The report stated that 'Al -Qaida affiliates are stronger than ISIL in many conflict zones, especially the Sahel, Somalia, Yemen and the north-west of the Syrian Arab Republic.' . It warned that in West Africa, the combined efforts of al-Qaeda and ISIS affiliates 'are threatening..…
A US air force presence in northern Syria will allow American attack helicopters and armed drones to retain control over North Syrian air space and its border with Iraq. ..…
A small US force made its way to the north Syrian town of Kobani near Aleppo to head off a possible Turkish attack. ..…
Turkey continued to host the largest population of Syrian refugees, 3.6 m by the end of the year. Countries in the Middle East and North Africa with significant numbers of Syrian refugees included Lebanon (944,200), Jordan (676,300) and Iraq (252,500). ..…
The migrant crisis stemming from the Syrian civil war is already weakening the European Union toward a breaking point. If North Africa erupts, the EU’s fuel supplies, trade routes and society itself will be threatened. . ..…
“It doesn’t really have a ring as hard anymore.” . . middle east middle eastern north africa north african ohio state ohio state campus ohio state university osu palestinian women association refugee Syria syrian to the u.s. undergraduate student government usg..…
Conditions were ripe for revolt against dictatorship and capitalist inequality, as they were throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Inspired by the victorious struggles in Tunisia and Egypt, the Syrian people rose up against Assad. ..…
The mainstream media’s spin-doctors conveniently forget, however, that the creation of the Islamic State and myriads of other Sunni Arab jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq has as much to do with the unilateral invasion of Iraq back in 2003 under the Republican Bush administration as it has been the legacy of..…
The military council of Mabij said in a statement on Thursday that more than 20 civilians were killed, as well as four Americans, in a big explosion in the center of the north Syrian town on Wednesday, and that a cell of 7 terrorists, “acting in concert with Turkish intelligence” had..…
DAMASCUS, Syria -- At least 50 civilians were being treated Saturday following suspected poison gas attack by Syrian rebel groups on Aleppo in the north, Syrian state media... ..…
Several hundred volunteers from North Africa and Middle East have fought beside Syrian army since May 2013 as part of Arab Nationalist Guard. ..…
How Turkey's Ties to West May Survive Syrian War. Crisis Group's Middle East & North Africa Program Director Joost Hiltermann participated in Körber Policy Game, designed to explore possible outcomes in the event of a crisis between Turkey and West Syria. ..…
Robin Yassin-Kassab, the co-author with Leila Al-Shami of Burning Country Syria Revolution and War, talked with Ashley Smith about the results and prospects of Syrian struggle. ..…
In 1946, Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry was assembled to examine the political, economic and social conditions then- Palestine order to make recommendations on the issue of Jewish and settlement. ..…
More than a million refugees from these wars of Washington are currently over-running Europe and North Africa. ... The Iraqi, Syrian and Turkish Kurds have all fought against ISIS, but Turkey – close US ally and member of NATO – has fought against each of them. . . ..…
Middle East & North Africa division . . . Cc: . . Colonel Riad al-Asaad . ... Free Syrian Army . . Dr. Burhan Ghalioun . President . Syrian National Council . . ..…