Syria

Spotlight on Global Jihad (July 13-19, 2017)

After the liberation of Mosul, displaced persons began to return to the city, mainly to its eastern part (which was less affected by the battles). There are serious problems in the city, i.e., a housing shortage and problems with the supply of water and electricity, since many infrastructures have been destroyed. At the same time,
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Spotlight on Iran* (July 2 – 16, 2017)

In a first official Iranian response to the ceasefire in southern Syria brokered by the United States and Russia, Iran’s foreign ministry’s spokesman said the success of the agreement depended on extending it all over Syria. The senior advisor to the speaker of the Iranian parliament (Majlis) met with the Syrian ambassador in Tehran to
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (July 6-12, 2017)

About three years after ISIS declared the establishment of the Islamic Caliphate in Mosul, and after around nine months of persistent fighting, the city of Mosul fell into the hands of the Iraqi forces. The Iraqi prime minister arrived in Mosul on July 9, 2017, and declared its complete liberation. The commander of the International
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (June 29 – July 5, 2017)

The campaign for the takeover of Mosul is coming to its end. This week, the Iraqi prime minister announced “the elimination of the imaginary state of ISIS.” This week, Syrian forces took over the area of Khanaser, southeast of Aleppo, ISIS’s last stronghold in the Aleppo Province. In the area of Quneitra in the Syrian
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Spotlight on Iran* (June 18 – July 2, 2017)

On June 18, 2017, in response to the June 7 ISIS attacks on the Majlis building and the Khomeini shrine, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) attacked ISIS targets in the Deir al-Zor region in eastern Syria. In response to the White House threat to take measures against the Syrian regime if it carried out
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During diplomatic contacts with the Americans, the Palestinian Authority rejected demands to stop financial support for terrorist prisoners and the families of shaheeds

In recent diplomatic contacts between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the United States, the Americans demanded the PA stop its financial support for terrorist prisoners, released terrorist prisoners and the families of shaheeds.
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