Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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Michael Delefortrie, who joined a terrorist group in Belgium
and travelled to Syria to become a jihadi fighter, is pictured here
after his return to the E.U., leaving a court in Antwerp./PHOTOGRAPH BY FRANCOIS LENOIR / REUTERS

ISIS Aggravates Violence in West while Losing Control in Syria, Iraq

by Mona Helmi | Aug 2, 2016 | Features

In line with the bloody operation in Nice, ISIS’s weekly magazine “al-Naba” published an editorial entitled “Crusaders- Illusions in Caliphate’s Era”, in which it urged from the change that will occur around the world after the announcement of Caliphate’s return, and...

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Lebanese Sunni Islamists stage a protest in Tripoli, Lebanon,
in August, against the Lebanese army, which many of them view as
allied with Hezbollah. Reuters

Ideology of Lebanese “Tripoli”

by Mona Helmi | Jun 28, 2016 | Features

Tripoli has been linked over the past years with conservative movements and many extremist cells that were dismantled in northern regions like Akkar and Daniye. The Islamic scene in the city has long been influenced by the local complicated politics and the adversity...