Sepp Blatter has announced he is stepping down as president of FIFA, football’s governing body, and has called on a special congress to elect a successor. The news comes less than a week after Blatter was reelected as FIFA chief … Read the rest
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Expert warns Syria about to fall into ISIS hands
According to Doctor Natasha Underhill, an expert on terrorism in the Middle East from Nottingham Trent University in the UK, the Islamic State could be on the verge of a breakthrough in Syria.
The lecturer at Nottingham Trent University told … Read the rest
Jordanians support ISIS
In a recent survey conducted by AlJazeera.net, the website for the Al Jazeera Arabic television channel, respondents overwhelmingly support the Islamic State, with 81% voting “YES” on whether they approved of ISIS’s conquests in the region.
The poll, which asked … Read the rest
Egypt militants bomb gas line to Jordan
Militants in Egypt’s Sinai bombed a gas pipeline to Jordan on Sunday, witnesses said, amid a surge in attacks on police and soldiers after Islamist president Mohamed Morsi’s ouster.
Witnesses told AFP the blast took place near the the north … Read the rest