It is a country unto itself, and nobody knows what to do with it. In a barren prison camp in northern Syria – tens of thousands of ISIS members are running what feels like a mini caliphate – abiding by the rules of the extremist terror group, and abiding by …
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Protests in Iraq and Lebanon pose a challenge to Iran
The day after anti-government protests erupted in Iraq, Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani flew into Baghdad late at night and took a helicopter to the heavily fortified Green Zone, where he surprised a group of top security officials by chairing a meeting in place of the prime minister.
Read More »Amal and Hezbollah supporters overrun Beirut protesters
A group of men shouting Hezbollah and Amal Movement slogans attacked protesters and overrun a sit-in blocking a major highway before chasing the demonstrators down the hill to Martyrs’ Square and destroying the 13 day-old sit-in.
Read More »Hezbollah Supporters Break Up Lebanon Protest Camp
BEIRUT – Hundreds of Lebanese supporters of the militant Hezbollah group, some wielding sticks, attacked a protest camp set up by anti-government demonstrators in central Beirut, burning some of its tents and dismantling others Tuesday.
Read More »What Baghdadi’s Death Means for al Qaeda—and Why It Matters
With ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed one day and the group’s official spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir the next, there’s a giant hole in the pseudo-Caliphate structure of the so-called Islamic State. The group must now, by its strict religious tenets, find a new (supposed) descendant of the Prophet Muhammed …
Read More »Iraqi PM Sends Counter-Terror Force To Put Down Street Protests
Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi has ordered the country’s elite Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) to help put down anti-government protests that have rocked the country over the past weeks, Western news agencies are reporting.
Read More »US Peace Envoy Makes First Afghan Visit After Trump Ended Taliban Talks
The U.S. chief peace negotiator for Afghanistan met leaders in Kabul Sunday after arriving in the country on an unannounced visit, his first since President Donald Trump halted talks with Taliban insurgents on ending the Afghan war.
Read More »Statement from the President on the Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Last night, the United States brought the world’s number one terrorist leader to justice. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead. He was the founder and leader of ISIS, the most ruthless and violent terror organization in the World. The United States has been searching for Baghdadi for many years. Capturing or …
Read More »RUSSIA AND TURKEY REACH A DEAL ON SYRIA
Earlier in the week, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi, Russia, where the two leaders negotiated the contours of a post-American Syria.
Read More »BFM TV s’en prend à Boris Johnson, «le manipulateur»
Le documentaire s’intitule « Boris Johnson : le manipulateur ». Alléchant. Je vais être honnête: je l’ai vraiment regardé en espérant apprendre qui était ce personnage que nous autres Français connaissons assez mal. J’en ai plus appris sur l’opinion de notre presse autorisée à son sujet, que sur l’homme lui-même. …
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