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Group Asadullah: New Killer of the Kurdish Nation

The Asadullah Group are militants tied to Sunni Islamist and nationalist policy with no clear identity of members.

(SALEM, Ore.) - In a Tweet on his personal page, an expert on Turkish affairs revealed the true identity of the Asadullah Group that has recently shown up in the Kurdish regions of Turkey.

Ozcan Turkan is a Turkish analyst and expert on affairs, and is also known as "The Magician" among journalists and regional analysts because of his hidden connections with influential figures and political circles in the region.

Refugees in Europe on the Verge of Humanitarian Disaster

"...a life worse than that of prison"- Anna Sabatova, on visiting a refugee camp in Czech Republic.

(SKOPJE, Republic of Macedonia) - The Greece-Macedonian border witnessed a lugubrious scenes of a large influx of Iraqi and Syrian asylum-seekers. Human Rights organizations cited reports of Police clashed with a group of 300 refugees trying to cross the border fence.

The police are reported to have fired tear gas at crowds.

Turkey and Extremist Rebels Breach Syria Truce

Syrian people blame Turkey and Saudi Arabia for stoking the fire

(MOSCOW) - According to the Russian language newspaper, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, radical Wahhabi militants and their key regional backer, Turkey, have not been observing the temporary ceasefire agreement.

The hard-line Jaysh al-Islam rebel group has declared that the Syrian army is preparing itself to advance in the rebel-held areas after the termination of the internationally mediated truce...

Charges Dropped Against Lena Hendry Human Rights Activist After Three Years

No Fire Zone director Callum Macrae described the charges against Lena as “a disgrace”.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The acquittal of leading human rights defender Lena Hendry on charges of breaching Malaysia’s draconian censorship laws has been welcomed by film-makers, actors and artists around the world.

Ms Hendry was accused of screening the award-winning documentary No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka – a film about human rights abuses at the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war – to an invited audience in July 2013.

Social Media Websites Overlook Freedom of Expression with Deletion of Pro-Resistance Pages

Is Saudi Arabia behind the removal of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's Fan Pages?

(BEIRUT) - Instagram users are complaining of the rising crackdown on pro-resistance fan pages. Access has been lost to the official page of Lebanon's Hezbollah Secretary General, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, without any previous notice.

Recently, an Instagram page, highly popular for sharing materials from Hezbollah's vantage point, was deleted for the fourth time in a row.

Hashtag #usaweaponskillsyemenis Goes Viral, Reaching 250 Million Tweets

The Wall Street Journal, in a scathing attack on Obama's policy in the Yemeni crisis, claimed that America has violated the laws of war by taking a side in the hostilities.

(SANA'A, Yemen) - Last Wednesday, American anti-war activists launched the hashtag #usaweaponskillsyemenis campaign and inundated social networking websites with waves of international condemnation against the negative U.S. negative in the so-called 'Arab Spring' countries, namely Washington's cowardice support for Saudi-led war on Yemen.

The Godfather of Terror: Anti-Iran Terrorist Mujahadeen-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) Cooperates With ISIS

Iraqi media disclosed MKO's role in Saudi-led campaign in tarnishing Mobilization Forces' image.

(BAGHDAD) - According to well-informed security sources, Iraqi Federal Police foiled a suicide attack by a group of MKO terrorists who attempt to target a gathering of prominent Sunni clerics.

Although the source, an Iraqi Police spokesman, was reluctant to go into further details, it was confirmed that previous confessions made by arrested ISIS members show the great degree to which MKO is cooperating with the so-called Islamic State.

Saudi Arabia Steps Up Media Campaign Against Lebanon`s Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

To understand the Saudi's belligerent attitude, we must better illustrate the full picture of the restive Middle-East region.

(BEIRUT) - In recent weeks, Saudi-affiliated media outlets launched a vicious campaign against Lebanon’s Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah.

Saudi-funded Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC) and Al Arabiya news channel invited so-called ‘moderate’ political analysts to political debates, letting out a stream of invectives against Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement.

Jordanian Regime Gives Heavy Jail Sentences to Dissidents

Jordan insists that it punished those responsible for mistreating and murdering detainees while in custody, but Amnesty International says otherwise.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Amnesty International's annual report strongly criticizes the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for cracking down on freedom of speech, restricting political parties and opposition activists, and a continued pattern of violating basic human rights.

According to Administrative Detention Law, the regime in Amman has arbitrary arrested and tortured hundreds of its citizens.

High-Ranking Israeli Delegation Reported to be in Riyadh

“Americans have abandoned the [Middle-East] region, thus the Saudis seek Israeli help and cooperation...” - Tzvi Yechezkeli, Israeli expert on Arab and Middle-East affairs

(SALEM, Ore.) - According to the Israel-based Rotter website, a senior Israeli delegation visited the Saudi capital of Riyadh in recent weeks to confer with Saudi leadership over regional developments.

Yesterday, In spite of Israeli Military Censor's explicit proscription, Israeli Channel 10 reported the details of a clandestine visit made by a leading Israeli delegation to KSA, discussing the close relationship between Tel Aviv and Riyadh.