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Syria strikes kill 66 after rebel fire on Damascus: Monitor

Feb 6, 2015 - 8:19 am EST @theindpanorama 0

BEIRUT (TIP): At least 66 people were killed on February 6 as Syria‘s regime pounded a rebel stronghold with air strikes after a barrage of opposition fire hit the capital Damascus, a monitor said. […]

ISIS EXPANDING ‘INTERNATIONAL FOOTPRINT’

Feb 6, 2015 - 5:51 am EST @theindpanorama 0

The Islamic State, despite being driven by Kurdish fighters from its one-time Syrian stronghold in Kobani last week, nevertheless is extending its reach well beyond Iraq and Syria, military officials and analysts warn — represented, […]

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AF TALIBAN NOT A TERROR GROUP: WHITE HOUSE

Jan 31, 2015 - 3:46 am EST @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): The US does not consider the Afghan Taliban as a terrorist outfit, describing it as “an armed insurgency”. It called the Islamic State as a “terrorist” group, drawing a controversial distinction between the […]

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US SAYS TALIBAN ‘ARMED INSURGENCY’, ISIS ‘TERRORIST’ GROUP

Jan 30, 2015 - 7:57 am EST @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States has described the Afghan Taliban as “an armed insurgency”, while the Islamic State as a “terrorist” group, drawing a controversial distinction between the two militant organizsations. “The Taliban is […]

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Japan vows not to give up on 2 hostages till the very end

Jan 24, 2015 - 7:11 am EST @theindpanorama 0

TOKYO (TIP): Japan promised on January 23 not to give up “until the very end” on efforts to rescue two Japanese hostages threatened with beheading by Islamic militants demanding a $200 million ransom, after a […]

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Belgium police kill 2 in anti-terror raid during shootout

Jan 16, 2015 - 7:22 am EST @theindpanorama 1

BRUSSELS (TIP): Belgian police killed two terror suspects in a shootout in the eastern city of Verviers on January 15 and arrested another, foiling a major attack, authorities said. The suspects immediately opened fire on […]

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IMPLICATIONS OF AMERICAN WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN

Jan 16, 2015 - 6:05 am EST @theindpanorama 0

“The Taliban attacks within Afghanistan reached unprecedented levels in 2014. Moreover, while Washington proclaims that any process of “reconciliation” between the Taliban and the Afghan Government will be “Afghan led and Afghan driven,” the reality […]

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Pope’s Christmas address focuses on Pakistani school attack victims

Dec 27, 2014 - 8:14 am EST @theindpanorama 0

VATICAN (TIP): A sombre Pope Francis steeped his Christmas message to the world in sadness for those with little cause for joy — abused children, refugees, hostages and others suffering from violence in the Middle […]

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Why this massacre of the innocents?

Dec 19, 2014 - 9:30 am EST @theindpanorama 470

It was a massacre of the innocents. Every report must admit this – because it’s true. But it is not the whole truth. The historical and all-too-real connections between the Pakistan army, the Inter-Services Intelligence […]

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‘300 Chinese fighting for ISIS in Mideast’

Dec 19, 2014 - 8:54 am EST @theindpanorama 0

BAGHDAD (TIP): About 300 Chinese people are fighting alongside the ISIS in Iraq and Syria, a Chinese state-run newspaper said on Monday, December 15, a rare tally that is likely to fuel worry in China […]

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AL JAZEERA JOURNALIST DIES IN SYRIA

Dec 12, 2014 - 5:16 am EST @theindpanorama 1

BEIRUT (TIP): A correspondent working for Al Jazeera Arabic died while covering battles in southern Syria, the pan-Arab news network said on its website on December 11. He was the fourth Syrian journalist to die […]

ISIS attacks govt airbase in eastern Syria

Dec 5, 2014 - 8:25 am EST @theindpanorama 0

BEIRUT (TIP): ISIS militants have launched an attack overnight on a major military air base in eastern Syria in what looked to be a push to eliminate the last significant government outpost in the extremist-dominated […]

Pope Francis pleads for dialogue to end extremism on Turkey visit

Nov 29, 2014 - 6:23 am EST @theindpanorama 0

ANKARA (TIP): Pope Francis on November 28 called for dialogue between faiths to end the Islamist extremism plaguing the Middle East as he visited Turkey on his first trip to the overwhelmingly Muslim but officially […]

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Iraq needs 80,000 good troops to retake lost territory: US general

Nov 14, 2014 - 7:36 am EST @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): Iraq will need about 80,000 effective military troops to retake the terrain it lost to Islamic State militants and restore its border with Syria, the top US general said on November 13. “We’re […]

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UK woman jailed for sending cash to jihadist husband in Syria

Nov 14, 2014 - 7:36 am EST @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): A British woman who tried to send 20,000 euros ($25,000) to her husband fighting with Islamic State (IS) group in Syria was on November 13 jailed for 28 months and seven days. Amal […]

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UK police arrest 4 men on suspicion of terrorism

Nov 8, 2014 - 8:29 am EST @theindpanorama 0

LONDON: British police have arrested four men suspected of preparing terrorists acts. Police said on November 6 the arrests and searches of several properties in west London and the Thames Valley are part of an […]

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Iraqi Kurdish forces enter Syria to fight Islamic State

Oct 31, 2014 - 7:47 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

SURUC, TURKEY/BEIRUT (TIP): A first group of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters entered the besieged Syrian town of Kobani on Thursday to help push back Islamic State militants who have defied US air strikes and threatened […]

US teen’ travel stirs terror appeal concerns

Oct 25, 2014 - 5:00 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

DENVER (TIP): The case of three teenage girls being investigated for trying to join Islamic State militants poses vexing questions for US officials about the use of social media by terror groups to recruit people […]

Terrorists attack Canada

Oct 25, 2014 - 3:08 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

OTTAWA (TIP): An unarmed Canadian military guard was shot in Ottawa Wednesday, October 22 morning by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a convert to Islam and a selfdeclared jihadist whose alleged photo was posted hours after the shooting […]

How internet is helping the ‘Islamic State’

Oct 17, 2014 - 7:55 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

The ISIS has turned the internet into the most effective propaganda tool ever. Propaganda war of Islamic extremists is being waged on Facebook and internet message boards, not mosques Ever since the Pentagon started talking […]

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US SAYS BAGHDAD IS NOT UNDER ‘IMMINENT THREAT’ FROM IS

Oct 17, 2014 - 7:45 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON (TIP): The Iraqi capital Baghdad is not facing immediate danger from Islamic State jihadists despite battlefield gains by the group in the country’s west and recent car bombings in the city, the US military […]

Venezuela, New Zealand win UN security council seats but Turkey rebuffed

Oct 17, 2014 - 7:18 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela won coveted seats at the UN security council on October 16, but Turkey suffered a humbling defeat in its bid to join the world’s “top […]

Nobel Peace Prize for Indian Subcontinent: Kailash of India and Malala of Pakistan share the coveted prize

Oct 17, 2014 - 5:12 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): History was made on October 10 when an Indian and a Pakistani jointly shared the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014. India‘s Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize […]

IS militants entered U.S. via Mexico

Oct 10, 2014 - 12:49 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

IS militants entered U.S. via Mexico, Claimed a spokesman for Rep Duncan Hunter DALLAS (TIP): U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter said Wednesday, October 8, he has information that more than 10 militants with ties to the […]

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US-Turkish militaries to meet on IS threat

Oct 10, 2014 - 11:40 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): A joint US-Turkish military team will meet next week in Ankara to discuss the fight against Islamic militants after Washington October 9 pressed Turkey to join a US-led coalition. Two top US envoys […]

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