Thema: Arabische Welt

„Diplomacy has meanwhile made little progress with no compromise over the future of President Bashar al-Assad, his position strengthened by Iranian and Russian military support. A top Iranian official, in comments to Iran TV, rejected what he described as a U.S. request for Tehran’s help to make Assad leave power,…

„Two of Rabe’s brothers, Hassan and Hameed, were arrested in 2012 for helping to treat protesters injured while demonstrating against the Assad regime, Rabe said. Both had gone to pharmacy school, and had their own shop in Aleppo where they sold medicine. Rabe said they were detained for two months…

„Once driven to near irrelevance by the rise of Islamic State abroad and security crackdowns at home, al Qaeda in Yemen now openly rules a mini-state with a war chest swollen by an estimated $100 million in looted bank deposits and revenue from running the country’s third largest port. If…

„The women in the Syrian city of Raqqa suffer greatly under the oppression of the terrorist organization ‚Islamic State.‘ DW had exclusive access to some of those women, who spoke about their daily lives.“ (hier)

„‚Schlecht organisierte Terrorgruppen leben nicht lang‘, sagt Leah Farrall von der Universität Sydney, Expertin für die Geschichte des Dschihadismus (‚The Arabs at War in Afghanistan‘). ‚Der IS profitiert davon, dass er Formulare und Prozesse von Al-Kaida geerbt hat.‘ Die straffe Organisation ist aber nur die Oberfläche. Viel brisanter ist der…

Von Thomas von der Osten-SackenWie oft hat man das Argument im Zusammenhang mit Syrien schon gehört? Libyen sei doch ein abschreckendes Beispiel, was passiere, wenn es zu einer westlichen Intervention im sogenannten „arabischen Frühling“ käme. Dem Sturz Gaddafis sei doch nur Chaos und Bürgerkrieg gefolgt.  Ein guter syrischer Freund von mir…

„Russia decided to partially withdrawal its troop from Syria due to Moscow’s disappointment over failures by pro-regime Iranian and Hezbollah forces to achieve victories against opposition forces fighting to topple the Assad government, the Saudi news-site Elaph reported Monday night. According to the report, Russia had been concerned about air…

„U.S. Navy ships in the Arabian Sea intercepted and seized an arms shipment from Iran likely bound for Houthi fighters in Yemen, the military said in a statement on Monday. … White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Monday that Iran’s support for the Houthis is an example of its…

„Just over a year ago, a Saudi-led coalition started a major offensive in Yemen in support of the country’s embattled President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi. The coalition airstrikes are aimed at pushing back the Shiite Houthi rebels, who swept down from northern Yemen in 2014 and took control of major…

„Isis has killed at least 10 people in just two days in Syria and displayed their bodies in gory mock crucifixions. One man’s body was hung from a post on a busy roundabout in its de-facto capital of Raqqa, dressed in one of the orange jumpsuits that have become synonymous with…

„In Syrien formiert sich eine neue Opposition, die Präsident Baschar al-Assad gefährlicher werden könnte als alle militanten Gruppen in den vergangenen Jahren. Denn der neue Widerstand braut sich in seiner eigenen Volksgruppe zusammen. In einer Erklärung, die der „Welt am Sonntag“ vorliegt, distanzieren sich Vertreter alawitischer Großfamilien von der Regierung…

„Einer Feuerpause wie im Donbass hat Putin in Syrien zugestimmt, nachdem seine kriegerische Intervention keineswegs auf die Terrormiliz IS, sondern auf die Anti-Asad-Rebellen gezielt und sie entscheidend geschwächt hatte. Deren Stillhalten nutzt er jetzt, um dem Asad-Regime eine Offensive nun auch gegen den IS und somit weitere Gebietsgewinne zu ermöglichen.Wenn…

„Ungewiss ist das Schicksal eines im Jemen verschleppten indischen Ordenspriesters. Wiens Erzbischof Christoph Schönborn äußerte am Osterwochenende die Befürchtung, dass er von Islamisten am Karfreitag gekreuzigt worden ist. ‚Wir hoffen, dass es nicht so ist‘, sagte Schönborn in der am Sonntagabend ausgestrahlten ORF-TV-Sendung ‚Wien heute‘, ‚aber wir müssen befürchten, dass…

„The $500 million Russia spent on the military operation in Syria may soon pay off for the Kremlin, reports business daily Kommersant, as Moscow expects $6-7 billion worth of new arms contracts. According to the newspaper’s source, close to military exports and technical cooperation, potential customers are looking to buy…

„North Korean military units are in Syria to help President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, a member of the Saudi-backed Syrian opposition recently claimed. ‚Two North Korean units are there, which are Chalma-1 and Chalma-7,‘ Asaad al-Zoubi, who is heading a delegation for the Syrian opposition’s High Negations Committee (HNC) to the…