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Afghan mourners offer funeral prayers for a victim killed in the April 19 Taliban truck bomb attack, in Kabul on April 20, 2016. AFP

Taliban Spokesperson: Rolling Drums of War, Western Media Overstates ISIS’ Significance

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Jun 11, 2016 | Interviews

London-Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada was officially assigned Emir to the Taliban, Afghanistan last month. Scholars and clerics of the fundamentalist group assigned Akhundzada replacing his predecessor Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was killed by a U.S. drone strike....

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Al-Hurra Producer: My Successful Career Began With a Tour of the World

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Apr 27, 2016 | Interviews

Fran Mires is a bilingual television producer who has worked in this field since 1990. She has produced dozens of television shows in English, Spanish and Arabic. She graduated from San Francisco State University and has a masters degree in journalism from the Medill...

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NY Times Correspondent in the Middle East: I am Fascinated by the Changes in Saudi Arabia

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Apr 19, 2016 | Media

Ben Hubbard is a New York Times correspondent in the Middle East. He has spent 10 years in the region, studying and reporting for the US newspaper. During this time he has covered events taking place in the Arab world, particularly the Syrian civil war and its...

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Rifai Taha

US Strike in Idlib Kills the Mastermind Behind the Assassination Attempt on Mubarak

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Apr 8, 2016 | Middle East

Several sources have confirmed that Rifai Taha (Abu Yasser), a leader of the Egyptian Al-Gama’a Al-Islamiyya group, was killed in an American drone strike on the Al-Nusra Front in Syria. More than 20 militants were also killed in the strike. An official at the...

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“ISIS Murderer” Abu Rumaysah was a Hindu who Converted to Islam

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Jan 6, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Sources in London revealed the identity of the “murderer” who appeared in the latest ISIS video which showed him killing 5 people accused by the organisation of spying for Britain. He spoke with a British accent and threatened the United Kingdom with terrorist...