by Hidetoshi Azuma | Oct 31, 2014 | Monitor
International News MENA UN: Growing number of foreigners in terror groups Cara Anna / The Associated Press A new United Nations report says the world is facing a challenge of foreign fighters in terror groups on an “unprecedented scale,” with about 15,000...
by Hidetoshi Azuma | Oct 24, 2014 | Monitor
International News Middle East, IS, Al-Qaeda, Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism Islamic State keeps up Syrian oil flow despite U.S-led strikes SULEIMAN AL-KHALIDI / Reuters Islamic State is still extracting and selling oil in Syria and has adapted its trading techniques...
by Hidetoshi Azuma | Oct 3, 2014 | Monitor
International News Coverage Middle East, ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Terrorism, and Counterterrorism ISIS losing hearts and minds in its heartland ELIZABETH PALMER & KHALED WASSEF / CBS News The people of Raqqa, by and large, are forced to toe the line and follow the diktats...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Sep 29, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Not long after arriving in Bangkok in 1973 I heard the story of Jim Thompson’s strange disappearance in Malaysia’s Cameron Highlands Easter Sunday 1967. This was the tragic tale of a prominent American businessman and former OSS officer who had...
by Theresa Shaffer | Aug 27, 2014 | Monitor
Seven countries join US in arming Iraqi Kurds against ISIL The Indian Express Seven countries, including Italy, France and the UK, have joined the American effort to arm the Kurdish forces in northern Iraq against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a terrorist...
