Syria & Syrian Civil War Archive
Doubts about Saudi Arabia’s antiterrorism coalition: One of the greatest weaknesses in the American-led fight against the Islamic State is the lack of competent regional forces to join in defeating the militants, especially on the ground. Saudi Arabia’s plans to organize a military coalition of
Pakistan will not help topple Syrian govt: FO: ISLAMABAD: After initial opposition from most political parties, parliamentarians and civil society, the government has been compelled to make a major announcement in which it assured Syria that it would under no circumstances topple the government of Syrian
The United States is teaming up with Al Qaeda, again – Andrew Cockburn: One morning early in 1988, Ed McWilliams, a foreign-service officer posted to the American Embassy in Kabul, heard the thump of a massive explosion from somewhere on the other side of the city. It was more than eight
Most Syrian rebels sympathise with ISIS, says thinktank: More than half of the rebel fighters in Syria who are opposing President Bashar al-Assad are sympathetic to Islamic State views, a leading thinktank has claimed. The Centre on Religion and Geopolitics said efforts to wipe out Isis
داعش نہ امریکا کی ایجنٹ نہ اسرائیل کی،وہ ایک متشدد اور انتہا پسند سلفی تنظیم ہے – مولانا سید سلمان حسینی ندوی، لکھنو: داعش کیا ہے؟یہ تنظیم کیسے وجود میں آئی؟کب اور کہاںاس کی تشکیل ہوئی؟ عراق کے ایک بڑے حصہ پر اور شام کے متعدد علاقوں پر یہ کیسے قابض ہو گئی؟یہ علماء، دانشوران،اخبار کے اڈیٹر صاحبان،کالم نگار ،مضمون نویس اور
List of Assyrian and Other Churches Destroyed in Syria: The following is a list of Assyrian churches and monasteries in Syria that have been destroyed by ISIS and other Muslim groups. Also included is a list of non-Assyrian churches that have been destroyed. Attacks on Christians in
Salute to international volunteers fighting against ISIS and Nusra-Qaeda: Meet the American Vigilantes Who Are Fighting ISIS May was the flowering month for the Syrian thistle. The pink heads grew from the rubble in a small village south of the city of Tel Tamer, in northern Syria. A
Saudi Arabi and Turkey planning to create a new Salafi state in parts of Iraq and Syria – Counter Punch: What is the connection between the US bombing of a Syrian military base in Ayyash, Syria, and the Turkish invasion of northern Iraq? Both of these seemingly isolated events are part of a larger plan to Balkanize the Middle East, to strengthen Washington’s
Turkey is a terrorist state that has invaded Iraq to support ISIS – Iraqi Parliament: If Turkey does not withdraw its troops and the Security Council, the Arab League and the international community will continue to idle, we will find a way to protect our legal rights,” Iraqi MP from the State of
Sectarian monster Erdogan Al-Baghdadi shamelessly justifies Iraq’s invasion: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkish troops were in Iraq at the request of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi since 2014 as the row between the two countries deepens. “Turkish soldiers are in Basheeqa camp at the
Let’s deal with the Devil: we should work with Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad in Syria: In the last couple of days, young people have been coming up to me in the street and asking in an accusing way: “Oi, Boris, why did you vote for war?” And I try as ever to explain that
ISIS shipping weapons to Libyan affiliates via Turkey: The Greek coastguard has seized a ship loaded with thousands of undeclared, carefully concealed weapons, and possibly explosives, en route from Turkey to Libya. Local media claims the ship is linked to Islamic State (IS) and to companies who
Research paper: ISIS-Turkey list: 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 ISIS
قطر اور سعودی عرب نے ریڈیکل اسلام ( وہابیت ) کو پھیلانے کے لئے پیسے فراہم کرکے پوری دنیا کو ایک ٹائم بم پر لاکر بٹھادیا ہے – جنرل جوناتھن: ادارتی نوٹ : جنرل جوناتھن شاہ برطاںیہ کی فوج کے سابق اسسٹنٹ چیف آف سٹاف رہے ہیں انھوں نے حال ہی میں دئے گئے انٹرویو میں ” ریڈیکل اسلام ( وہابیت ) کے پھیلاؤ کا زمہ دار قطر اور
ننھے ایلان کردی کی لاش کو ترکی نے کیش کرالیا – عثمان غازی: ترکی کو تین ارب یورو کی فیس مل گئی، اب وہ شامی پناہ گزینوں پر ٹوٹ پڑے گا- یورپی ممالک میں ترک شہریوں کو ویزافری رسائی کی سہولت ملتے ہی اب عظیم اسلامی ملک ترکی نے شامی مہاجرین کے
