Syria & Syrian Civil War Archive
10 Myths about the Crisis in Iraq: The ongoing Iraq crisis has upended many assumptions about Iraq and US policy in the Arab East (al-mashriq) and Persian Gulf. Unfortunately Western media reporting is filled with much erroneous information on the crisis. Sectarian politicians, who seek
Enough – by Arif Ahmad: Done and dusted Left for dead We are back up on our feet Kicking, fighting Showing our resolve, our grit That stuff we are made of And the oomph we got left Besides our lingering fears Beyond
Iraq government slams Saudi Arabia for creating false Sunni-Shia sectarian tensions and enabling Salafi-led genocide in Iraq: Baghdad slams Saudi Arabia for ‘encouraging genocide’ in Iraq The Iraqi government says that it holds Saudi Arabia “responsible” for the current crisis and has blamed Riyadh for encouraging “genocide” in the country through the backing of Sunni
London: Iraq’s Sunni and Shia Muslims demonstrate against BBC’s sectarian coverage of Iraq crisis: A group of Iraqis have staged a demonstration in the British capital, London, to express their anger at the inflammatory and sectarian reporting of events in the Arab country by the state-run British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Press TV
عراق : سعودی حمایت یافتہ وہابی دہشت گردی کا شکار – از ڈاکٹر لال خان: ایڈیٹر نوٹ : پاکستانی قوم کا ایک المیہ یہ بھی ہے کہ جب بات دیوبندی اور وہابی دہشت گردی کی آے تو ملا ہو یا لبرل ، ملحد دانش ور ہوں یا بائیں بازو سے تعلق رکھنے والے سب
Facebook refuses to take down ISIS terror group fan page – by Rahat Hussain: [UPDATE: Facebook removed this page from its website about an hour after this article was posted Monday.] Users of Facebook have reported this week that the website is refusing to take down a known ISIS terror group
Radical Salafi and Deobandi autumn, not Arab spring – by Chris Cork: The writer is editorial consultant at The Express Tribune, news junkie, bibliophile, cat lover and occasional cyclist. The Arab Spring was never aptly named — for one thing it is a coinage of the West rather than
Nouri al-Maliki, the scapegoat in Iraq: It’s entertaining and educating how Iraq’s elected Prime Minister Norui al-Maliki is being spoken of as a sectarian tinpot dictator “installed” by Americans and Iranians in Iraq, being held responsible for the entire mess the country is currently facing
Why is Western media blacking out the ISIS’s war with Al-Nusra and FSA in Deir al-Zor, Syria?: Currently, Salafi ISIS (Al-Qaeda 2) is fighting with Salafi Al-Nusra (Al-Qaeda 1) and Free Syrian Army (FSA) in order to gain control of Deir al-Zor in Syria. Sunni population in Deir al-Zor is extremely worried because of the immient
سعودی حمایت یافتہ سلفی دہشت گرد تنظیم داعش کے ہاتھوں عراق میں سینکڑوں سنی اور شیعہ فوجیوں کا قتل عام: عراق میں موصل اور تکریت پر قبضہ کرنے والی سلفی و دیوبندی دہشت گرد تنظیم دولت اسلامی عراق والشام نے انٹرنیٹ پر تصاویر جاری کی ہیں جن سے ظاہر ہوتا ہے کہ اس کے جہادی جنگجو عراقی فوجیوں کا
Let’s blame Iran for the current mess in Iraq – by Riaz Malik Al Hajjaji: Just few months ago, some Good Liberals of Pakistan were actively supporting ISIS militants in Iraq and Syria – back then, we knew them by their former avatar which was Free Syrian Army (FSA). What happened to FSA? Clearly
ISIS doesn’t represent Sunni Muslims – by Ali Raza: In 1801 and 1802, the Saudi Salafi militans under Abdul Aziz ibn Muhammad ibn Saud attacked and captured the holy cities of Karbala and Najaf in Iraq, equally revered by Sunni Sufis and Shias, began to massacre parts of
Tracking ISIS from Syria to Iraq: An analysis – by Riaz Malik Al Hajjaji: Caution: Graphic content While these pictures and the video would have made my ancestor, Hajjaj Bin Yousuf, quite happy, even I sort of wimped out towards completing it. Basically, this story starts in Homs, Syria, where as per SoS
