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Residents of Strasbourg, France, protest against indoctrination of teenagers for jihad in Syria in this February 8, 2014, file photo. (AFP PHOTO/FREDERICK FLORIN)

UK, France launch new measures to prevent citizens fighting in Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 24, 2014 | World

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Several European countries have launched fresh efforts to prevent their citizens traveling to join the fighting in Syria, ahead of a meeting scheduled for April 30 between French, Belgian, German and British officials to discuss the issue. On...

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A picture taken on October 25, 2013 shows members of jihadist group Al-Nusra Front taking part in a parade calling for the establishment of an Islamic state in Syria, at the Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood of Aleppo. (AFP/Karam Al-Masri)

Debate: Iran is exploiting Sunni Islamists

by Sabah Al-Mousawi | Apr 19, 2014 | Debate

Does the understanding that has crystallized between Washington and Tehran over jihadist groups neglect to take into consideration Iran’s regional expansion? Yes, because the stated enmity between the two countries is not deeply ingrained, nor does it form an...

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A handout image released by the Syrian opposition’s Shaam News Network allegedly shows a Syrian opposition activist waving an black flag of the Islamist Jihadists during a demonstration against the Syrian regime after the Eid al-Fitr prayer in the the central city of Homs on August 8, 2013. At least 4,420 people were killed in […]

Debate: Iran is confronting Sunni Islamists

by Alex Vatanka | Apr 19, 2014 | Debate

Since the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979, the Shi’a Islamist authorities in Tehran have gone to great lengths to carry the banner of the Islamic world. The trouble has so often been that other Islamist movements have either been reluctant to, or...

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Syrians cross with their belongings from the rebel controlled side of the Bustan al-Qasr checkpoint in the district of Aleppo on February 3, 2014, to the government controlled side. Al-Qaeda has disavowed the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), whose members have been locked in deadly clashes with Syrian rebels, according to a […]

Opinion: The ISIS Tumor

by Bakir Oweida | Mar 7, 2014 | Opinion

The consequences of former US President George W. Bush’s war on terror may be responsible somehow, albeit not directly, for the emergence of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). It may be an exaggeration to say that the situation is out of control and...

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Vehicles drive past a flag of the al-Qaeda linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant at the entrance to the city of Raqqa, eastern Syria, on October 4, 2013. (REUTERS/Nour Fourat)

Opinion: Why are extremists fighting the world?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 6, 2014 | Opinion

In Saudi Arabia and some other regional countries, there has been an intellectual, political and security campaign targeting violent extremist groups for at least 10 years now. Despite these efforts, such groups are increasing in number. Al-Qaeda, as a concept, an...