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June 10, 2015

Iran deploys fighters to Syria in what the opposition calls ‘occupation’

Thousands of fighters from Iran have reportedly entered Syria in the last two weeks to assist the pro-regime forces and militants. Multiple news reports say that Afghans and Iraqis...

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June 10, 2015

ISIS takes over Sirte and its electricity plant

ISIS in Libya forced Libya Dawn forces out of the city of Sirte, taking control of the area and its electricity plant, the Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. In a...

News
June 10, 2015

Turkey’s Islamists will not be taking steps upwards

Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) achieved a painful victory in the parliamentary election when it acquired 41 per cent of the votes, an eight point fall from the...

Article
June 10, 2015

International forces monitor Libyan coast to stop smuggling

Algerian security source has revealed that Western and Arab security forces have been monitoring the Libyan coast since March to stop the stem of weapons being smuggled to ISIS,...

News
June 10, 2015

The Arab defeat known as the Setback

It has been 48 years since the Arab armies, i.e. the Egyptian, Syrian and Jordanian armies, were defeated by the Israeli army that occupied Sinai, Gaza, the West Bank...

Blog
June 10, 2015

Profile: Hafez Al-Assad (12 March 1971 – 10 June 2000)

Of the five members of the Ba’ath Party’s Military Committee who seized power in Syria in 1963, Hafez Al-Assad went the furthest. Of the other four, one took the...

Profiles
June 10, 2015

Nostalgic imperialists may weep, but UK mission creep in Iraq, or anywhere else, is highly unlikely

There is no risk of mission creep in Iraq, for Britain at least. This is worth saying as speculation mounts in the media each time even a handful more...

Article
June 10, 2015

Tunisian court annuls confiscation of Bin Ali’s assets

A Tunisian court on Monday annulled a previous decree that entitled the state to confiscate assets of ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his relatives, the Anadolu...

News
June 10, 2015

Democracy won, Turkey lost

Turkey’s election results have already created political and economic uncertainty in the country and there is an anxious wait to see what will happen now. With other parties’ initial...

Article
June 9, 2015

Netanyahu’s sophistry continues to distort reality

With the recent BDS gains weighing heavily on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s mind, the rhetoric is once again emphasising a return to “peace talks” without preconditions. The latter...

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