Fierce battles in Mosul, deadly strike in western Iraq
An air strike in Iraq has killed dozens of civilians in an area near the Syrian border still controlled by the Islamic State group, officials…
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See the difference what Iran says and what Iran does
President-Elect Trump will be tested by the Islamic state of Iran soon after taking office on January 20. It could come the very day of…
New marks of extremists’ terrorism are violence, randomness etc
Randomness and destruction have become the language adopted by terrorist groups which target innocent people with random violence that lack planning. Their main goal is…
Aleppo is death, death is everywhere
Assad gave people in Aleppo only two choices. Either to go back to his control, or to die by bombing. We will not be back…
Thoughts of Muslim woman about Trump’s misogyny
When Khizr Khan, a Pakistani Muslim immigrant to the US and the father of a soldier killed in Iraq, critiqued Donald Trump’s proposed Muslim ban…
The Ottoman-era secret services evolution – Photo
1876, two sultans succeeded to the Ottoman throne. The first, Sultan Abdülaziz was toppled from the throne in a coup and murdered. His nephew Sultan…
Stratfor: Armenia came to question its steadfast loyalty to Russia in April
After enduring three years of a foundering economy and feuds with the West, things may be looking up for Russia, believe the analysts of Stratfor,…
A midnight move to set free child sex abusers: in the name of “our culture”
Midnight of 17 November 2016, six MPs of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) tabled a surprise motion that would grant what amounts to…
What do we see behind the conflicts in the Arab world?
The short answer to the question in the title is: where does one start? If things in the Middle East and North Africa were not…
On peculiarities of the Azerbaijani-Palestinian relations
As approved by the UN, on November 29, the world marks the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. November 29 – International Day…