Analysis

The protracted conflicts in Syria and many parts of West Asia have been a fertile ground for the rise of extreme militants professing their own barbaric distortion of the Islamic Faith. The involvement of two major powers in what can only be described as a cold war of …

According to preliminary information, over 30 were killed and dozens injured in a triple explosion in the center of the Syrian city of Homs, a police source told RIA Novosti Monday.  “The suicide bomber blew himself up, almost immediately a car bomb exploded, and then another explosive device …

Tyler Durden Earlier this month, we brought you an in-depth look inside Islamic State’s sprawling propaganda machine. As outlined extensively by Charlie Winter in a study entitled “Documenting The Virtual ‘Caliphate’”, ISIS produces nearly 40 pieces of propaganda each day in various formats ranging from video, to print, …

Year 2015 has been a turning point in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region due to the rise of extremism and the counter-extremism strategy, led by the Russians to transform the extremist pathology from a hero to zero. Simply Russians are changing the “seating status” by …

NATO will place the Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne early warning and control aircraft in Turkey as part of its air defense package to the country amid the Syrian crisis, media reported. The deployment of the military planes will be carried out by the German armed forces. “A temporary relocation of Boeing …

Libya, which is undergoing its second civil war in less than half a decade, has become the next country after Iraq and Syria to be targeted by Daesh terrorists for expansion.  Around 5,000 Daesh (also known as ISIL/ISIS) militants are now thought to be fighting in Libya, the country’s interior minister …

Abu Bakr Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State jihadist group (ISIL or Daesh, outlawed in Russia) said that the Daesh militants would soon establish an Islamic state in Palestine.  The leader of the Islamic State jihadist group (ISIL or Daesh, outlawed in Russia)  issued an audio message where he …

On Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with his Qatari counterpart in Moscow to discuss issues of mutual concern – most importantly, the resolution of the crisis in Syria. But what’s really at stake here, and what exactly does Russia hope to gain by feting the Qataris? …

“Dictator”, “regime”, “ruler who kills his own people.” This is the kind of rabble-rousing sophistry that the German “Lügenpresse” (lying press) uses to demonize the government of the legitimate Syrian President, who refuses to cow tow to the global dictates of the United States. Therefore this leader must …