Palestinian fighters and Syrian rebels retook control Thursday of large parts of a refugee camp in Damascus that had been seized by Islamic State terrorists, a monitoring group said, according to AFP. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a number of armed groups in the Yarmouk camp in south Damascus "were able to
Rebels backed by Syria's Al-Qaeda affiliate, the Al-Nusra Front, on Wednesday seized control of the last border crossing with Jordan that had been under the control of the Damascus regime, a monitor said, according to AFP. "Armed groups, joined today by Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front, took over the Nasib border point from regime soldiers"
On April 1, 2014, Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas breached the conditions of the peace talks by signing a request to join several UN agencies, a move which also formed the gateway for the Hamas-PA unity government. Analysts throughout Spring 2014 predicted the possibility of a great legal war being launched against Israel,
The Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group seized control of most of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in southern Damascus Wednesday, a local Palestinian official told AFP. "Fighters from IS launched an assault this morning on Yarmouk and they took over the majority of the camp," said Anwar Abdel Hadi, director of political affairs
President Barack Obama on Tuesday released military aid to Egypt that was suspended after the 2013 overthrow of the government, The Associated Press (AP) reports. The White House said that Obama notified Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi in a phone call Tuesday that the United States would be sending 12 F-16 fighter jets, 20 missiles
The Palestinian Football Association on Monday officially asked the international soccer organization FIFA to suspend Israel. The move is being led by Jibril Rajoub, a senior member of Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement who currently serves as president of the Palestinian Football Association. Rajoub has been trying for months to convince FIFA
Operation Decisive Force has taken Middle East observers by surprise. Only a week ago there were few indications Saudi Arabia was planning any war at all. Now, there are reports the Saudis will lead a ground invasion “within days” to bring down the Houthis. When Arutz Sheva last spoke to Professor Yiftah Shapir of
An Aljazeera report shines a light on the dark reality of life under the Islamist dictatorship of ISIS in Mosul, Iraq. The report relies on interviews with former residents of Mosul, conducted in the Kurdish-controlled city of Erbil. Their names have been changed to protect their relatives who stayed behind. One of the
The Arab League has never been known for the unity that other international alliances have projected. NATO was a strong, American-led alliance throughout the Cold War (and in many ways still today); the European Union, for all its diversity, has a unified foreign policy. The Arab League on the other hand has been plagued
Troops from a nine-member Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia could be marching into Yemen before the week is over. Meanwhile, an air campaign is eroding the Iran-backed Shi'ite Houthi defenses. Saudi Arabia and Egypt have both mentioned the possibility of putting boots on the ground, according to CNN. On Saturday, Yemeni Foreign Minister
