Abed al-Rachman Mustapha, a onetime physics professor who is also known as Abu Alaa al-Afri, has been appointed the successor to  Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday. Al-Afri was promoted to the post after an emergency meeting convened...

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After a young Israeli-Arab man from northern Israel used social media to convince other Israeli-Arabs to volunteer for the IDF, he was surprised when his efforts were rewarded with messages of support for Israel from all over the Arab world, Shlomi Eldar reported Wednesday for Al-Monitor. M. is an Israeli Arab Muslim who...

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A map of the current position of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), as well as Iranian anti-ISIS forces, shows that while Iran will continue fighting ISIS, it has no interest in defeating the terror organization. The map was created by security researcher Michael Pregent, who was interviewed yesterday by...

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was seriously injured in a March airstrike in western Iraq by the American-led coalition forces, The Guardian reported Tuesday. In recent weeks, rumors have circulated about al-Baghdadi’s death, but as of yet they have been unproven. Regardless of the rumors, al-Baghdadi’s disappearance from the...

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While much of the world’s attention is focused on the war in Yemen against Iranian-backed rebels, as well as the aftermath of the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 states, Iraq (backed by Iran) has achieved a significant achievement in the long battle against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). In...

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A range of media outlets blasted the Obama administration on Thursday and Friday over the White House’s Middle East policy in the broadest sense, arguing that the increasingly chaotic region is in a downward spiral due, in part, to missteps by President Barack Obama’s foreign policy team. The various conflicts engulfing...

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In Congressional testimony two weeks ago, retired Lieutenant General Michael T. Flynn stated that the United States is “at war with violent and extreme Islamists (both Sunni and Shia) and we must accept and face this.” It is time to make a choice—push, before we are pushed. But the United...

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Tensions between Arab states and Iran, which erupted into a hot war overnight in Yemen with a Saudi-led military offensive against the Iranian-backed Houthi militants, are hanging over the ongoing negotiations between the P5+1 nations and Tehran in Lausanne, Switzerland. The talks, which revolve around Iran’s nuclear program, are expected...

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In his column on Wednesday, Thomas Friedman, the foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times, retreated from his previously articulated position that Iran must not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons. In this, he mirrored a similar shift made by President Barack Obama. On Wednesday, Friedman wrote: The Obama team’s best argument for...

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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is denying that Qods Force commander Gen. Qassem Suleimani said that Iran seeks to control Jordan, just as it controls Iraq and Lebanon. Iran has also removed the report of Suleimani’s remarks from the Iranian Students’ News Agency website. Al Masdar reported on Monday: Eralier on...

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