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A video released by ISIS entitled ‘The Rise of the Khilafah and the Return of the Gold Dinar’ featured the group’s much talked about gold dinar that it claims will end the superiority of the American monetary system on the Read more
After closed door meetings between the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Russia in Moscow, Riyadh made it clear that it was not changing its stance against President Assad. Minister Adel Al Jubeir said during a joint press conference after Read more
The al-Qaeda-linked Al-Nusra Front, one of the major rebel groups in Syria, has decided to shift its presence away from the areas covered by Turkish airstrikes in the country because, it said, their missions do not have the same objectives. Read more
U.S Secretary of State John Kerry was in Egypt over the weekend leading his country’s delegation to the Egypt-U.S. Strategic Dialogue. Kerry’s visit is seen as a revival of the ties between Washington and Cairo after the Obama administration toughened Read more
As Turkey continues to strike ISIS’s position in Syria and Kurds in Iraq, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu claimed that the Islamic State is a product of the West. The West often identifies itself as the international community in the global Read more
Baghdad is not pleased with the bombings carried out by Turkey fighter jets on its territory and wants an end to it for the sake of neighborliness and out of respect of its sovereignty. In a statement released at the Read more
The agreed peace between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) based in northern Iraq could have been jeopardized by the Turkish airstrikes which hit the group although the targets where described as “terrorist threats” by the authorities. Turkey and PKK sealed a Read more
Police and tribal sources have stated that an offensive has been launched by the Iraqi army and police force alongside Sunni tribal fighters to oust militants of the Islamic State from the western outpost of Haditha and the Albu Hayat area Read more
Militants of the Islamic State in the Syrian border town of Jarablus are preparing themselves militarily for a possible Turkish intervention after several reports claimed that Ankara is on the verge of launching an attack. Shazza Khalil, an activist living Read more
The U.S House of representatives on Tuesday voted for Jordan to be recognized as an important partner that should be treated with “expeditious consideration” and to ease the transfer of weapons in order to help it fight against ISIS. Jordan decided to Read more