The Al-Qaeda linked Al-Nusra Front released two videos in recent days in Syria showing its members executing regime opponents in Deir Ezzor and Raqa as condemnation grows over the recently released video of a rebel eating the insides of a dead regime soldier. In the first video, which was filmed Tuesday, a group of balaclava … Continue reading »
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Islamists in Egypt and Turkey: a comparison
The Al Arabiya Institute for Studies compared Islamists in Egypt and Turkey. (File) Al Arabiya Institute for Studies – Hoshnek Oussi The Al Arabiya Institute for Studies examined 15 points of conversion and difference between Egypt under Muslim Brotherhood rule, and Turkey under the Justice and Development Party (AK). 1. Turkey’s Islamists have long … Continue reading »
The imminent Hezbollah-Nusra war
Lebanon will become al-Nusra’s alternative battlefield The Syrian Salafist group Jabhat Al-Nusra declared in Jordan that it has set the confrontation with Hezbollah militants in Syria as a top priority. Jordan-based al-Qaeda-affiliate Mohammad Al Shalabi, alias Abi Sayyaf, said that Jabhat al-Nusra has taken a decision to fight Hezbollah militants, who have become “our Jihadists’ main target” … Continue reading »
Europe’s Muslims Are Fighting the World Jihad War
They are in Syria, Iraq, Pakistan etc. What will be their next step?by Giulio Meotti Up to 100 Dutch Muslims are currently fighting in Syria. The Netherlands is the biggest supplier of European jihadist fighters, and most of them are members of pro al Qaeda Al Nusra movement which wants to create an Islamic state … Continue reading »
Sunni-Shiite divide looms over region
Syria may spill over in more ways than one by Mona Alami Syria’s protracted conflict has turned into a proxy war between President Bashar al-Assad’s Shiite ally Iran and Sunni Arab Gulf countries, threatening neighboring countries with large Muslim communities, such as Lebanon and Iraq, with sectarian spillover, something that experts believe plays in favor … Continue reading »
The Islamist purge splurge
Islamists are increasingly turning to purges to gain or consolidate power by Hussein Ibish What’s a poor Islamist to do? All they ever wanted was to take over Arab states and impose their reactionary ideology on everybody else. For decades, they assumed that the only thing really holding them back were non-Islamist dictators. But as … Continue reading »
The United Nations Hezbollah Protection Force (@UN Thats you)
By Joseph Klein The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1701 in August 2006, which brought about an end to the 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. The resolution called on the Lebanese government to “secure its borders and other entry points to prevent the entry in Lebanon without its consent of arms … Continue reading »
Opposition: Assad defeated, we are fighting Iran, Hezbollah
BOSTAN CEMİLOĞLU, ATIF ALA, İSTANBUL A Syrian opposition commander has said Bashar al-Assad’s regime does not have the strength to carry on its battle against opposition fighters, adding that Iran and Hezbollah are the forces behind the protracted war. “Iran and Hezbollah are the ones who are continuing the war in Syria,” al-Tawhid Brigade Commander … Continue reading »
Arab dictators can no longer monopolize resistance
Interesting piece.. I Hit the bold button on a couple highlights..by H.A. Hellyer “Last night’s Israeli attack against an Assad regime research facility in Damascus has brought out of the woodwork all sorts of individuals who, silent in the face of the massacre in the coastal city of Banyas for the past three days, have … Continue reading »
Syria’s Christians caught in the middle
Between the PKK, the FSA, and the regime, Christians left with few allies RAS AL-AYN, Syria – Church Street was once a bustling meeting point where Christians of many denominations would gather in the afternoons, along with their Muslim and Kurdish school friends. Since December of last year this multicultural street in Syria’s north-eastern border town … Continue reading »
The Shiite split
Lebanon is still trying to come to terms with the latest turn of events on its northern border. More and more reports claim that Hezbollah fighters are involved in Syria, and the party’s leader Hassan Nasrallah said in a Tuesday speech that the party will not allow Syria to fall into the hands of western … Continue reading »
Obama, West in Denial over Syria Chemical Weapons Use
By Michael Weiss Following allegations from Britain, France, Israel, and Qatar that the Syrian regime had deployed chemical weapons in Aleppo and Damascus, the Obama administration yesterday confirmed that U.S. intelligence, “with varying degrees of confidence,” shared the same view. In a letter sent to Senators Carl Levin and John McCain, the White House’s Congressional … Continue reading »
Fighting reported near suspected chemical arms site in Syria
destroyed tank is seen in the Jobar area of Damascus April 27, 2013. (Reuters) Reuters – Fighting erupted in Damascus on Sunday near a complex linked to Syria’s chemical weapons program, on the third day of an offensive by President Basharal-Assad’s forces aimed at driving rebels from main sectors of the capital, activists … Continue reading »
Hezbollah in trouble..
A Hezbollah flag flutters in the background as Lebanese army soldiers patrol in Sidon, southern Lebanon, Nov. 12, 2012. (photo by REUTERS/Ali Hashisho) By: An Al-Monitor Correspondent in Beirut for Al-Monitor Lebanon Pulse Posted on April 26. إقرأ باللغة العربية The latest statement released by Jabhat al-Nusra threatening to launch harsh strikes against … Continue reading »
Australia: Hezbollah ‘has sleeper cells here’
Cleric Sheikh Bilal Radwan says as many as 50 Australians have gone to Syria to join the rebels. Picture: Sylvie le Clezio. Source: Supplied HEZBOLLAH is operating three different sleeper cells in Australia, a leading religious leader in Lebanon has warned. Sheik Bilal Radwan, an influential Sunni cleric in Tripol, also told The Weekend Australian he … Continue reading »
Lessons in Sustainability and Solidarity From Ancient Mesopotamia
by Andrew Howley The three-day “Dialogue of Civilizations” conference in Guatemala is bringing together archaeologists studying five ancient cultures to discuss their similarities and differences and what they can tell us about human society as a whole. You can be a part of the conversation as well, tweeting your questions using #5Civilizations. On the first … Continue reading »
