Mar 10, 2015, Press TV Iraqi security troops, backed by Shia, Sunni volunteers and tribal forces, have reportedly entered the strategic city of Tikrit from multiple directions, reports say. Iraqi forces have reportedly taken control of the al-Qadisiyah neighborhood from ISIL Takfiri terrorists. The Takfiris are now besieged in the center of the city. …

Mar 1, 2015, Hands Off Syria Lt Col Hussein al-Harmoush was the most senior defector from the Syrian Arab Army early in the Syria conflict. He fled to Turkey in June 2011 where he proceeded to set up a so-called Free Officers Movement to overthrow the Syrian government. His ambitions were …

Mar 6, 2015, Global Research This short documentary features a number of individuals who have participated in a conference on Syria and the Middle East in Ecuador while the 18th World Festival of Youth and Students was also taking place in Ecuador. The director took the opportunity to talk about …

Mar 10, 2015, Al Masdar News The Palestine Liberation Army (PLA) – in cooperation with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) and the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) – has made rapid progress in the Al-Tadamon District after breaking through Jabhat Al-Nusra’s defenses and taking control of …

Mar 9, 2014, Ahmad Barqawi, Counter Punch Who are you?” the late Muammar Gaddafi once rhetorically asked in a famous speech of his towards the end of his reign; (rightly) questioning the legitimacy of those seeking to over-throw his government at the time, calling them extremists, foreign agents, rats and …

Mar 8, 2015, Tim Anderson, Global Research Reports that US and British aircraft carrying arms to ISIS have been shot down by Iraqi forces have been met with shock and denial in western countries. Few in the Middle East doubt that Washington is playing a ‘double game’ with its proxy …

Mar 9, 2015, New Eastern Outlook The revelations that US ally Abdelhakim Belhadj is now leading ISIS in Libya should come as no surprise to those who have followed US policy in that country, and throughout the region. It illustrates for the umpteenth time that Washington has provided aid and …

Mar 9, 2015, Press TV Press TV has conducted an interview with Sukant Chandan, a filmmaker and political commentator from London, to discuss atrocities being committed by the ISIL militant group across the Middle East region. The political commentator maintains that the US, Britain and France along with their regional …

Mar 9, 2015, RT.com Saudi Arabia has become the world’s biggest importer of weapons and defensive systems, overtaking the previous record holder, India, according to a new report which examined the arms trade across 65 countries last year. Data revealed by the IHS Jane 360 in its Global Defence Trade …

Mar 7, 2015, Reuters The Syrian army has killed two Islamic State commanders in an air strike in central Syria along with at least 24 other members of the ultra-hardline group, a monitoring group said on Saturday. Syrian state media reported the death of one of the Islamic State commanders …