Fleeing the Monster of Mosul: 500,000 escape Iraq's second biggest city after it 'falls like a plane without an engine' to warlord more 'virulent and violent than Bin Laden' 

• Islamist militants effectively took control of Mosul yesterday after four days of heavy fighting
• Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, 43, known as Adu Dua, has emerged as one of the world's most lethal terrorist…

Shocking images show Syrian thief blindfolded and CRUCIFIED by terrorist group linked to a British suicide bomber

• The execution took place in Syrian city of Raqqa as onlookers took pictures
• It was exacted by terror cell The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria who hold city
• They…

Syrian rebel leader urges truce as infighting Al-Qaeda factions trigger bloodbath

Published time: January 07, 2014 22:47 

Edited time: January 08, 2014 01:02

A leader of an Al-Qaeda affiliated rebel group in Syria has called for a ceasefire with another Al-Qaeda-inspired movement, after internecine clashes between various Islamist anti-government factions resulted in hundreds of deaths in less…

Libyan arms fueling warfare in Syria, Mali, Gaza Strip – UN report

Published time: April 10, 2013 10:23

Arms out of post-Gaddafi Libya are empowering militant groups, including terrorists and criminal gangs across the Middle East and Africa, a UN report said. Twelve countries are involved in the illicit trade of weapons, including portable SAM missiles.

Eighteen months after the…

French nationals fighting alongside Islamists in major conflict zones

US, UK and France training Syrian rebels in Jordan - reports

20 UN peacekeepers taken hostage by Syrian rebels in Golan Heights

Iraqi, Lebanese Shiites unite to ‘protect Damascus shrine from Sunni rebels’

Published time: March 04, 2013 19:01

A Shiite military unit has emerged in Damascus to fight Sunni rebels, while also pledging independence from Syrian President Bashar Assad. The multi-ethnic brigade reportedly claims their only aim to protect a local shrine.

The presence of Shiite combatants from Iraq and…

UK to provide armored vehicles and body armor to Syrian opposition

Published time: March 06, 2013 18:13

British Foreign Secretary William Hague announced Wednesday that the UK will provide armored vehicles and body armor to rebel forces in Syria to “help save lives.”

The offer will include millions of pounds of non-lethal aid, which will also include search and rescue, disease…

Iraqi army helped Syrian government retake border checkpoint - reports

Published time: March 02, 2013 01:19

The Iraqi army has reportedly shelled Free Syrian Army positions inside Syria near the border with Iraq. Unconfirmed reports suggest that Iraq was helping Syrian government forces regain control of a border checkpoint seized by the insurgency.

Syrian troops have recaptured…

Turkey sets up secret anti-Assad rebel base with Saudi Arabia and Qatar - reports

Published: 27 July, 2012, 22:34

Edited: 28 July, 2012, 06:30

Turkey is directing the rebel fight against Bashar Assad, after setting up a secret base on its border with Syria, with help from Qatar and Saudi Arabia. It devises tactics and supplies weapons for the…

Syria rebels 'launch sea raid' as Lebanon seizes weapons

28 April 2012 Last updated at 12:40 GMT

Syrian rebel gunmen in inflatable dinghies have attacked a military unit on the Mediterranean coast, with deaths on both sides, state media report.

It is…

Saman Mohammadi

The Excavator

Monday, December 19, 2011

“Not long ago, if you wanted to seize political power in a country,” wrote Italian philosopher and novelist Umberto Eco in his 1967 essay, …

To be fair I should change the title to NATO Secures Victory in Libya ...

Coordination with NATO helped rebels in Tripoli...

Massive air strikes throughout Tripoli last 24 hours paving way for rebels to grand stand and mop up.…

U.S. General: We Won’t Help Libya’s Rebels (Unless We Do)