Middle East Memo: ISIS Threatens Al Qaeda as Flagship Movement of Extremists
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 30th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Middle East Memo: ISIS Threatens Al Qaeda as Flagship Movement of Extremists
The question is whether the new group, which now calls itself simply the Islamic State, will endure.
Israel’s Search for 3 Teenagers Ends in Grief
The discovery of the teenagers’ bodies in the West Bank prompted vows of retaliation by Israel, which blamed the Palestinian group Hamas for the killings.
Open Source: Pretrial Detention Extended for Egyptians Who Protested Ban on Protests
Nearly two dozen Egyptian activists, arrested at a protest march last weekend, will remain in pretrial detention until Sept. 13, a judge ruled.
Letter From Europe: In Corsica, Pursuing Autonomy by Other Means
As the National Liberation Front of Corsica declares it is ending its 38-year armed struggle for independence from France, some question whether it’s a real olive branch, or a ruse.
The Vienna Philharmonic Recalls World War I in Sarajevo
The Vienna Philharmonic chose its material carefully for a concert held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, that remembered World War I.