Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced in mid-December that a new Turkish offensive in northern Syria would target Kurdish forces, in order to push them back from the Syrian-Turkish border. This was not a surprise. For years, Erdogan has shown more interest in fighting the Kurds in Syria than in fighting ISIS. In fact, in fighting the […]
Turkey exporting jihad ideology into South Asia “under the garb of relief”
Turkey has been exporting its ideology under “the garb of relief,” a well-known global strategy of the Muslim Brotherhood that Brotherhood operatives practice frequently in the West. “Turkey’s strong backing of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has been extensively catalogued, but not much has been written about the country’s support for the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), the Brotherhood’s […]
Iran’s jihad proxy Hizballah slams Trump for “US imperialism” in Venezuela
Hizballah has been active in Latin America for decades and uses the drug trade to raise money for its jihad activities. Hizballah is active in Mexico and South America, and “last year, Politico published an in-depth exposé about how President Barack Obama deliberately ignored Hezbollah in Latin America because he did not want to jeopardize […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: In Syria, Who’s On First?
President Trump surprised and dismayed many when he announced in late December that he would be pulling out the last remaining American troops — 2,000 Special Forces — from Syria. He said at a the time that ISIS in Syria had been defeated, and that it was time to bring the troops home. Many of […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Erdogan Cracks Down on the Kurds
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is livid at the United States for allowing Kurdish forces to fight against the Islamic State (ISIS). And meanwhile, Turkey is still cracking down on the Kurds: Turkish police detained 90 people on Tuesday over suspected links to outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels, the government said, and the main pro-Kurdish […]
Erdogan threatens military action against US-backed forces fighting against the Islamic State
Not a friend. Not an ally. Turkey should be removed from NATO, and our international alliances reconfigured in light of the realities of the global jihad. “Syrian Kurdish-led fighters take Hajin, last town held by ISIS,” by Bassem Mroue, Associated Press, December 14, 2018: BEIRUT — U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led fighters captured the last town held by […]
Erdogan: Turkish intelligence orchestrated anti-Saudi campaign in Western media over Khashoggi murder
Erdogan wanted to weaken the Saudis in order to strengthen Turkey’s bid to be once again the leader of the Islamic world. The Western media eagerly played along, wanting to use the Khashoggi murder as a stick they could use to beat Trump, as well as to weaken the opposition to the Islamic Republic of […]
Turkish President Erdogan threatens to build long-range missiles within three years
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised that “Ankara will produce first long-range missiles by 2021.” This is a matter of concern coming from an Islamic leader as ambitious and aggressive as Erdogan. He accused Europe of starting a war between Islam and Christianity in 2017, after a ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) […]
Council of Europe to Erdogan: “Stop promoting political Islam in Europe”
The multinational proposal tabled last year by the parliamentarians of the Council of Europe (CoE), the large intergovernmental organization that champions democracy, the rule of law and fundamental human rights in 47 European countries, has led to a resolution that calls on the regime of Islamist Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to stop funding Islam […]
Germany: Erdogan to inaugurate one of Europe’s largest mosques in Cologne
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will inaugurate in the German city of Cologne one of the largest mosques in Europe on Saturday.The Cologne Central Mosque, built by Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB) after eight years of construction work, has a capacity of 1,200 people. It is already widely known that Saudi-funded mosques pose a threat, […]