nMeeting with Claude Bartolone, president of French National Assembly, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, chairman of Iranian Expediency Discernment Council, claimed that without Iran, Baghdad and Damascus would have fallen to ISIS. Ali Balvi, municipal council chairman of Syrian..…
On June 22, 2016, the forces of General Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Libyan Army in western Libya which supports the Tobruk government, launched a campaign to cleanse western Benghazi from the presence of jihadi organizations that control part of the city (ISIS and the Shura Council of..…
Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Supreme Council for National Security, congratulated President Assad on the liberation of the city of Palmyra from ISIS, calling it a historic victory.. ..…
International and Regional Cooperation Turkey is member of the UN, NATO, Committee of Experts on Terrorism of the Council of Europe, and Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS and co-chairs, with Kuwait and Netherlands, the Defeat- ISIS Coalition FTF Working Group. ..…
Al-Quraishi has never been mentioned before, either as commander, among the members of ISIS Shura council or associated with the organization's various committees. ... ..…
'The bottom line is: This puts the enemy on its heels, but the ideology — and this sounds so cliched — it is not dead,' said Chris Costa, a former senior director for counterterrorism for the National Security Council in the Trump administration. . More: Donald Trump withheld details of..…
And this brings in variety of different actors, from Houthis up in the north, President Hadi's in the south, Southern Transition Council, al- Qaida and ISIS are both part of this, and variety of different militia groups and tribal groups spread throughout the country. ..…
Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee estimated that there were some 14,000 to 18,000 ISIS militants active in Iraq and Syria, and that despite the military defeat of the caliphate, Islamic State leaders are “adapting, consolidating and creating conditions for an eventual..…
Erdogan said Turkey would take custody of the ISIS militant prisoners, according to the White House statement and the National Security Council official Newsweek spoke to for this story. . 'The ISIS prisoners, some of them, will eventually be freed amongst the chaos, and remain in..…
The weapons that are confiscated from ISIS are made by Israel, .. Brian O'Toole, American analyst with Atlantic Council and former senior in US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, told The Media Line that Rouhani's statements were intended domestic audience... ..…
Billoo is the director of Council on American-Islamic Relations San-Francisco Bay office. She even accused FBI in 2015 of recruiting for ISIS, according to National Review.. ..…
Saudi-led coalition receives assistance from the US, UK, and France while Houthis are backed by Iran ISIS and Al-Qaeda are also Yemen.. The UN panel which produced the report, has given Human Rights Council Michelle Bachelet list of 160 undisclosed persons. ..…
Zamir Kabulov, Putin's Kabul, there are 20-30,000 ISIS fighters Afghanistan, while UN Security Council report October 2016 estimated numbers to have fallen from 3,500 to 1,600 , probably due to the restructuring of Taliban around Akhundzada. ..…
Peaceful protests gave way to insurgency, and Damascus eventually withdrew from most of Syria's northeast, leaving the area to Kurdish YPG and allied groups, including Christian-led Syriac Military Council. In 2015, also in the northeast, Assyrian Christian villages of Khabur River valley were..…
Syriac Military Council is opposed to Assad regime, viewing that Iranian- Assad and ISIS as two sides of the same coin. 5. ..…
Other charges include “insulting the country’s rulers and the Supreme Council of Religious Scholars, and describing them as extremist,” and accusing Gulf countries of supporting ISIS. . ..…
In press statement on May 15, Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus welcomed United Nations Security Council's 1267 ISIL and al-Qa'ida Sanctions Committee decision to designate ISIS-Khorasan, ISIS affiliate that has carried out terrorist attacks Afghanistan.. ..…
Barrister Amal Clooney reminded Council Members that the crimes committed by ISIS against women and girls “are unlike anything we have witnessed in modem times.” ..…
In October 2017, two months before Iraq declared victory over ISIS, the countries established the Saudi-Iraqi Coordination Council to help rebuild devastated areas retaken from the militants in Iraq. . ..…
