The Rise Of Terrorism Inspired By Religion In France FiveThirtyEight » Features by Carl Bialik The terrorist attacks at six sites in and around Paris on Friday, which French authorities said killed 129 people and injured more than 350, claimed more lives than all other acts of terror combined in the previous quarter century in France, … Read more
Twitter must be less cowardly and fight for activists The Next Web by Abhimanyu Ghoshal For years, Twitter has been the go-to communication medium for social and political activists and commentators. Its format is well suited to broadcasting ideas to a large audience in real-time. During the Arab Spring, Twitter proved to be an effective tool … Read more
Graft probe tapings consistent with transcribed files A forensic report on a graft probe started last year has said the transcribed documents and tape recordings of the telephone conversations between the high-profile suspects are consistent Pope Francis to visit Virgin Mary’s House in Turkey Residents of the western town of Selçuk enthusiastically await Pope’s visit to Christian … Read more
US told Turkey arms drop to Syrian Kurds ‘momentary’ response to crisis: Kerry The United States told Turkey that a U.S. military air-drop of arms to Syrian Kurds was a response to a crisis situation Turkey confirms helping Peshmerga cross into Kobane Turkey’s foreign minister has confirmed that the country has been providing assistance to KRG Peshmerga … Read more
I and three other colleagues arrived Beirut today afternoon. We will stay here until Wednesday noon. This is my first time in a Middle Eastern location. I hope to go beyond a mere touristic trip. I have one connection to get in touch but I will see if he can be helpful. Otherwise, we will end up tasting … Read more
Meet the Jihadi Group That’s Declared War on Syria’s Moderate Rebels BEIRUT, Lebanon — Just a few months ago, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) didn’t officially exist. Now, the al Qaeda affiliate known colloquially as al-Dawla — simply “the state” — has emerged as a clear and present danger to Syria’s mainstream … Read more
Tekadamlardan medet ummak Liderin, güçlü iktidarın cazibesi ne buraya mahsus ne de basit bir doğu-batı farkıyla açıklanabilecek bir şey. Doğu?da tekadamlardan geçilmezken Batı?nın yakın zamana kadar diktatöründen seçilmiş tekadamlarına kadar güçlü liderleri vardı. Franko 1975?te öldü, Hitler çok eski değil, de Gaulle ve Thatcher daha dündü. Tekadamdan gözünüzü alamayınca onun yaptığı hataları, … Read more
Turkish pilot abandons Beirut flight to protest abduction of colleagues A THY pilot abandoned today an Istanbul-Beirut plane to protest the abduction of two Turkish pilots in Lebanon Probe launched into Turkish pilot who abandoned flight to protest abduction of colleagues in Lebanon A probe has been launched into a pilot who walked off an … Read more
?Any Turk in Beirut? target for us, kidnapped Lebanese pilgrims? families threaten The families of abducted Lebanese Shiite pilgrims in Syria have threatened to kidnap any Turkish national in Beirut Turkey shuts offices as Lebanon crisis mounts Turkey has closed its cultural center and commercial office in Beirut after the kidnapping of two Turkish pilots … Read more