We wouldn’t dare call any of these world leaders terrorist sympathisers: Tony and Cherie Blair with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, and his wife Asma, outside Downing Street in 2002. His regime has been accused of killing tens of thousands of civilians. Margaret Thatcher and former Chilean dictator, General Augusto
from Iraq to Syria: repeating a debacle: Proof that the British political class hasn’t learned anything after Iraq came with David Cameron’s ludicrous assertion that there are 70,000 moderate rebels fighting in Syria. It was an outright fabrication to rank with Blair’s sexed up dossier on
The spread of Wahhabism, and the West’s responsibility to the world: François Hollande’s declaration of war against Isis (also known as Islamic State) was, perhaps, a natural reaction to the carnage in Paris but the situation is now so grave that we cannot merely react; we also need sustained, informed
ISIL Created by US Interventionism, Saudi Money & Wahhabi Ideology – Assad: Commenting on the origins of the Islamist terrorism plaguing the Middle East, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad noted that terror groups including Al-Qaeda and ISIL have been able to find fertile soil in Iraq as a result of US interventionism,
Former NATO commander Wesley Clark: ‘ISIS serves the interests of Turkey and Saudi Arabia’: Former Supreme NATO Commander Gen. Wesley Clark is quite a character. Immediately after the Kosovo War, Clark actually ordered NATO troops to attack Russian peacekeeping troops (the order was ignored). But sometimes he does or says things which
Senator Richard Black: War in Syria would end if US stopped supporting terrorists: Virginia State Senator and decorated Vietnam veteran Richard Black says it like it is. The United States continues to supply terrorists in Syria with weapons, making them a grave threat to global security as well as deepening the conflict
why Turkey stabbed Russia in the back: It’s absolutely impossible to understand why the Turkish government would engage in the suicidal strategy of downing a Russian Su-24 over Syrian territory – technically a NATO declaration of war on Russia – without putting in context the Turkish
Will the UK target the tankers being used by the Erdogan regime to facilitate oil smuggling by ISIS?: In the ongoing debate in the UK on whether or not to “bomb ISIS”, PM Cameron and his cabinet are deliberately omitting any mention of related extremist groups in Syria like the various factions of Al Qaeda and their
داعش کے بھوت میں انسانیت تلاش کرنے کا مغربی جنون – عامر حسینی: آج ڈیوڈ کیمرون کی سربراہی میں ہونے والے برطاننوی کابینہ کے اجلاس میں شام میں ” داعش ” کے ٹھکانوں پر بمباری کرنے کی قرارداد کی اصولی طور پر منظوری دے دی گئی جبکہ برطانوی پارلیمنٹ سے اس قرار
Iran, Hezbollah and Russia – the real coalition – Ayaz Amir: Daesh or the Islamic State is the most extreme form of Salafist Islam, so toxic that it makes the Taliban look mild and Al-Qaeda look like a backward cousin. Al-Qaeda was only an ideology, Daesh is ideology plus geography.
Russian Pilot Rescued by Iran’s General Soleimani: Russian sources revealed on Thursday that the pilot of the Russian Su-24 jet that was shot down by Turkey over the Syrian airspace on Tuesday was rescued in an operation by Iran’s globally renowned IRGC Qods Force Commander
The West still not getting it – Ayaz Amir: The present turmoil began from Syria and from the desire of a range of countries, western and Arab and including Turkey, to get rid of Bashar al-Assad. By aiding the opposition to Assad they helped fuel the fires of
House of Saud has recruited mercenaries from Eritrea, Sudan and now Latin America, to slaughter the Yemeni people – Jeff Siddique: Before some people jump out of their skins. A “Saudi” is someone who is related to the House of Saud and is helping to run the country. There are tens of thousands of the murderous people in Arabia. An
فرانس کا داعش کے خلاف اعلان جنگ: جب برطانوی وزیراعظم انتونی ایڈن نے 1956 ء میں برطانیہ کی مصر کے خلاف فریب کن جنگ کے خاتمے کا فیصلہ کرلیا تو امریکی صدر آئزن ہاور نے اسے ایک خشک سی تجویز بھیجی تھی Whoa,Boy ! اس کے
Pakistan warns Turkey: Don’t make our mistakes: The armed uprising in Syria, with the goal of changing the regime, has given birth to organizations that are threatening the entire population of the region, but Turkey is continuing on its way in total disregard for the perils of “Pakistanization.”
