Author: Hanan Hameed

“The condemnations revive a long-standing debate among conservatives as well as militants about the rectitude of the world’s most popular sport”, but “the late Osama Bin Laden, Hamas’ Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah chief sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, … are avid soccer fans”: World Cup Sparks Islamist Debate on Rectitude of Soccer (Huffington Post) “A number of towns…

With the fall of Saddam Hussein’s home town to the most violent and anti-American wing of the terrorists, the prophecies of those who warned against intervention years ago are born out, but the architects of the disaster prescribe more of the poison that brought us where we are now: Iraq Insurgents Take Saddam’s Home Town…

“Mosul, the capital of Nineveh Province, is the commercial hub of northern Iraq and a cornerstone of US post-war stability efforts.” Its loss demonstrates the weakness of the Iraqi Army and “casts doubt on the capabilities of the US- trained Iraqi security forces” … As Mosul Falls to ISIS Militants, Doubts over US-trained Iraqi SecurityForces (Christian…