In a recent interview with The Telegraph, General Jonathan Shaw said that both of the Arab states have ignited a “time
Political bullying: Saudi and Turk sponsors of ISIS trying to silence Joe Biden’s bold voice against real sponsors of the Salafi Deobandi Islamic State: US Vice President Joe Biden is on record here with one of his famous politically incorrect ‘gaffs’. In this case however he did indeed speak the truth. The US allies like Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE have been
In Pakistan, Deobandi TTP-ASWJ militants support the so called Islamic State – by Amir Mir: ISLAMABAD: The TTP Ameer, Mullah Fazlullah’s, announcement to send fighters to help the Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq and Syria is a disturbing development for Pakistan as the move shows that after extending its area of influence in
Saudis against the ISIS: sea change? – Dr Mohammad Taqi: Editor’s note: While Dr Taqi legitimately highlights the Saudi roots of global Salafi Wahhabi terrorism and its key role in the spread of ISIS and other similar terror outfits across the globe, it is also important to take into
Isis in Kobani: Turkey’s act of abandonment may mark an ‘irrevocable breach’ with Kurds across the region – Patrick Cockburn: Kurds vented their fury at the Turkish government for standing by as Isis fighters looked poised to take the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani in view of the Turkish border and the watching Turkish army. At least 12
The Gulf members of the anti-ISIS coalition: hypocrisy and secret agendas – Sabah Ayoub: This US Air Forces Central Command photo shows an F-22A Raptor refueling in the US Central Command area of responsibility prior to strike operations in Syria on September 26, 2014. These aircraft were part of a large coalition strike
Iran, the Thinkable Ally – Roger Cohen: LONDON — Breakfast last week in New York with President Hassan Rouhani of Iran was a cordial affair, bereft of the fireworks of his predecessor, whose antics made headlines and not much more. Rouhani, flanked by his twinkly-eyed foreign
Schoolgirl jihadis: the female Islamists leaving home to join Isis fighters: Zahra Halane, 16, poses with an AK-47, an Isis flag, knife and grenade. A series of tweets about her kitten, thrown out by her husband, betray her youth. Hundreds of young women and girls are leaving their homes
Meet the Syrian Islamist organization controlling Senator McCain’s agenda – Daniel Greenfield: A few days ago, the Wall Street Journal ran a high profile article from one Elizabeth O’Bagy arguing that the majority of the Syrian rebels were actually moderates. Senator McCain mentioned Elizabeth O’Bagy’s op-ed during the Senate hearings, when
The Ancestors of ISIS – David Motadel: CAMBRIDGE, England — IN the last few years, there has been a dramatic rise of a seemingly new type of polity: the Islamic rebel state. Boko Haram in West Africa, the Shabab in East Africa, the Islamic Emirate
شام میں پاکستانی دیوبندی بھی دہشت گردی میں شامل ہیں – امریکی محکمہ انصاف: امریکہ کے محکمۂ خارجہ کے ترجمان نے امریکی انٹیلی جنس اداروں کے حوالے سے بتایا ہے کہ شام میں دیگر ممالک کے لوگوں کی طرح پاکستانی دیوبندی بھی موجود ہیں لیکن اُنھیں یہ نہیں معلوم کہ وہ دولتِ اسلامیہ
مڈل ایسٹ – آل سعود ، وہابی مذھبی اسٹبلشمنٹ ، مسلم بنیاد پرستی اور واشنگٹن – پہلا حصّہ – عامر حسینی: مڈل ایسٹ میں اس وقت جو بھی سماجی – سیاسی حالات ہیں ان میں جہاں عالمی طاقتوں کی حریفانہ کشاکش کا دخل ہے وہیں اس میں عرب ریاستوں کی داخلی و خارجی صورت حال سے ابھرنے والی علاقائی سیاست