SOHR sources have monitored a spike in the death toll, following yesterday’s attack by the Islamic State on the area of Abu Fayyad dam east of Salamiyah in eastern Hama countryside. The death toll of regime soldiers and loyal militiamen rose to 21, who were killed in the ISIS’ surprise …

Analysts say the Council of Senior Scholars’ message means Saudi Arabia will not change policy on the Brotherhood following Biden’s victory in the US. The International Organisation of the Muslim Brotherhood has clashed with the Saudi Council of Senior Scholars, describing it as a sycophant body, after the Council declared …

After surrounding the town and cutting off roads to and from the area, the Syrian army has enter al-Karak in search of militant sleeper cells reports Al-Masdar. The Syrian army entered the town of al-Karak on Thursday, following a string of recent attacks by militant sleeper cells against the military …

Jakup Krasniqi and Rexhep Selimi were senior figures in the Kosovo Liberation Army who ended up on opposite political sides in peacetime, but this week both men were reunited in The Hague to face war crimes charges Jakup Krasniqi and Rexhep Selimi both pleaded not guilty at pre-trial hearings at …

Even as the coronavirus pandemic rages, Hungary’s government has its eye on the 2022 election with a series of laws designed to improve its chances of winning. Only a few hours after the Hungarian parliament voted near-unanimously on Tuesday to give Prime Minister Viktor Orban extraordinary powers to rule by …

North Macedonia is planning to put its loss-making, state-owned post office up for sale. But will anyone want to buy it?

Turkey is touting its domestic defence industry, but its expansion remains dependent on Western know-how. Acall by Greece last month for its European Union partners to consider an arms embargo on Turkey in a standoff over maritime boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean has highlighted the growing collaboration between the Turkish …

It is generally believed that Islam is a backward religion, reinforcing the beliefs of medieval period, if not of the ancient period, it is conservative and even fundamentalist in its outlook, and it motivates its followers to be intolerant and violent. Islam, it is further believed, is incompatible with modern …

Quatre Français ordinaires écrivent à nos dirigeants Nous sommes des Français ordinaires. Nous n’avons pas habituellement l’occasion d’être publiés dans les journaux à grande diffusion. Nous espérons cette fois-ci que nous le serons. L’assassinat de l’enseignant d’histoire, M. Samuel Paty, nous oblige en effet à porter notre voix de simples …

Chinese fighter jets are apparently getting a mysterious new type of missile, a recent recruitment video of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force shows. The unidentified missile could be an advanced anti-radiation missile or a new long-range air-to-air missile, and either possibility could significantly increase the PLA’s capabilities in …