Terrorism in Asia

Syria: the Idlib crisis and ISIS

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星期二, 三月 3, 2020
Terrorism in Asia, Terrorism, Paramilitary organizations, Politics of Syria, Idlib Governorate, Syria–Turkey border, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Deir ez-Zor offensive, Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War

Turkey has not disarmed violent jihadi groups in Idlib Province, as set out in the agreement, and Russia has backed the Syrian Governments push to retake Idlib, the last rebel stronghold in Syria.

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  • Turkey has not disarmed violent jihadi groups in Idlib Province, as set out in the agreement, and Russia has backed the Syrian Governments push to retake Idlib, the last rebel stronghold in Syria.
  • The Red Cross has called for home countries to take back their nationals suspected of being ISIS fighters.
  • There are concerns that the US withdrawal and the Turkish incursion could allow ISIS to make a comeback.
  • ISIS does not appear to have been weakened by the death in October 2019 of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Honduras officially declares Hezbollah a terrorist organization

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星期二, 一月 21, 2020
Paramilitary organizations, Terrorism in Asia, Continents, Anti-Western sentiment, Antisemitism in the Arab world, Hezbollah, Islam and antisemitism, Islamic terrorism in Lebanon, March 8 Alliance, HONDURAS

- A registry of persons and institutions linked to acts of terrorism and its financing will be created.

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  • - A registry of persons and institutions linked to acts of terrorism and its financing will be created.
  • TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Jan. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Government of Honduras, through the National Defense and Security Council, today designated Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.
  • Honduras Foreign Minister, Lisandro Rosales, accompanied by the Deputy Security Minister, Luis Suazo, said that this is an intention of President Juan Orlando Hernndez "to raise this concern about Hezbollah's terrorist activities in Latin America."
  • The resolution will be presented by the Honduran delegation to the Third Hemispheric Ministerial Conference on the Fight against Terrorism which started in Colombia today.

American Jewish Committee Launches Global Campaign to Hold Hezbollah Accountable, Urges the European Union to Designate It a Terrorist Organization

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星期一, 四月 22, 2019
Paramilitary organizations, Terrorism in Asia, Hezbollah, Axis of Resistance, Islam and antisemitism, Lebanese nationalism, March 8 Alliance, Organizations, American Jewish Committee, Hezbollah foreign relations, Lebanon War

NEW YORK, April 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --American Jewish Committee (AJC) is today launching a global campaign to press the international community to hold Hezbollah accountable for its terrorist activities and designate the group in its entirety a terrorist organization.

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  • NEW YORK, April 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --American Jewish Committee (AJC) is today launching a global campaign to press the international community to hold Hezbollah accountable for its terrorist activities and designate the group in its entirety a terrorist organization.
  • In 2013, following sustained efforts by AJC, the European Union designated Hezbollah's "military wing" a terrorist organization.
  • "There is no merit to such a false distinction, which Hezbollah's own leaders have said does not exist.
  • The time has come for the EU to finish what it started and designate all of Hezbollah a terrorist organization."