https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pMqU5Jp_SA September 8, 2016 saw heavy action for the Islamic State in eastern Qalamoun, Damascus. Faylaq al-Rahman, the Alabdo Martyr brigade and the Islamic State exchanged fire near the capital on Thursday. The Islamic State was reported to have lost a 23 mm gun to a TOW missile strike from Faylaq al-Rahman during combat. The…
Academics have long concerned themselves with maps of Palestine. But almost all of the published literature on Palestine maps– including the publication of the maps themselves – has dealt with those maps published in Europe by Europeans. But what about the Ottoman administrators who ruled over Palestine, and those (primarily Arabic speakers) that lived in…
Muslim pilgrims have to wear electronic bracelets made by a British security firm while performing the annual Hajj. G4S security company has reportedly concluded a deal with the government of Saudi Arabia to make and distribute electronic bracelets on millions of pilgrims as a new security measure meant to ‘provide care and identify people’. The…
Being Reproduced Originally Published on February 11, 2014 Arab Secrets website has revealed that Saudi Arabia has engaged the services of the British company G4S to provide security for the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. The Website also said that G4S operations in Saudi Arabia are currently being managed by a former Saudi security officer, Khalid…
Afghanistan may soon experience a serious humanitarian crisis, as some 600,000 refugees are expected to return by year’s end from neighboring Pakistan, where they are facing increasing pressure, the International Organization for Migration warned. The flow of refugees from Pakistan to Afghanistan is skyrocketing as Afghans “are fleeing increased incidents of violence, arbitrary arrest, detention…
