Syria & Syrian Civil War Archive
The phenomenon of the British Salafi and Deobandi Jihadis: Has Syria become the new Afghanistan? – by Anwar Rizvi: When British troops were first deployed into Afghanistan as part of “Operation Enduring Freedom”, their mission seemed straightforward enough. Defeat the Taliban & their Al Qaeda allies, & secure the country for a democratically elected government that would
Fleeing Iraqis relieved that Cheney has no regrets about war – by Andy Borowitz: BAGHDAD (The Borowitz Report)—Just days after former Vice-President Dick Cheney said that he had no regrets about the invasion of Iraq, people fleeing their homes across that war-torn nation expressed tremendous relief that he was at
Syria conflict exclusive: Western aid going to help territory held by ISIS militants: Western governments are sending millions of pounds of aid to areas held by the radical Islamic group Isis in northern Syria, The Independent can reveal. The aid, which is paid for by the UK, European and US
While international attention is focused on Gaza, Isis Salafi militants march further into Syria battling to crush the resistance of Sunni Kurds – by Patrick Cockburn: Isis fighters have captured much of eastern Syria in the past few days while international attention has been focused on the Israeli bombardment of Gaza. Using tanks and artillery seized in Iraq, it has taken almost all of
العربیہ ٹی وی : سعودی سلفی جہادی کی بیوہ نے بغیر طلاق کے داعش دہشت گرد سے شادی رچا لی: سعودی عرب میں القاعدہ کے انتہائی مطلوب کمانڈر کریم المجاطی کی مراکشی بیوہ فتیحہ المجاطی داعش کے خلیفہ ابو بکر البغدادی کے معاون خصوصی سے نکاح کرنے عراق جا پہنچیں۔ العربیہ ڈاٹ نیٹ کی رپورٹ کے مطابق فتیحہ کا
مخالفت یہود و مخالفت صہیونیت میں فرق کیا ہے ؟ – از عامر حسینی: ایک صاحب ہیں ایلن ہارٹ جوکہ کبهی انڈی پینڈنٹ ٹیلی ویژن نیٹ ورک برطانیہ اور بی بی سی سے وابستہ رہے اور مڈل ایسٹ پر ان کو خاصی مہارت حاصل ہے اور اسرائیلی و فلسطینی قیادتوں کو بہت قریب
داعش نے قطر کے خلاف نیا محاذ کھول دیا: میڈیا رپورٹس کے مطابق شدت پسند گروپ داعش نے عالمی فٹ بال فیڈریشن (فیفا) کے سربراہ ”سپ بلٹر“ کے نام دھمکی آمیز خط لکھا ہے جس میں کہا گیا ہے کہ قطر میں ورلڈ کپ کا انعقاد
SOS from Iraq: 15,000 residents of Amirli under siege of death by ISIS terrorists: A small town in Kirkuk Iraq with a population of 15000 residents, most of them are Shia Turkemen and Sufi Sunni, is surrounded by the Islamic State (IS/ISIS) Salafi Wahhabi militants vowing to kill every man, woman and child.
Anti-Semitism: what it is and is not – by Alan Hart: “An anti-Semite used to be a person who disliked Jews. Now it is a person who Jews dislike “ Those are the words of my dear Jewish friend, Nazi (Auschwitz) holocaust survivor Dr Hajo Myer. They are taken
Four men from Mumbai believed to have joined Iraq jihad, a father appeals for help – by Praveen Swami: Families of the four have filed missing persons complaints with the police station in Kalyan. (Source: Express photo by Prashant Nadkar) From the window of his apartment, Ejaz Badruddin Majeed stares out over the grimy suburban heights
Is ISIS another master stroke by the western intelligence services? – by Ali Hashim: In the last 15 years a variety of Islamist Jihadi movements have erupted across the world in response to inequities, e.g. those in Israel, Chechnya, Palestine, Kashmir and against local despots such as those in Libya, Syria, Egypt, Saudi
Lebanese Sunni cleric Sheikh Maher Hammoud exposes Salafi hypocrisy: Arabs will fight Israel if it’s a Shia entity: Sunni Imam of Al-Quds Mosque in Sidon (Lebanon), Sheikh Maher Hammoud, has claimed that “if you want Arabs to fight Israel, tell them Israel converted to Shi’ism”. Hammoud said: “اذا اردتم للعرب ان يقاتلوا اسرئيل قولوا لهم ان إسرائيل
Islamic State rounds up ex-Baathists to eliminate potential rivals in Iraq’s Mosul – by Maggie Fick and Ahmed Rasheed: (Reuters) – One night last week, Islamic State militants in an SUV with tinted windows pulled up at the home of a former Iraqi army officer, one of the men they see as an obstacle to
Israel, ISIS and Iran – by Ali Khan Mahmudabad: In 1871 in the small north Indian town of Bareilly Richard Bourke, the Governor General and 6th Earl of Mayo, made a speech in the presence of the Nawab of Rampur and other notables. This came in the
Fox News: ISIS destroys Sunni shrines and Shia mosques, may be targeting Mecca: ISIS is leaving a path of destroyed churches, shrines and mosques in its wake as it storms across Syria and Iraq, and has even set its sights on Mecca — Islam’s holiest site. The nihilistic jihadis, led
Former US ambassador to Iraq says: It’s not Washington’s job to tell Iraq who its leaders should be: James F. Jeffrey has served as U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Turkey and Albania. He is the Philip Solondz visiting fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. As the U.S. ambassador to Iraq from 2010 to 2012,