جان آر بولٹن : مشرقی شام میں سلفی ریاست کے حامی مغربی مولویوں میں ایک اور اضافہ: شام کی مشرقی سرحد پر ترکی کی سرحد سے چار کلومیٹر دور ترک ایف 16 جیٹ نے روسی جنگی طیارے کو گرادیا اور یہ انتہائی اقدام وہ ہے جس کی نیٹو اور امریکہ نے بھی حمائت کی ہے جبکہ
کیا ترکی کا روسی جنگی جہاز مار گران تیسری عالمی جنگ کا پیش خیمہ تو نہیں؟: ترکی نے اپنی فضائی حدود کی خلاف ورزی پر روس کا سخوئی طیارہ مار گرایا ہے۔ اور طیارے میں موجود دو پائلٹ باہر نکلنے میں کامیاب رہے ۔ لیکن اطلاعات یہ ہیں کہ ایک پائلٹ ہلاک ہو چکا ہے
Did the media ignore the Beirut bombings? Or did readers?: If social media is an expression of public sentiment, then it seems significant that perhaps the most widely shared tweet on Friday’s terror attacks in Paris was not about Paris at all but rather was about another terror
امریکی خفیہ مراسلے : شام کیسے لہو رنگ ہوا-آخری حصّہ: فروری 21 ، 2006ء کا ایک مراسلہ بتاتا ہے پس پردہ رابطے ( شام میں امریکی سفارت خانے کے روابط ) امریکی حکومت کی جانب سے شامی حزب اختلاف کے لئے 5 ملین ڈالر کی امداد کے اعلان کی مذمت
Obama and the Legacy of the ” Dark Side ”: We also have to work – though sort of on the dark side – if you will” Dick Cheney When, in early August, the Pentagon’s former highest ranking intelligence official, Lt General Michael Flynn, said that it had
امریکی خفیہ مراسلے : شام کیسے لہو رنگ ہوا -تیسرا حصّہ: یہ تسلیم کرنے میں ناکام رہنا کہ امریکہ کے حریفوں کے تحفظات ریشنل ہیں یہ ایک ایسے عالمی نظریہ کو سامنے لاتے ہیں جس میں امریکی دھمکیاں نارمل ، ناقابل زکر اور ایک لینڈ سکیپ کا ناگزیر حصّہ ہیں
Saudi Arabia, an ISIS that has made It ( common hateful Tamiyah Wahhab Jozi ideology ): Black Daesh, white Daesh. The former slits throats, kills, stones, cuts off hands, destroys humanity’s common heritage and despises archaeology, women and non-Muslims. The latter is better dressed and neater but does the same things. The Islamic State; Saudi
Qatar and Saudi Arabia ‘have ignited time bomb by funding global spread of radical Islam (extremist Salafi Deobandi): Qatar and Saudi Arabia have ignited a “time bomb” by funding the global spread of radical Islam, according to a former commander of British forces in Iraq. General Jonathan Shaw, who retired as Assistant Chief of the Defence
France funding Syrian rebels in new push to oust Assad: France has emerged as the most prominent backer of Syria’s armed opposition and is now directly funding rebel groups around Aleppo as part of a new push to oust the embattled Assad regime. Large sums of cash have
Now the truth emerges: how the US fuelled the rise of Isis in Syria and Iraq: The war on terror, that campaign without end launched 14 years ago by George Bush, is tying itself up in ever more grotesque contortions. On Monday the trial in London of a Swedish man, Bherlin Gildo, accused of