US, UK, Jordan deploy troops, tanks in southern Syria: Reports

Reports coming out of Syria suggest that a joint military force of US, British, and Jordanian troops, equipped with tanks and helicopters, have reportedly been deployed in the war-torn country's southern border areas from Jordan's northern region. The troops are now reportedly positioned...

UAE-Saudi Disputes Emerge Further as Yemen War Unfolds

As the United Arab Emirates' goals and plans for Yemen's southern port city of Aden become clearer days by day, the rifts between ABU Dhabi and Riyadh increase with the same pace. Last week, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, the resigned president of Yemen who has the backing of Saudi Arabia fired Aden's...

Britain Unable to Control ISIS Terrorists Returning from Syria, Iraq: Report

Hundreds of ISIS Takfiri terrorists are returning to Britain from Syria, with the country's security forces saying they are unable to control the returnees. According to British media reports, the country's domestic intelligence service MI5 previously said around 850 extremists from Britain...

US Mulls Sending New Forces to Afghanistan, Amid Trump�s Policy Incertitude

In the last days of administration of the former President Barack Obama, the United States was in a real confusion on how it could draw up a clear and stable policy in Afghanistan. The same bewilderment appears to be still existing now inside the new administration, baring Washington from adopting a...

How Does ISIS Agenda Work and How Can Be Taken Down?

Despite the fact that​ ISIS terrorist group is fast losing territories to the Syrian and Iraqi forces and their allies as the recapture operation​s are unfolding further, it still works in civilian aspects to recruit members across the world who will enable it carry out terror attacks in...

How Saudi Arabia Backs Terrorism?

Saudi Arabia is widely recognized as the top sponsor of terrorism, and Wahhabism, a Saudi interpretation of Islam religion, remains the cradle of Islamist radicalism. Among the 611 groups blacklisted by the US Department of State as terrorist entities, a majority is inspired and even nurtured by Wahhabism,...

Reasons behind Taliban�s Recently-Heightened Violence in Afghanistan

The Afghanistan security conditions have been worsening day by day, and particularly recently. The Afghan national unity government has announced readiness to resume peace talks with the Taliban insurgents, however, the militants responded with a deadly raid on the headquarters of the Afghan National...

Bahrainis Ultimate Alert for Al Khalifa ahead of Top Cleric�s Trial

New wave of anti-regime protests has erupted in Bahrain since last week as Al Khalifa regime has set to hold on May 7 final trial session of the high-profile cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, the spiritual leader of the country’s uprising. The campaigners have issued statements across the Persian Gulf...

Four Reasons Why is Afghan Military So Inefficient?

The security conditions in Afghanistan are worsening to an extent that now people hardly doubt that the country’s national army is inefficient. The recent deadly raid on the army base in Balkh province is not the only attack of this kind. It was carried out by 10 militants who killed 140 Afghan...

Russia Terms Terrorism Major Global Danger, Syria Top Victim

Russian says international terrorism remains the main danger which is facing the world and that Syria is on top of the countries which are fighting the ISIS terrorist group. Sergei Shoigu made the remarks at the opening of the VI Moscow Conference on International Security, which is being held with...

US Nuclear Sub in S Korea, Trump Summons Senate for N Korea Briefing

A US nuclear submarine armed with guided missiles is in South Korea as North Korea holds massive long-range artillery drills amid rising tensions between Washington and Pyongyang. The nuclear-powered USS Michigan, which is built to carry and launch ballistic missiles and Tomahawk cruise missiles, made...

Riyadh Seeks Dragging Washington in Yemen War

Since March 26, 2015 that the newly-ascended King Salman of Saudi Arabia launched a deadly aggression against the neighboring Yemen with the dream that soon he could defeat Yemen's revolutionary forces, led by Ansarullah movement, and restore to power the resigned president of Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansur...

Will India Become Another Major Actor in West Asia?

arendra Modi, the prime minister of India who assumed office in 2014, has frequently expressed the New Delhi's will to expand presence in West Asia region. To this end, the Indian leader since initiating his work as a premier has laid down long-term plans that will allow the country have political,...

Erdogan�s Wild Claims against Iraqi Volunteer Forces

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ignited outrage in Iraq after branding Iraq's volunteer forces as "terrorists". Speaking during an interview with Qatar state-funded Al-Jazeera TV late Wednesday, Erdogan claimed Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF- also known as al-Hashd al-Shaabi...

Why Snap Election in Britain?

