Source: Fox News UNITED NATIONS – An estimated 5,000 Syrians are dying every month in the country’s civil war and refugees are fleeing at a rate not seen since the 1994 Rwanda genocide, U.N. officials said Tuesday. “In Syria today, serious human rights violations, war crimes and crimes against humanity are the rule,” said Ivan […]
Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, President & Founder of AIFD is a member of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. The Commission released this statement today. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SYRIA: The Sectarian Divide WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16, 2013 – The two-year armed conflict in Syria has left at least 80,000 people dead and more than 5 […]
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR Why Syria’s Islamists Are Gaining By J. MALCOLM GARCIA Published: February 14, 2013 ALEPPO, Syria A YOUNG fighter for the Free Syrian Army sat at a checkpoint on a couch taken from an abandoned house. He cradled his Kalashnikov and waited on the empty street for a car to inspect, or a pedestrian to pat […]
Source: Reuters (Reuters) – At least 51 people were killed on Monday when the Egyptian army opened fire on supporters of ousted president Mohamed Mursi, in the deadliest incident since the elected Islamist leader was toppled by the military five days ago. Protesters said shooting started as they performed morning prayers outside the Cairo barracks […]
BAMAKO | Tue Jan 8, 2013 7:53am EST (Reuters) – Malian soldiers fired warning shots on Tuesday at Islamist fighters pushing south towards their positions, military and diplomatic sources said, raising fears of the first clashes since militants seized Mali’s north in April. The capture of the northern two thirds of the arid West African nation by […]