Movilización yihadista en Siria e Iraq: desafíos para España
Con motivo de la movilización yihadista a Siria e Iraq de los últimos meses donde, según los últimos cálculos, se habrían desplazado hasta el momento al menos 2.000 voluntarios occidentales, se hace necesario reflexionar sobre las implicaciones y los desafíos que este fenómeno suponen para España, a ...
Qatar Remains Reluctant Partner In Coalition Against ISIS In Syria
The barrage of airstrikes announced by President Barack Obama are directed primarily against the Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria (IS or ISIS) in Syria, without the permission of the Syrian regime, and with opposition by Russia. Previous airstrikes were directed at ISIS in Iraq, with permission of ...
Obama and Clinton: It’s complicated
Just over a year ago at the request of the White House, Hillary Clinton worked the phones with about a half-dozen senators, trying to sell Congress on authorizing military strikes against Syria. Weeks later, at the Clinton Global Initiative, the former secretary of state defended President Barack Ob ...
Secret Service Secrets
Candice Millard's great book "Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President" wove the tale of James A. Garfield, 20th president of the USA. His term lasted but 200 days, cut short by a bullet from an assassin named Charles Guiteau. Medicine and emergency shock tr ...
Abu Qatada Acquitted of Terrorism Charges by Jordanian Court
A Jordanian military court acquitted Abu Qatada, radical Muslim preacher, of all charges. Qatada had been accused of playing a role in the plotting of attacks against Israel and the United States. The sentence was pronounced on Wednesday. Civilian judges presided over the hearings and handed down th ...
Raqqa - Islamiska Statens huvudstad under hårt amerikanskt tryck
Staden Raqqa i norra Syrien är Islamiska Statens inofficiella huvudstad, en stad terrormilisen tog över i januari men där USA nu börjat bomba terrorörelsens fästen. Det var från Raqqa som amerikanska Vice News i somras gjorde det då väldigt unika inslaget om vardagstillvaron under ISIS' styre. Här s ...
Abu Qatada Acquitted Of Terrorism Charges By Jordanian Military Court
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A Jordanian military court on Wednesday acquitted radical Muslim preacher Abu Qatada on terrorism charges for his role in plotting attacks against Americans and Israelis. The ruling, handed down by civilian judges presiding over the hearings, capped a lengthy legal odyssey for t ...
Obama hails Arab allies and says Isis offensive is not ‘America’s fight alone’ – The Guardian
US president Barack Obama claimed the backing of five Arab nations for intensive military attacks against Islamic State (Isis) targets in Syria on Tuesday showed the offensive was not “America’s fight alone”, as his military chiefs warned the intensive air assault was only the start of a sustained c ...
Germany steps up Isis fight with raids and arms
UPDATE: Police on Tuesday raided the homes of seven people across Germany on suspicion of supporting the jihadist group Islamic State (Isis) fighting in Syria and Iraq. On Wednesday, Germany will fly €70-million worth of arms to Isis's enemies in Iraq.
Being in NY makes a difference, it seems, Erdoğan says there might be military support to U.S.-led coalition; “Turkey-Egypt Relations: Incentives to Normalize…
http://ift.tt/1B5RH5y Erdogan says Turkey may give military support to U.S.-led coalition By ece toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey could give military or logistical support to U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State insurgents in Syria, President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Tuesday. ...
Iraq and Syria anti-IS campaign takes center stage at UN
The US-led coalition launched strikes against Islamic State militants besieging a Kurdish town in Syria as world leaders prepared for talks on Wednesday at the UN on battling the jihadists. The overnight raids targeted Islamic State (IS) group fighters who ...
CG Awarded $25 Million Contract by Ministry of Electricity, Iraq
16 mobile substations for Iraq, before September 2015 For interim grid connections and temporary power supplies Integration and assembly in Belgium Avantha Group Company CG announced a $25 million new contract win for the design, construction and delivery ...
Support for military action in Iraq and Syria is real. It’s also underwhelming.
Over the past few weeks, poll after poll has shown the just-launched American airstrikes in Syria and the weeks-long campaign in Iraq are quite popular. And that remains the case. But actually, it would be more unusual if that wasn't the case. And in fact ...
Iraq PM expected to ask Britain to join Islamic State airstrikes
David Cameron is due to meet Iraq's new Prime Minister today amid speculation Britain may be asked to join airstrikes against Islamic State. According to the Reuters news agency, staff at Downing Street are anticipating a request from Haider al-Abadi to ...
MPs expected to be recalled to vote on Iraq air strikes
MANCHESTER England (Reuters) - Britain's parliament could be recalled as early as Friday to vote on a proposal by Prime Minister David Cameron for the country to join U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq, a source familiar with the matter ...
Energy Journal: Syria Strikes No Hinderance to Iraq Oil
Arab countries—including Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain—also participated following frantic talks over the summer to build a fragile and politically sensitive coalition among Middle Eastern countries. Meanwhile in Iraq ...
Iraq awards $25m power substation contract
Iraq has handed out a $25 million (£15m) contract to design and build 16 mobile electricity substations. Iraq’s General Directorate for Transmission in the Upper Euphrates region placed the order with electrical services firm CG. They are for temporary ...
Iraq PM to ask UK for military 'help'
Iraq's ambassador in London Faik Nerweyi, has said that help against Islamic State "will be core" of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's discussion with David Cameron when they meet later today. Speaking to Today programme Presenter Mishal Husain, he ...
UK MPs to be recalled on IS strikes in Iraq: reports
London (AFP) - An emergency recall of Britain's parliament to decide whether to join US-led air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq could take place as early as Friday, Britain's press reported. Prime Minister David Cameron is due to meet Iraqi ...
Obama to address UN amid new strikes against militants in Syria, as well as Iraq
NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama is addressing the United Nations as a commander in chief overseeing a war against militants in two Middle Eastern nations, a striking shift in the trajectory of a presidency that had been focused on ending conflicts ...
