by Paula Astih | Aug 17, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut- The Lebanese Army continue its preparations for the anticipated battle with ISIS, in Ras Baalbek and al-Qaa where the army intensified bombardment and deployed forces and equipment. It has been rumored that the land-battle will be launched within the upcoming...
by Mohamed Shafei | Feb 28, 2017 | Middle East
London – Al-Qaeda deputy leader Abu Khayr al-Masri was killed in a drone strike along with other jihadists near the city of Idlib – extremists mourned him on the social media websites. “Abu Khayr Masri is Abdullah Muhammad Rajab Abdulrahman and is considered the...
by Taha Abdulwahed, Adel Assalemi | Jan 5, 2017 | Middle East
Moscow, London – A slight change was noticed in the Russian stance towards violations of ceasefire in Syria, while Iran escalated its speech considering these stances as nonconstructive and demanded Russia to abide by its commitments according to Moscow...
by Thaer Abbas | Dec 23, 2016 | Middle East
Beirut – The plan to merge extremist Islamic factions with moderate ones operating in north Syria has not seen light — Ahrar al-Sham and Noureddine Zanki movements stepped back in the project that aims to launch a new entity of 13 factions, a majority of...
by David Ignatius | Jul 30, 2016 | Opinion
America’s top spymaster offered contrarian assessments of some key issues: warning against “hyping” the threat posed by the Syrian al-Qaeda affiliate (terrorist group) Jabhat al-Nusra, cautioning against Obama administration plans to share intelligence with Russia on...