After Libya and Syria, the Salafi-Wahhabi and Deobandi Spring reaches Iraq – by Riaz Al-Malik Hajjaji: The Salafi-Wahhabi and Deobandi Spring, aided by Saudi petro-dollars, Western media and CIA, has finally made it to Iraq via Libya and Syria, while also leaving important footprints in Egypt and other countries. In Libya, US happened to support
عراق اور شام کو وہابی خلافت میں بدلنے کا منصوبہ ،دولت اسلامیہ عراق والشام کی کہانی —از قلم محمد بن ابی بکر: دولت اسلامیہ عراق والشام نے عراق کے سنّی اکثریت والے صوبے انبار کے بعد سابق عراقی صدر صدام حسین کے آبائی شہر تکریت اور موصل پر بھی قبضہ کرلیا اور موصل بغداد شہر سے صرف 90 کلومیٹر کی دوری
Western media’s obfuscation and lies about the situation in Iraq: In the lasts few days, Saudi-funded, Salafi-Wahabi and Deobandi militants in Iraq have seized Mosul and Tikrit, two of the country’s most important cities, and are beginning to drive toward Baghdad. However, as Iraq faces collapse at the hands
Saudi-backed Salafi-Wahhabi terrorists of ISIS establishing Caliphate in Iraq and Syria – by Robert Fisk: So after the grotesquerie of the Deobandi terror outfit Taliban and the Salafi war-lord Osama bin Laden and 15 of the 19 suicide killers of 9/11, meet Saudi Arabia’s latest monstrous contribution to world history: the Islamist Salafi/Wahhabi caliphate
ISIS takes control of Bayji, Tikrit in lightning southward advance – by Bill Roggio: Iraqi and Syrian Towns and Cities seized by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham ISIS units traveling in a convoy of more than 60 vehicles advanced into Bayji last night, and torched several government buildings, court houses,
Analysis: Blowback from the Syrian jihad has begun – by Linda Lundquist: As the Obama administration seeks to invest more heavily in training and arming ‘vetted, moderate’ rebels in Syria’s three-year civil war, a conflict that has already claimed over 150,000 lives and drawn the largest-ever concentration of foreign jihadists, the wisdom of
Foreign Jihadis Fighting in Syria Pose Risk in West – by Kimko De Freytas-Tamura: LONDON — Two years ago, a young man who now calls himself Abu Muhajir slipped into Syria with a few friends and $80,000, forsaking what he said was a job as a high school science
American who joined Syrian rebels becomes first known US suicide bomber: Social media posts by an Al-Qaeda affiliate claim a man named Abu Hurayra Al-Amriki (Abu Hurayra the American) blew himself up in an attack in Syria. US officials say he is the first-known American suicide bomber in the civil-war
US to end presence in Afghanistan by end of 2016 – Bill Roggio: Yesterday, President Barack Obama formally announced the US’ plan for basing troops in Afghanistan after the International Security Assistance Force mission concludes at the end of 2014. Previously, the administration had floated the idea of a “zero option,” or no troops
Pakistan exporting Deobandi Taliban and Polio (Reuters): Editor’s note: This article should be read together with Deobandi Taliban impose polio sharia on Pakistan. Pakistan excelling at exporting Deobandi Taliban and polio. Good business, go Pakistan Army. Polio virus strain in Syria confirmed as being from Pakistan –
This spread of ‘holy fascism’ is a disaster – by Patrick Cockburn: Earlier this month, Saudi liberal activist Raif Badawi was sentenced to 1,000 lashes, 10 years in prison and a heavy fine for insulting Islam. In fact, his crime was to establish an online discussion forum where people were free
Wahabbi ISIS in Syria destroy Assyrian statues and artifacts believed to be 3000 years old: Don’t be surprised if it reminds you of the Deoabndi Taliban destroying Buddha statues a few years ago. This is an ideology that views the collective human heritage with hate and disdain as if the human civilization began
سعودیوں نے مجبور پناہ گزینوں کو بھی نہ بخشا: دوہا (مانیٹرنگ ڈیسک) جنگیں صرف تباہی اور بربادی لاتی ہیں لیکن اس تباہی و بربادی کا سب سے بڑا نشانہ معصوم بچے اور عورتیں بنتے ہیں۔ شام میں 2011ءسے جاری خانہ جنگی نے لاکھوں شامیوں کو بے گھر کردیا
