Tag: Syria

Report accuses Tunisian government of failure to combat terrorism

October 14, 2014September 24, 2018 Ali Younes No Comments

Report accuses Tunisian government of failure to combat terrorism By Ali Younes A recent strategic study in Tunisia accused the current Islamist government in the country of negligence and collaboration with the terrorist and extremist groups. The report published by the Center for the Security and Military Studies attributed the rise of new terrorism threats…

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ISIL plans to attack Baghdad and Saudi Arabia, source close to its top leaders says

October 12, 2014September 24, 2018 Ali Younes No Comments

ISIL plans to attack Baghdad and Saudi Arabia, source close to its top leaders says By Ali Younes Embed from Getty Images A source very close to the senior leadership of the “Islamic State” also known as ISIS or ISIL, told the Arab Daily News over the weekend from Amman Jordan that ISIL has an…

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Podcast: Who’s Who in Iraq, Syria conflicts

September 29, 2014November 30, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Podcast: Who’s Who in Iraq, Syria conflicts Discussion with Ali Younes, Ray Hanania Sept. 9, 2014 (09-26-14) The Editors of The Arab Daily News discuss the various factions and political forces involved in the wars and violence taking place in Iraq and Syria. Who’s who in the conflict? Younes and Hanania discuss the regime of…

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Khorasan exists, Al Qaida leaders say

September 26, 2014September 24, 2018 Ali Younes No Comments

Senior Al Qaida leaders in Syria confirm the existence of Khorasan By Ali Younes The first time the US acknowledged the presence of a shadowy and unknown group known as ” Khorasan” was when the US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said last week that this group is operating in Iraq and Syria with a mission…

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Muslim Scholars denounce ISIL Islamic State and leader

September 25, 2014November 30, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Muslim Scholars denounce ISIL Islamic State and leader By Ray Hanania It never fails that Americans and many anti-Arab and anti-Muslim haters always demand, “Why don’t Arabs and Muslims denounce terrorism and extremism?” They do, but you are not looking and you don’t care. And sure enough this week, 126 prominent Muslim scholars issued a…

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King Abdullah of Jordan offers the US to send Jordanian ground forces to attack ISIS in Syria

September 22, 2014September 24, 2018 Ali Younes 3 Comments

King Abdullah of Jordan offers the US to send Jordanian ground forces to attack ISIS in Syria By Ali Younes The Times of London reported last week that King Abdullah II of Jordan had offered western leaders to send Jordanian Special Forces to Syria to fight ISIS. The report stated that the King had made…

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New Dilemmas for Turkey’s Syrian-Iraqi Kurds

September 20, 2014June 12, 2019 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

New Dilemmas for Turkey’s Syrian-Iraqi Kurds By Abdennour Toumi, Mardin, Turkey As the civil war in Syria continues, the ethnic factor is just one of many paradoxes plaguing this dynamic conflict/crisis. Along Turkey’s southern long borders, it has become clear that with the regime change the Syrian opposition demands have caused Turkey and its regional policy…

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AHRC Condemns the brutal killing of British aid worker David Haines by ISIS

September 18, 2014November 30, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

AHRC Condemns the brutal killing of British aid worker David Haines by ISIS [Michigan- September 17, 2014]: The American human Rights Council (AHRC) strongly condemns the brutal killing of David Haines, the British aid worker who was held hostage since March 2013 by the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. The group is also known as…

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President Obama strategy to defeat ISIL might not work

September 12, 2014September 24, 2018 Ali Younes No Comments

President Obama strategy to defeat ISIL might not work By Ali Younes President Barack Obama announced last night his long awaited strategy to authorize air strikes against the extremist terrorist group that calls itself the ‘Islamic State in Iraq and Levant” (ISIL). Obama also announced the sending of more US troops to the region totaling…

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Kerry appoints Shaarik Zafar Special Rep to Muslim Communities

September 4, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Kerry appoints Shaarik Zafar Special Rep to Muslim Communities By Ray Hanania U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Wednesday announced the appointment of Shaarik H. Zafar as the State Department’s new “Special Representative to Muslim Communities” in the United States and the international community. The appointment was made at a closed ceremony at the Dean Acheson…

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American Arab and Muslim groups denounce ISIS beheadings

September 3, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

American Arab and Muslim groups denounce ISIS beheadings By Ray Hanania American Arab and Muslim organizations in the United States this week were among the voices denouncing the brutal murders of two journalists in the past two weeks including the horrendous decapitation James Foley and Steven Sotloff. Statements were released by many groups, but surprisingly, many…

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ISIL captures Lebanese soldiers: gives them 3 days to live

August 29, 2014September 24, 2018 Ali Younes No Comments

In a videotaped message: Captured Lebanese soldiers plead with government to free them from ISIS Lebanese soldiers have only 3 days to live By Ali Younes In a taped video message posted on Youtube today Lebanese soldiers who were captured by the terror group the “Islamic State” fighters (also known as ISIS or ISIL) earlier…

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Obama, Kerry mourn murdered journalist James Foley

August 20, 2014October 13, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Obama, Kerry mourn murdered journalist James Foley By Ray Hanania President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry issued a blistering attack against the religious terrorist organization ISIS over the brutal beheading of independent journalist James Foley. Foley, 40, was murdered by ISIS, killed by a terrorist who covered his face but spoke with fluent British…

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Have the Lebanese weathered the storm just in time?

August 11, 2014August 11, 2014 rayhanania No Comments

By Ali Rizk Two recently held meetings, one between Hezbollah’s leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, and the other between Sayyed Nasrallah and the head of the Lebanese Christian Marada movement Suleiman Franjieh, reflect a sense of urgency amid the rising ISIL regional threat. According to Hezbollah officials, Jumblatts talks…

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Comic Strip: Ikhras, Kim Kardashian and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad

April 4, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

Comic Strip: Ikhras, Kim Kardashian and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad By Ray Hanania Kim Kardashian, the HUGE Reality TV star, has come out swinging for Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad and defending his government against the Syrian Rebels, claiming that the rebels are killing Armenians in Kesab (Kessab) near the Syrian border with Turkey, where 100 years…

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Armenian American celebrity Kim Kardashian boosts Syrian dictator Assad

April 4, 2014January 9, 2019 Ali Younes No Comments

Armenian American celebrity Kim Kardashian boosts Syrian dictator Assad By Ali Younes and Sadallah Mahmoud While the mainstream American news media is no longer providing any in depth coverage of the raging civil war in Syria or the atrocities that has been committed by the Syrian regime or his extremist Al Qaida-linked opponents, two tweets by American…

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IkhrAss — The New Comic Strip

April 3, 2014August 20, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

IkhrAss — the New Comic Strip Ikhras is a hate site that seeks to promote Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and to attack and undermine American Arabs who challenge dictatorships, hatred and paranoia. The new comic strip will help to expose Ikhras and its authors Thabet al-Arabi and Qassem Lufti, while addressing current news events. Click…

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Head Of Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese in North America Passes Away After 48 Years As The Head Of The Archdiocese

March 24, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

Head Of Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese in North America Passes Away After 48 Years As The Head Of The Archdiocese ENGLEWOOD, N.J., March 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Most Rev. Metropolitan PHILIP Saliba, head of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese in North America, died Wednesday, March 19, according to the church’s chancery in Englewood, New Jersey. Aged 83,…

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