veteran of Islamist movements Somalia, Robow fought Soviets Afghanistan in the 1980s, and in the 1990s and 2000s helped organize two Somali Islamist movements Al Itihaad Al Islmaiyya and Union of Islamic Courts, both of. The brutality of the latter and the incompetence and venality of Somalia's..…
One of those warlords, whom the during its years of support for Islamic guerillas against Soviet Union in the 1980s, was, and remains influential. India remains backer of Afghan government, dating back to New Delhi's support for the coalition of warlords known and the between the..…
The government says it's making progress and the military's efforts to fight Boko Haram Islamist insurgency and its Islamic State-allied offshoot, now in its year, are crumbling.. ..…
Iraqi government forces and members of Popular Mobilisation units, forces dominated by Iran-backed Shiite armed groups, on the front line during the fight against Islamic State group. Iraqi government forces and members of Popular Mobilisation units, forces dominated by Iran-backed Shiite..…
The government says it's making progress and the military's efforts to fight Boko Haram Islamist insurgency and its Islamic State-allied offshoot, now in its year, are crumbling.. ..…
The Islamic government of course denies Iranian access to real basic information about petroleum revenues and other sources of income. Therefore, it makes it impossible for citizens to monitor spending and hold their so-called Islamic government accountable. ..…
The oil- and natural gas-rich Deir al-Zor governorate in eastern Syria has been contested between the Syrian government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, and it also contains a few pockets of the remnants of the Islamic State militants alongside both eastern and western banks of..…
Thus far, PLO faction, Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine refuses to participate in government that will also be dominated by Fatah.. While all Palestinian factions, Hamas and Islamic Jihad included, bear part of the blame for failing to unify their ranks and form single strategy..…
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