Arab Spring
HUNDREDS INJURED IN ISIS’ MUSTARD GAS ATTACK NEAR KIRKUK
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The Islamic State have launched two chemical attacks near the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, killing a three-year-old girl and wounding up to 600 people, Iraqi officials have said.
Security and hospital officials said the latest incident took… Continue reading
SYRIAN VIOLENCE SPILLS TO JORDAN – 7 ISIS KILLED
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The state-run Petra news agency said, on Tuesday 03/01/2016, three members of the security forces had been injured. It also said some fighters had been killed and injured in Irbid’s Palestinian refugees camp Early reports say the… Continue reading
IS ISIS ON THE SLOPE ? – THE LIBYAN CASE .
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The raise or the fall of the Islamic State, the Caliphate, can be measured by different indexes. The size of territories controlled by ISIS directly or indirectly, by the number of followers joining the organisation and their devotion, by… Continue reading
NEW MUSIC IN THE MIDDLE EAST
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Sunni Saudi Arabia is in a very delicate situation. They run a war against Saada Rebels in Yemen, known as Houthis (Operation ‘Decisive Storm’); they support the Sunni rebels in Syria : Jabhat al-Nusra and even, in some degree,… Continue reading
WILL SYRIA AND IRAQ’S STATEHOOD SURVIVE ?
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Iraq and Syria may have been permanently torn asunder by sectarian war and tensions, Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, told an industry conference, said Thursday 09/10/2015 in a frank assessment that is… Continue reading
IRAQ’S PARTITION “MIGHT BE THE ONLY WAY”
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* General Raymond Odierno The U.S. Army’s outgoing chief of staff. who once served as the top U.S. commander in Iraq and retires Friday 08/13/2015 after nearly 40 years in uniform, warned, during his final press conference… Continue reading
TURKISH DOUBLE PLAY
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Almost half of the 457 people detained by Turkish authorities on the Turkish-Syrian border between 01/01/2015 and 06/30/2015, over half a year, are Chinese nationals, Turkish Armed Forces sources told Anadolu Agency Wednesday 07/22/2015.
Moreover, the suspects include… Continue reading
MILITANTS IN EGYPT STEP UP THEIR ECONOMIC CAMPAIGN
A suicide bomber, on Wednesday 06/10/2015, blew himself up near Egypt’s ancient Karnak temple in the southern city of Luxor, security sources said, a possible sign that militants are shifting focus to target the country’s economic recovery that is… Continue reading
THE JIHADI JUNCTIONS TO EUROPE
A . – The Balkan Junction – British jihadis recruited by Islamic State are using land routes run by human traffickers to travel unnoticed via the Balkans and Turkey to fight in Syria – and to slip back into Europe… Continue reading
CONFUSING MEETING IN PARIS
On 06/02/2015 delegates from 27 countries met in Paris to discuss the war against the Islamic State in the Middle East. The conference was comprised of Middle Eastern countries and Western powers who participate in the coalition of… Continue reading