Sunni And Shiite British Imams Denounce Wahabi/Deobandi ISIS Together In New Video – by Yasmine Hafiz: Sunni and Shiite Muslim leaders in the United Kingdom have come together to denounce the Islamic militant group ISIS in a video posted by a group called Imams Online, reports the BBC. A statement on the Imams Online website
Radical Salafis/Deobandis face jail for attack on group of Shi’ites ‘in first case of Muslim sectarian violence in Britain’ – by Lucy Crossley: Radical Salafi/Deobandi Muslims are facing jail for attacking a group of Shi’ites in what is believed to be the first case of Muslim sectarian violence on the streets of Britain. Violence broke out on London’s Edgware Road, a
Iraq crisis: How Saudi Arabia helped Isis take over the north of the country – by Patrick Cockburn: How far is Saudi Arabia complicit in the Isis takeover of much of northern Iraq, and is it stoking an escalating Sunni-Shia conflict across the Islamic world? Some time before 9/11, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, once the powerful
Leaked audio features Al Nusrah Front emir discussing creation of an Islamic emirate – by Thomas Joc: A leaked recording of Abu Muhammad al Julani, the emir of the Al Nusrah Front, giving an impassioned speech to his fighters surfaced online late yesterday. While the audio appears to be a real recording of Julani, The Long War
Witnesses describe how Salafi & Deobandi fascist leveled Sunni village as a warning – by Mohammed al Dulaimy and Hannah Allam: BAGHDAD — To the villagers who fled, Zowiya is now a graveyard for all they’ve ever known. Their houses have been razed, their neighbors are dead, and their tribal codes have been violated in ways they never
In Pakistan, Deobandi militants pledge allegiance to Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi: In daily Telegraph (11 Jul 2014), Rob Crilly reports: This week a Pakistani militant group declared its allegiance to the Islamic State (IS or Daish) and its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi al-Salafi. In Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Islamic State
BBC and CNN’s Sectarian Agenda – by Faheem Raza: I have been monitoring BBC, CNN and other leading newspapers of west surprised for me that they reported that Gaza and Arab conflicts with neocons agenda. They termed Syria war Shia –Sunni conflict but never tell the truth
ISIS Salafi and Deobandi militants take sledgehammers to tomb of Prophet Jonah in Mosul, Iraq: Editor’s note: The Western press should answer the question: Is Prophet Jonah Sunni or Shia or Christian? The Western press keeps making an inaccurate false Shia Sunni Binary thereby obfuscating the Saudi Inspired Salafi and Deobandi identity of
Islamic State rounds up ex-Baathists to eliminate potential rivals in Iraq’s Mosul: A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made what would be his first public appearance at a mosque in the centre of Iraq’s second city, Mosul, according
ISIS Links with Pakistan: Past and Present – by Syed Ali Abbas Zaidi: The entire world has been gripped by news of ISIS – Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (also known as Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham; now just Islamic State) – declaring on 29th June 2014
Can Nouri Al Maliki save Baghdad from ISIS? – by Patrick Cockburn: In early June, Abbas Saddam, a private soldier from a Shia district in Baghdad serving in the 11th Division of the Iraqi army, was transferred from Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province in western Iraq, to Mosul
داعش کے جنگجووں نے حضرت یونس علیہ السلام کا مزار تباہ کر دیا: بغداد (نیوز ڈیسک) عراق میں شدت پسند گروپ الدولۃ اسلامی فی العراق والشام (داعش) کے جنگجو ہتھیاروں اور بھاری ہتھوڑوں سے مسلح ہوکر موصل میں واقع حضرت یونس علیہ السلام کے مزار مقدس پر ٹوٹ پڑے اور قبر مبارک،
Iran Pursues Subtle Strategy on Iraq Without Pushing Sectarian Conflict – by Bill Spindle: An Iraqi Shiite prays at the Imam Hussein Shrine in the holy Shiite city of Karbala, the fate of which is of great concern to Iran’s government. Getty Images QOM, Iran—Iran is pursuing a delicate strategy of supporting
سعودی عرب عالم اسلام میں سب سے بڑا فرقہ پرست ملک ہے – انسٹی ٹیوٹ فار گلف افئیرز: آل علی احمد انسٹی ٹیوٹ فار گلف سٹیٹس کے نامور محقق اور دانشور ہیں ،انھوں نے حال ہی میں ایک اور سماجی سائنس دان کرسٹوفر ڈینیوب کے ساتھ ملکر عراق اور سعودیہ عرب کے درمیان ایک تحقیقی تقابلی مطالعہ
ISIS Threatens Holocaust Against Jews – by John Rossomando: A Twitter post Thursday by supporters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), now calling itself the Islamic State (IS), has promised a Holocaust against the Jews. “The Real Zionist Holocaust is Predicted in the Hadiths!
