November, 2020

• 4 November

  Sadr cannot resist temptation to exploit cartoon outcry

  According to analysts, Sadr, like other Islamist politicians, was trying to take advantage of the latest controversy to promote his image and win new supporters, even if that meant causing new chaos and trouble for the country.

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• 4 November

  Repatriation to Europe remains complicated for ISIS-children

  If the children are added to about 400 adults – including militants detained in particular in the Syrian city of Hasaka – there are in total about 1,000 Europeans detained in the Iraqi-Syrian region.

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• 4 November

  Muslim No-Go-Zones in the West – A Myth or a Reality?

  The concept of “no-go-zones” has been a hot topic in media discourse in recent years. Sensational claims have been made about the existence of exclusively Muslim neighborhoods where non-Muslims are not allowed to enter. For instance, in 2015, to emphasize the gravity of the situation, Fox News guest and “terrorism …

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• 4 November

  Assessing the Threat of Al-Muhajiroun

  The residual threat posed by the banned terrorist group al-Muhajiroun (ALM) group is matched by the enduring public curiosity that it provokes. The symbiotic relationship between the threatening rhetoric that the group employs and the resulting fascination with its activities has played to the group’s strategy of courting attention and …

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• 4 November

  Turkey’s anti-French incitement underpins protests in Syria

  The tense atmosphere in Syria illustrates how extremists are popular from Idlib to Jarabulus to Raqqa and Deir Ezzor. This is a swath of Syria where ISIS was once in control or had influence.

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• 4 November

  Hezbollah's Nasrallah calls on France to back down over Muhammad cartoons

  The leader of Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah on Friday described French cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad as an aggression and likened Paris sticking by them to “declaring a sort of war.” In a televised speech, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said by being stubborn, French authorities had worsened a standoff over the caricatures, …

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• 4 November

  Top Fatah militant killed during clash with PA officers

  A senior commander of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of the ruling Fatah faction, was killed on Saturday in the Balata refugee camp, near Nablus. Palestinian sources said that the man, Hatem Abu Rizek, 35, was affiliated with deposed Fatah operative Mohammed Dahlan, a powerful archrival of Palestinian Authority …

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• 3 November

  France Suffers Several Terrorist Attacks as Cartoon Controversy Escalates

  The controversy in France surrounding the publication of several cartoons lampooning the Prophet Muhammad continues to escalate. There is growing concern about reciprocal radicalization, as tit-for-tat violence further amplifies discord throughout the country.

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• 3 November

  One Year after Killing of Baghdadi, What is the State of the Islamic State?

  One year ago today, U.S. Special Operations Forces hunted down ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who died after detonating a suicide vest. Core ISIS still has access to hundreds of millions of dollars and maintains connections to middlemen and front companies across the Middle East.

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• 3 November

  Dispute with Erdogan in Syria: Putin’s declaration of war

  It was a bit quiet for a few months. But now military tensions in the controversial Syrian province of Idlib are on the rise again. The Russian Air Force killed about 80 fighters loyal to Turkey in an attack this week.The attack on a training camp for the Failak al …

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