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Month: May 2016

Retaking Raqqa From ISIS

6 years ago
Stratfor Analysis Summary The battle for Raqqa, the Islamic State's self-declared capital in Syria, has begun. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are advancing toward the city, engaging the jihadist group in the villages of al-Hisha, Tal Samen and Mutamshirij along the way. Because of Raqqa's strategic importance, the Islamic State will do everything in its […]
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A Split Over Israel Threatens the Democrats’ Hopes for Unity

6 years ago
By JASON HOROWITZ and MAGGIE HABERMAN for The New York Times -- A bitter divide over the Middle East could threaten Democratic Party unity as representatives of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont vowed to upend what they see as the party’s lopsided support of Israel. Two of the senator’s appointees to the party’s platform drafting […]
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Israeli Arab Student Leader Describes 'Humiliating' Strip Search at Prime Minister's Office

6 years ago
Diran Shalabneh, head of the National Union of Israeli Students’ department for the advancement of Arab students, was asked to stand behind a curtain and remove her bra for the special security check, before being asked to lower her pants. By Yarden Skop -- Diran Shalabneh, head of the National Union of Israeli Students’ department […]
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THE UIGHUR ISSUE

6 years ago
By GIANCARLO ELIA VALORI -- The autonomous region of Xinjiang, in the People’s Republic of China – with a relative majority of Turkmen Muslim people (45%) and the Han Chinese who since 1949 have risen from 6% to 41% of the population – is an issue not only for China, but also a relevant geopolitical […]
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If She Wins: These Three Clinton Decisions May Ruin US Foreign Policy

6 years ago
The Levant News -- US scholar A. Trevor Thrall looks at the foreign-policy nightmare that the country, and the world, could face should Hillary Clinton win her presidential bid. A new Clinton administration may drag the country into a foreign-policy nightmare, warns A. Trevor Thrall, Associate Professor of Government and International Affairs at George Mason […]
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China Concerned Of Uighur "Jihadis" Role In Syria

6 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS EXCLUSIVE – By Dr. Haytham Mouzahem* — On 21 April 2016, China’s Special Envoy on Syrian crisis Chai Cho Yan visited Damascus and met with the Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Walid al-Moallem, and the head of the Syrian government’s delegation to the Geneva talks, Bashar al-Jaafari. Al-Jaafari stated that “the presence […]
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Glimmers of a Future in Iraq?

6 years ago
by Graham E. Fuller*-- Iraqi politics are in turmoil—nothing new here. Not surprisingly, the post-invasion order is taking a long time to shake down, given the destruction of the old. Entirely new relationships had to be forged under the new, radically changed environment. What Iraq requires above all is the painful creation of a new […]
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Key Tunisian party renounces political Islam

6 years ago
By Tom Heneghan | for RNS -- Tunisia’s Ennahda movement, the most successful Islamist party to emerge from the Arab Spring revolts early in this decade, has renounced political Islam and declared it will operate in the country’s politics as “Muslim democrats.” A party congress over the weekend in the beach resort of Hammamet voted […]
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Serraj, Ageela Saleh and Sewehli must meet says Kobler

6 years ago
The Levant News -- The top enemy in Libya at present is national division and fragmention, UN Special Envoy Martin Kobler has said. Stating that Libyans had to unite and that the military challenge from the so-called Islamic State was urgent, he called on the presidents of the House of Representatives and the State Council […]
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Libya forces say pushing back ISIS fighters

6 years ago
The Levant News -- BY AYMAN AL-SAHLI for Reuters -- Forces loyal to Libya's U.N.-backed unity government pushed Islamic State fighters back toward their stronghold of Sirte on Wednesday but lost more than 30 men, including seven killed in a car bombing, officials said. In a televised statement from the streets of Abu Grain, military […]
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U.S. sanctions ISIS branches in Libya, Yemen, Saudi Arabia

6 years ago
The Levant News -- The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it had designated Islamic State's branch in Libya as a "foreign terrorist organization." The department also designated the Sunni militant group's branches in Libya, Yemen and Saudi Arabia as "specially designated global terrorists." It said that designation "imposes sanctions and penalties on foreign persons […]
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Moshe Yaalon, Israeli Defense Minister, Resigns

6 years ago
The Levant News — By JAMES GLANZ and IRIT PAZNER GARSHOWITZMAY for New York Times -- The Israeli defense minister, Moshe Yaalon, announced on Friday that he was resigning, an abrupt move that comes as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly conducts negotiations with a far-right party to join his government. As part of those negotiations, […]
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Despair Augmentes in Gaza as Humanitarian Situation Worsens

6 years ago
The Levant News exclusive - by Jasmin Rasheed -- Reports by local Palestinian sources revealed distressing information about the infrastructure, medicine, and the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. While in 2000, Gazans were able to drink tap water freely, now 95% of the Gaza Strip wells contain brackish water and are no longer suitable […]
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India to sabotage Chinese Investment Plans in South Asia

6 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS EXCLUSIVE - By Muhammad Zamir Assadi* -- Right from the announcements of the China’s investment plans for the development of Gawadar port in Baluchistan province and (China Pak Economic Corridor ) CPEC projects in Pakistan, particularly in the aftermath of President Xi Jinping’s visit to Pakistan with an announcement of $ 46 […]
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How We Measure the Human Toll in Syria Amid the Fog of War

6 years ago
By ANNE BARNARD* for New York Times -- A reader asks: “A recent Reuters story published in The New York Times stated that ‘more than 250,000 people’ have died since the Syrian civil war began and there has been an exodus of ‘5 million refugees.’ But other news outlets have reported vastly different numbers. Given […]
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