Author: Ali Younes

Ali Younes Ali Younes is a Senior Political Analyst for The Arab Daily News online newspaper. He is a veteran news-editor, Journalist, and a Middle East analyst working for major American news network . He is based in Washington, D.C. Reach Ali at [email protected]

Western Media should not treat Islam as a target of its insults in the name of freedom of press

January 10, 2015January 10, 2015 Ali Younes 13 Comments

By Ali Younes Muslims and Islamic organizations across the world condemned in strongest terms, and rightly so, the massacre against the journalists and editors of the satirist French Magazine Charlie Hebdo, even when at the same time disagreed and disapproved with Charlie Hebdo’s insults against the Muslim faith. Western media acts free of any legal…

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Is a Military Coup d’état imminent in Yemen?

January 7, 2015January 7, 2015 Ali Younes No Comments

By: Gamal Gasim, Ph.D Is Yemen on the verge of a rapid and dramatic change through an imminent military coup d’état? It has been difficult to follow the dramatic events unfolding in Yemen since the Houthis entered the capital city, Sana’a, on September 21, 2014; but when looking carefully at the trajectory of events in…

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ISIS will not negotiate with Jordan to free captured pilot.

December 25, 2014December 26, 2014 Ali Younes No Comments

By Ali Younes According to New York attorney Stanley Cohen, the Islamic State or ISIS will not be interested in negotiating with the Jordanian government to free its captured Jordanian pilot. Not any time soon at least. This is because, he argues, the way Jordan handled the negotiations to save American aid worker Peter Kassig. Jordanian…

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Exclusive: Hamas leader Meshaal: Israel risks religious war over Jerusalem

December 17, 2014December 18, 2014 Ali Younes No Comments

By Ali Younes For Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, this year was an emotional roller coaster that had the potential to destroy his fledgling and increasingly powerful organization or make it even more powerful and relevant than ever before. Speaking to chairman of Hamas political Bureau in the Qatari capital, Doha last week on wide range…

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The Wife of Jesus: Ancient biblical fragment a historical truth or clever forgery?

November 30, 2014December 1, 2014 Ali Younes No Comments

By Ali Younes Did Jesus have a wife? or he didn’t in according with official teachings of the Catholic church which holds that Jesus remained celibate all of his life on earth which later became the foundation for the Catholic Church . A notion that later obligated the pope and persists to live the way…

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Ex- Al Qaida Fighter: Al Qaida plans to attack the US on September 11 were public, CIA did noting to stop it

November 23, 2014March 6, 2026 Ali Younes No Comments

By Ali Younes A former Al Qaida fighter who was present in Afghanistan before and during the September, 11 attacks, said that he is convinced today that the CIA had prior knowledge of the impending attacks on the World Trade Center and on Washington and they did not nothing to prevent it. He recounted to…

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Amin al-Hajj, Lebanese who spied for Israel for decades speaks out, demands recognition

November 15, 2014November 16, 2014 Ali Younes 1 Comment

Lebanese spy Amin-al-Hajj spied for Israeli Mossad for decades,driven by his burning hatred of Palestinians became Israel’s top spy in the Middle East and established a network of spies all over the region. He provided valuable services to the state of Israel, and is responsible for the death of thousands of Arabs.Now living in Israel,dropped and feeling…

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ISIS and Al Qaida Alliance efforts in Syria Failed

November 14, 2014April 13, 2019 Ali Younes No Comments

Reported efforts to form an alliance and possible unity between ISIS and Al Qaida to end jihadist infighting in Syria have now officially been declared a failure, as declared by the Chechen Jihadist leader who mediated between the two groups.