By the affected people and governments, The role Of IRGC in the battles against Security Council-designated terrorist groups such as A1-Qaeda, ISIS, al-Nusra Front and other terrorist groups in the region, and praised.. ..…
Human Rights Council has reported, While held by ISIS fighters, Yazidi women and girls over the age of nine are subjected to brutal violence. ..…
The BBC reported yesterday that the foster parents of Parson's Green bomber are suing Surrey County Council for failing to warn them that the teenager placed with them had been trained to kill by ISIS. ..…
The Security Council established a team to investigate ISIS crimes in Iraq, and the team began its work in late 2018. ..…
A U.S. withdrawal from Syria would set ISIS adrift, allowing the Syrian government, backed by Russia and Iran, to defeat it and reassert its control over not only the territory currently occupied by ISIS, but also the hearts and minds of the Syrian Arabs whom ISIS needs for sustainment. By attacking..…
U.S partnerships with the members of Gulf Cooperation Council are critical to achieving shared regional objectives defeating ISIS, countering Islamic terrorism, protecting energy supplies, and rolling back Iranian, State Department said in statement released. ..…
In such cases, however, children should not be prosecuted for membership in groups like ISIS absent evidence of violent acts. . The Security Council should add detailed human rights guidelines to the Madrid principles to address other abuses as well; for example, to protect activists and..…
She was in helping to get UN Security Council to open investigation into the war crimes committed against Yazidis by ISIS Iraq September. ..…
Comoros, Russia, and Uzbekistan were also placed on Special Watch List for governments that have engaged in or tolerated severe violations of religious freedom and al-Nusra Front, al-Qa'ida in Arabian Peninsula, al-Qa'ida, al-Shabab, Boko Haram, Houthis, ISIS, ISIS-Khorasan, and Taliban..…
According to the ministry, yesterday’s crime is a war crime and a crime against humanity which proves once again the Coalition’s disregard for international law and the international humanitarian law, and belies the Coalition’s claims of fighting ISIS terrorism while in reality it is supporting..…
They came to destroy ISIS Crimes against Yazidis, called for much more action at the political level, including at Security Council against the group's crime of genocide.. ..…
Yesterday, as guest on the Family Research Council's. Washington Watch, host Tony Perkins that Obama's mother was Muslim and that's why he's so hesitant to attack ISIS. ..…
The Council on American-Islamic Relations said Monday that defeating ISIS involves projecting American ideals to the world. ..…
During a July 13 event hosted by the nonpartisan think tank Atlantic Council, Adm. Tidd indicated that ISIS likely maintains a presence in the region. . ..…
State Department-led Overseas Security Advisory Council following ISIS’s recent call for attacks. . ..…
Late last month, Iraqi forces, backed by U.S military and Iran-allied Shiite militias, launched offensive to recapture Fallujah, considered one of two remaining strongholds held by ISIS Iraq — the other being Mosul, the country's second-largest city.. Sheikh Raja al- Issawi, Anbar..…
Yesterday, Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe passed resolution calling the actions of ISIS Iraq and Syria as genocide.. ..…
This is critical issue Unlike January attacks, this was operation that was planned outside of France with the support of ISIS Security and Intelligence Council Iraq. ..…
Jim Himes, said AUMF was limited to Qaeda and its affiliates that were complicit in the 11 attacks, and I am deeply skeptical of the notion that it applies to ISIS... The National Security Council is working on suggestions to give Pentagon on what Obama administration will ask of..…
Kurds have relationship with other competing Sunni groups that could threaten ISIS control over Mosul. said Mr al-Sumaidaei.. By the council of emirates, For example, decisions to execute two American journalists, two British aid workers and two Lebanese soldiers August and September, and..…
At this point, President Obama did not hesitate to expand American military Syria, even without the unanimous vote from United Nations Security Council, and without the approval of United States Congress. ... -led military strikes against ISIS Syria could indirectly assist Syrian against..…