Al Qaeda

by William Van Wagenen, published on The Cradle, February 2, 2023 In January 2023, reports emerged that Alexanda Kotey, known as “Jihadi George” and one of the four British ISIS members collectively known as the “Beatles,” had disappeared from the custody of the US Bureau of Prisons (BOP). In 2022, …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, February  23, 2023 I highly suggest reading some of the linked articles.  HTS is apparently ‘taxing’ aid providers and ‘managing’ distribution in Idlib, while the main body of Syrians are denied aid entirely due to U.S. sanctions.  An Arabic language article that is …

from the NewsDesk at The Cradle, published on February 17, 2023 Some 20 prisoners thought to be ISIS members escaped from Raju prison in northwestern Syria on 7 February, AFP has reported. The prison was affected by the massive earthquake that struck southern Turkiye and northern Syria the same day, …

by William Van Wagenen, published on The Cradle, September 2, 2022 In 2017, US and allied Kurdish forces bombarded the city of Raqqa, the bastion of ISIS in Syria and the de-facto capital of the terror group’s self-proclaimed caliphate. Concurrent to this, US forces conducted massive air strikes on the …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, July 25, 2022 The Hagia Sophia Church in Al-Suqaylabiyah, Syria was attacked by Radical Islamic terrorists using a drone which was launched from the terrorist controlled enclave of Idlib on July 24.  Two persons were killed while 12 others were wounded. The Syrian …