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In a new message: ISIS leader calls for the killing of Shia, Saudis, Westersn soldiers

November 13, 2014September 24, 2018 Ali Younes No Comments

By: Ali Younes In his first address in more than 5 months, the “Islamic State” leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi addressed his followers around the world urging them to fight and kill enemy soldiers especially of the Iraqi army also urged them to fight the United States and its Arab and Western allies. The audio…

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ISIS Will Make its Own Currency, in Gold

November 13, 2014September 24, 2018 Ali Younes 1 Comment

By: Ali Younes An official statement issued today by the purported “treasury department of Islamic State” announced its decision to struck “Islamic currency” made of Gold, Silver, and Copper. The statement said that “under the instructions of Caliph Ibrahim, the Treasury Department of the Islamic state will issue three types of Islamic coins of Gold,…

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Joseph Smith Founder of Mormon Church had 40 wives, Church admits

November 11, 2014September 24, 2018 Ali Younes 1 Comment

By Ali Younes The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, better known as the Mormon Church, has formally acknowledged in a series of essays that the founder of the Church, Joseph Smith, had as many as 40 wives during his life time, some of which were married to other men and one was as…

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The Persian Project: A Sunni perspective on history and today’s reality

November 10, 2014September 25, 2018 Ali Younes 1 Comment

The Persian Project: A Sunni perspective on history and today’s reality By Dr. Baheddin Shabaneh It was in a sunny day in April 1986 when Iranian supreme spiritual leader Ayatollah Khomeini was talking to the families of the Iranians who were killed or injured during the bloody Iran-Iraqi war when he said ” Lastly but…

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The Identity of EX-SEAL who shot and killed Bin Laden is revealed

November 7, 2014January 9, 2019 Ali Younes 1 Comment

The Identity of EX-SEAL who shot and killed Bin Laden is revealed By Ali Younes Robert James O’Neill the former American Navy Seal commando who shot and killed Al Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden on May, 2, 2011 has been outed by an organization of former Special Forces members called SOFREP . The group posted…

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Clarification: Abu Qatada’s interview

November 5, 2014September 24, 2018 Ali Younes 1 Comment

The Arab Daily News published an interview with Shaikh Abu Qatada on November 3, 2014 which was a collection of discussions that took place on several occasions at his house and elsewhere. The published material contained one crucial error regarding Shaikh Abu Qatada’s position on Osama Bin Laden. By Ali Younes The Arab Daily News…

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Abu Qatada: I am not a Salafist or a Jihadist

November 3, 2014September 24, 2018 Ali Younes 5 Comments

In exclusive interview, Abu Qatada decries “Jihad is not and should not be about murdering innocent civilians;” believes US-led coalition to fight ISIS unnecessary because “ISIS will destroy itself” By Ali Younes He was called Al Qaida’s ambassador in Europe, a radical preacher, a Salafist, a violent Jihadist, a terrorist mastermind and Europe’s Bin Laden. But…

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Jordanian government arrest of anti-ISIS Salafist leader is wrong, might help ISIS, attorney says

October 28, 2014September 24, 2018 Ali Younes No Comments

Jordanian government arrest of anti-ISIS Salafist leader is wrong, might help ISIS, attorney says By Ali Younes Jordanian government arrested and detained Jordanian Jihadist and Salafist leader Abu Mohamad Al Maqdisi, his wife told the Arab Daily News yesterday. She said that the Jordanian government has arrested her husband over allegedly using the internet to…

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Jordanian Special Forces are secretly fighting ISIS in Iraq, Syria, sources say

October 26, 2014April 13, 2019 Ali Younes 2 Comments

Jordanian Special Forces are secretly fighting ISIS in Iraq, Syria, sources say By Ali Younes Sources in Jordan have told the Arab Daily News in Amman that Jordan has dispatched 4000 of its special forces to fight the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL. According to the sources who spoke to this publication…

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Tunisian elections: Youngest female candidate poised to make history

October 25, 2014October 26, 2014 Ali Younes No Comments

Tunisian elections: Youngest female candidate poised to make history By: Ali Younes The Tunisian Parliamentary elections are entering its last day before Tunisians go to the polls to cast their votes in highly contested and very polarized elections. But for Dhauha Cherif, this election is a special one because she might be making history…

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