Al-Qaeda

Fugitive vice-president Hashemi says Iraq violence part of a 'Sunni Arab revolt'

The violence in Iraq is part of a broader Sunni Arab revolt that could lead to a holy war in the country, and is not just a rampage by Islamist militants from an al-Qaeda splinter group, fugitive vice president Tarek al-Hashemi told Reuters on June 16.

Turkey wakes up to ‘jihadist’ terror

With the kidnapping of some 80 Turkish citizens in Mosul by the notorious ISIL (“Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant”), more Turks finally realized that “jihadists” could be a lethal threat. Because, for a long time, both the AKP (Justice and Development Party) government and its base believed the only problem beyond our southern borders was the bloody tyranny of Bashar al-Assad.

CHP lawmakers accuse Turkish government of 'protecting ISIL and al-Nusra militants'

Two lawmakers from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) have accused the government of protecting and cooperating with jihadist militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the al-Nusra Front, while the Turkish government quickly denied the claim.

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