After the Sheikhs – by Christopher Davidson, Alex Doherty: Christopher Davidson is a Reader in Middle East politics at Durham University and the author of, most recently, ‘After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies.’ New Left Project’s Alex Doherty spoke with him about the possibilities
Takfiri vs Takfiri: ISIS vs Al Nusrah new battle ground Saudi Arabia: Editor’s note: We are cross posting here a report from our friends at the LWJ which confirms increased fighting between ISIS and Al-Nusrah, with terror theater now extending to Saudi Arabia. This is not surprising and the ultimate end
US advanced weapons reaching Al Qaeda “rebels” – by Lisa Lundquist: While the opposition Syrian National Coalition, headed by Ahmad Jarba, has been meeting with US officials this week in Washington in an effort to secure further support, including more funding and additional antitank and antiaircraft weapons, news from Syria indicates that
عرب نیشنل گارڑ۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔بشار الاسد کی حمائت میں ایک نئی گوریلا فورس قائم: شام میں جاری تصادم میں ایک نئی پیش رفت دیکھنے کو ملی ہے اور وہ یہ ہے کہ مڈل ایسٹ میں عرب قوم پرستوں نے ملکر عرب نیشنلسٹ گارڑ (اے این جی)کے نام سے بشار الاسد کی حمائت میں
پاکستان کے دیوبندی مدارس کی طالبات تکفیری دہشت گردوں کی جنسی تسکین کیلئے شام پہنچ گئیں: پاکستان کے دیوبندی مدارس کی خواتین کا ایک اور دستہ شام میں جبھۃ النصرہ اور داعش کے باغی تکفیری دہشت گردوں کی جنسی تسکین کیلئے شام پہنچ گیا۔ تفصیلات کے مطابق ایک عرب خبر رساں ادارے نے دعویٰ کیا
Syrian forces poised to recapture Homs after truce agreed with rebels: Syria‘s government and rebels have agreed to a ceasefire in Homs to allow hundreds of fighters holed up in the old quarters of the city to leave – a deal that will bring the country’s third-largest city under the
Powerful establishment tool Jamaat-ud-Dawa (Jud) joins the sectartian bandwagon – by Hasan Abdullah: KARACHI: While the government of Pakistan says it believes in non-interference in the on-going Syrian conflict, a powerful jihadi group with self-confessed links to the security establishment has for the first time openly adopted a sectarian stance while declaring
سعودی جہادی کی شام سے واپسی: “All of those calling for jihad in Syria are liars. The Free Syrian Army brings in women and liquor, Al-Nusra Front pretends to be honest, but I felt otherwise and left them.”-Misfer, a former “jihadist” from Syria.
The Saudi-Salafist cause: King of Bahrain needs more Pakistani Deobandi mercenaries in his army – by Robert Fisk: Saudi Arabia is giving $3bn – yes, £2bn, and now let’s have done with exchange rates – to the Pakistani government of Nawaz Sharif. But what is it for? Pakistani journalists have been told not to ask this
ڈیڑھ ارب ڈالر کی سعودی امداد کا مقصد پاکستان میں دیوبندی اور وہابی انتہاپسندوں کے ذریعے شیعہ سنی فرقہ واریت کو ہوا دینا ہے – از نزیر ناجی: Source : http://dunya.com.pk/index.php/author/nazeer-naji/2014-04-26/6870/58076360#.U1z_WSgbbIW
“I had five sons, now I have four”: Syria’s senior cleric pardons the rebels who killed his son – by Robert Fisk: Editor’s Note : Syria’s top Sunni Mufti pardons the takfeeri khariji (salafi deobandi) terrorists who killed his son. Sheikh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, the Grand Mufti of Syria, son Saria was a second-grade student at Aleppo University when he was
شام کا بحران – از مسلم یونٹی: تمام حقیقت پسند افراد سے گذارش ہے کہ ہمارے پیج سے ویڈیوز اور امیجز ڈونلوڈ کر کے عوام تک پہنچائیں تا کہ شامی فساد کی حقیقت واضح اور اس آگ کو دوسرے ممالک لیجانے کا منصوبہ ناکام ہو جاۓ!
تکفیریوں کا مفتی اعظم: ہم جب شام میں شامی حکومت کے خلاف اٹھنے والی نام نہاد جہادی مسلح جدوجہد کا جائزہ لیتے ہیں تو ہمیں ایک تو اس تحریک کی نظریاتی بنیاد سلفی تکفیری آئیڈیالوجی پر کھڑی نظر آتی ہے اور دوسرا اس
Assad is already counting on soldiers still at school to fill the gaps left by 30,000 casualties – by Robert Fisk: We were driving down the main road from Homs – fast, of course, as the Syrian war now requires – when, just outside the Damascus suburb of Harasta, a government soldier asked for a ride into town. I have