Tag: syria

Lebanon: Hezbollah Has Built Airstrip in Bekaa Valley for Iranian Drones?

April 25, 2015

Lebanese Islamist group of Hezbollah, supported by Iran, has built a remote airstrip in the northern Bekaa Valley, says IHS Jane's Defence Weekly in its ... Read More

Syria: Jordanian businesses begin to feel collateral damage

April 25, 2015

Syrian rebels’ seizure of the main frontier crossing with Jordan has begun to have an impact on the government in Damascus and regional countries that ... Read More

UN Expert Urge Rich Countries to Act to Halt Boat Deaths offshore Libya

April 24, 2015

A UN expert has called on rich Western countries to take in some thousands of the Syrian and sub-Saharan migrants to end the tragedies of ... Read More

Syria: US-led coalition “not serious” and unhelpful, President Assad

April 21, 2015

President Assad has labeled the US-led coalition against ISIS as unserious because they have been ineffective. He said “IS was created in Iraq in 2006 ... Read More

ISIS Targets Ethiopian Christians

April 20, 2015

The Islamic State group has released a video showing its militants savagely beheading and shooting 30 Ethiopian Christians captured in Libya. This is the first ... Read More

Morocco’s FBI Dismantles Jihadist Cell

April 15, 2015

The newly set up Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) has dismantled a jihadist cell at Selouane in the region of Nador, close to the ... Read More

Syria: Al-Qaeda network to disband, Al-Nusra supports move  

April 4, 2015

There are emerging reports that worldwide renowned terrorist group, Al-Qaeda, will soon be disbanding so that its members can be free from their oath of ... Read More

Tunisia Renews Ties with Damascus, Frowns at Ankara

April 3, 2015

Tunisia has announced that it is mending its diplomatic ties with Syria after more than a three year break but that of Turkey could soon ... Read More

Syria: Extremist groups get closer to Damascus and Jordan

April 2, 2015

A coalition of rebel groups in Syria have made major advances on government held areas thereby getting closer to Jordan and Damascus. The developments will ... Read More

Yemen: From Arab Military Action to Birth of Permanent Force?

March 27, 2015

As Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies joined forces to stop the Iran-backed Houthi Shiite insurgents from tightening their grip on the impoverished country, many ... Read More