Hamas, an ally of Al Nusra – by Abdul Nishapuri: Between an Israeli Jew and a Palestinian Takfiri Jihadist, I will prefer Israeli Jew any day. He won’t slaughter me for my faith. Hamas must stop firing rockets while hiding behind civilians and then using civilian casualties to blame
The 7/7 bombing memorial in London vandalised just hours before commemorations – by Richard Spillett: Relatives of those killed in the July 7 bombings joined survivors for an emotional ceremony to remember the 52 people who died nine years ago today. A minute’s silence was held at the 7/7 memorial in London’s
ملا عمر مسلمانوں کو ابوبکر البغدادی کی بیعت کرنے کا حکم دین، مولانا طاہر اشرفی: داعش کی عراق میں دہشتگردی کے بعد موصل اور نیوا میں عارضی کامیابیوں کے بعد اس گروہ کے سربراہ ابوبکر البغدادی نے خلافت کا اعلان کردیا اور ایک حالیہ ویڈیو میں دنیا بھر کے مسلمانوں سے اطاعت کی اپیل
عرب دنیا کے بُرے بانسری باز – از خالد المعینا: دمشق اور بغداد ایک زمانے میں علم و تہذیب وتمدّن کا گہوارہ ہوا کرتے تھے۔ آج ان شہروں پر تاریکی اتر چکی ہے اور درحقیقت عرب دنیا کہلانے والے تمام علاقے تاریکی، طوائف الملوکی اور کنفیوژن میں ڈوبے ہوئے
Life of a Canadian Salafi Jihadi Wife in the ‘Caliphate’. She went to Syria to provide sex to ISIS’s Salafi fighters & is now a widow: Eight months ago, Umm Haritha, a 20-year-old woman from Canada, made her way to Turkey against her parents’ wishes with a half-empty suitcase and $1,500. Within a week she was in Syria, and a few weeks later she
Iran’s Hashmi Rafsanjani calls for Iran-Saudi cooperation against takfiri terrorists: Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former president and current chairman of the Expediency Council, has called for cooperation by regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia to counter the rise of terrorism. “The actions of terrorist groups in the region occurred in the shadows
Brutal Killings of Sunnis by Takfiri Salafi/Wahhabi/Deobandi ISIS: While this a gruesome post, it is important document the level of cruelty that is espoused by Takfiri Wahhabi Deobandi and Salafi ideologies. It is important to understand that Fascism of any kind is not compatible with the modern
داعش کے حامی ملکوں کی اپنی بلا دوسروں کے سر ڈالنے کی کوشش – از عامر حسینی: اگر آپ کو گلف ریاستوں اور ترکی و اردن سے نکلنے والے اخبارات اور جرائد کو پڑهنے کا اتفاق آج کل ہو تو آپ کو پتہ چلے گا کہ ان اخبارات و جرائد میں اکثر عرب دنیا اور مشرق
دیوبندی سلفی دہشت گردوں کی دہشت گردی سامراجی منصوبے کا حصہ ہے – از عبدلقادر: شام : شام میں بشار السد کی سیکولر حکومت کا تختہ الٹنے کے لئے “جمہوریت” کے نام پر خانہ جنگی شروع کروائی جاتی ہے، اس خانہ جنگی کو “عرب سپرنگ” یا ” شامی بغاوت” کا نام دیا جاتا ہے۔