The issue of State sponsored terrorism, the foreign support of fanatical extremists, has jumped straight to the top of the international agenda following Saturday’s massacre of nearly 300 civilians. In letters to the UN secretary-general and the head of the security council, the Syrian Foreign Ministry charged that terrorist organisations still receive support from countries … Continue reading
Saudi Arabia has been hosting a gathering of Syrian rebel groups, including terrorists, in the capital Riyadh. Extremists from Jaysh al-Islam and Ahrar al-Sham had been invited while Kurdish militias and opposition parties in Syria’s parliament were excluded. Ahrar al-Sham, later withdrew from the conference to try to unite the factions fighting against the Syrian … Continue reading
MPs have again voted to involve our country in a foreign war. This is despite the clear failure of other foreign adventures. The public is beign told to prepare itself for civilian casualties, radicalisation of segments of our large Muslim population and rising numbers of refugees after MPs backed air strikes in Syria last night … Continue reading
Russia claimed Wednesday to have proof that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s (pictured) family profits from the illegal oil trade with Islamic State (Isis). The Defence Ministry presented a large file of evidence to dozens of foreign military attaches and hundreds of journalists at a conference in Moscow. Officials produced aerial and satellite photographs showing … Continue reading
Denmark’s right-wing Liberal Party government has slashed benefits for asylum seekers as it seeks to bring down the number of refugees entering the country. Under new rules, asylum seekers without children will receive less than 1000 euros a month in benefits, almost half of what they previously received. This is about the same level that … Continue reading
Russia said yesterday that its jets had blitzed nine Isis terrorist targets in the previous 24 hours. They included a concealed forest base near the north-western city of Idlib, where Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said 30 vehicles had been destroyed — including several ancient Soviet bloc T-55 tanks used by the terrorists. Russian … Continue reading