Britain's Premier Theresa May on Tuesday called a snap general election on June 8 in a bid to get direct mandate for her plan to deliver a smooth British exit from the EU. Britain formally served divorce papers on the European Union last month, signaling the beginning of the end of a relationship...

HRW Warns Australia to Halt Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia amid Concerns over Yemen War

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged on Tuesday Australia to immediately end military sales to Saudi Arabia as the regime's aggression on neighboring Yemen has killed thousands of civilians. The rights group in a letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Australian government should also release...

Will US Send 50,000 Troops to Syria?

The US military deployment to Syria has been expanded persistently since Donald Trump swearing-in as US president. His predecessor President Barack Obama was against American forces dispatch to the war-hit country, however, he in 2015 finally agreed to send a limited numbers of American forces majorly...

What Will Be Outcomes of Recapture of ISIS De Facto Capital in Syria?

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Saturday April 15 released a statement, announcing that they have started the fourth stage of the final push to retake Syria's Raqqa province from ISIS terrorist group. First stage, dubbed Operation Wrath of Euphrates, had started on November 6, last...

Why Did NATO Expand to West Asia?

After collapse of the Soviet Union and thus end of the Cold War, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) redefined the so-called threats posed to its members from communism to terrorism, Islamic fundamentalism, and risks of proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs), arguing that the three...

134 Sri Lankan Peacekeepers linked to Child Sex Ring; No Arrests: UN Report

In the ruins of a tropical hideaway where jetsetters once sipped rum under the Caribbean sun, the abandoned children tried to make a life for themselves. They begged and scavenged for food, but they never could scrape together enough to beat back the hunger, until the U.N. peacekeepers moved in a...

Why Mosul Liberation Op Proceeding Slow?

Operation to liberate Iraq's second largest city, Mosul, from ISIS was ordered by the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on September 14, last year and is taking its stages according to the schedule. After recapturing eastern part of Mosul from the terrorist group, Iraqi army launched a large...

How Germany Chases its Economic, Military Interests in West Asia?

The West Asian developments have been one of the leading points of concern of the global powers, among them Germany which has always set a profit-seeking eye on the region. A set of worries, including the effects of the regional crises on the global energy markets, has been central to the German leaders'...

Seven Theories About US Missile Strikes on Syria

The US navy's missile strikes against the Syrian military base on last Friday have unleashed an array of media and expert speculations on what will Trump's future strategies be in relation to the Syrian crisis, ranging from heading to the direct military action against Damascus to continuing...

Terrorism in West Asia: Pros, Antis

One of the strategic areas of competition in West Asia region is the international powers' attempts to widen the sectarian and religious gaps between different sides. This is because the powers' profits from the divisions are not limited to building alliances and signing security pacts with the...

Syria war guarantees shared interests of powers, Israel: President Assad

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the bloody militancy plaguing his homeland is aimed at protecting the common interests of Israel and its partners, stressing that the “only option” left to save the nation is “victory” against foreign-backed terrorists. “You...

Syria Denies Using Chemicals, Says It Informed OPCW of Terrorist�s Access to Toxic Materials

The Syrian government has recently informed the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) that al-Nusra Front was transporting toxic substances into the war-torn country, Deputy Foreign Minister Fayssal Mikdad said denying using any poisonous gases in Khan Sheikhoun or in any other...

Turkey Annexes Syrian Land: Diplomat Says Threatening Ankara with Military Option

Syria may be forced to resort to military option to protect its land if Turkey continues its aggression in northern Syria, Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riyad Haddad said. Syria has been fighting against terrorism for more than six years now and "will continue to fight till the end, and Turkey is one...

What�s Behind British PM�s Visit to Jordan, Saudi Arabia?

British Prime Minister Theresa May began a trip on Monday to the West Asia to visit Jordan and then Saudi Arabia in a bid to re-accentuate the security bonds between London and the Arab countries. The official visit comes after the British leader travelled to the region in early December last year to...

St Petersburg Blast: Russia Contains Aftermath

Yesterday's bomb blast that ripped through St Petersburg's subway train was sure a terrorist attack, but it, the analysts say, declined to affect the Russian leaders' determination in their fight against terrorism. Moscow's reaction, which was described as professional by the analysts,...

What Causes Muslims Massacres in Nigeria, Myanmar?

Following the Islamic Revolution of Iran and then the Soviet Union collapse, the Muslim world's developments saw transfer to a new stage. Hitherto, the key issue of the Muslim world was the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian lands, an issue that pushed the Muslim countries towards unity. But things...