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Yemeni Authorities Thwart Iranian Plot to Smuggle Books

by Asma Al-Ghabiri | Feb 1, 2017 | Middle East

Yemeni legitimate authorities foiled an attempt to smuggle books promoting sectarian Iranian ideas. An attempt to bring a large quantity of books endorsing violence and the rejection of moderation and coexistence was seized when a truck transporting them was spotted...

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ISIS fighters stand guard at a checkpoint in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, June
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ISIS in One Year … between Expansion, Collapse

by Khalid Yaymout | Jan 3, 2017 | Features

Rabat- On December 28, 2016, the Iraqi Forces kicked off the second phase of Mosul’s liberation after it was postponed many times for logistic and climate reasons. This extended operation came in coincidence with the joining of the Sultanate of Oman to the Saudi-led...

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Opinion: Stop Them Before They Don Suicide Belts

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 29, 2016 | Opinion

Many crimes have been committed in Europe by the same perpetrator. Between November 2015 and today, we have seen a series of crimes. 130 people were killed by terrorists in November in the bloodiest attack in the history of the French capital since the end of World...

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An ambulance carrying the body of Islamist opposition leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid comes out of the Dhaka Central Jail after his execution on Sunday, November 22, 2015. REUTERS/Ashikur Rahman

Bangladesh Acknowledging ISIS as Present

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 5, 2016 | Opinion

Bangladesh is one of the world’s most highly populated countries. Ranking the world’s seventh, with a population of 160 million, Bangladesh is also considered one of the most densely populated Muslim nations, ranking third after Indonesia and Pakistan. Four main...

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epa04840788 Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras walks in the Greek Parliament, in Athens, Greece, 10 July 2015. Alexis Tsipras and Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos briefed in detail the SYRIZA parliamentary group on the latest developments early the same morning. The proposal submitted by Greece to Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem and the institutions has also been tabled at the parliament’s legislative service. The document is into 10 July’s daily agenda, so that the plenum can decide with emergency procedures on whether to authorize Prime Minister Tsipras, Government Vice-President Yiannis Dragasakis and Finance Minister Tsakalotos to negotiate the proposal. The new proposals are closer to creditors’ demands than previous offers in the areas of VAT and pension reform, as well as tax rates for the country’s islands, according to media who had seen a copy of the document. EPA/PANTELIS SAITAS

Opinion: Greece and the Return of Ideology

by Amir Taheri | Jul 10, 2015 | Opinion

Ever since the Soviet Empire collapsed, a mantra of Western political analysis has been “the death of ideology.” The argument is that, having experimented with a variety of ideologies, from nationalism to Fascism and Nazism and, more recently, Khomeinism, mankind has...