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MULTAN, Pakistan/ISLAMABAD — Pakistani militant Asim Umar has been handed a very tough job. [1]

RANGOON — The President’s Office says there is no need to worry after al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri announced the formation of a new al-Qaeda branch in the Indian subcontinent to help persecuted Muslims in the region, listing Burma among the place... [2]

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri could not have done a greater disservice to the Muslims of Myanmar when, in early September, he claimed that he was going to “raise the flag of jihad,” or holy war, across South Asia. [3]

India’s position on its community of self-identifying Rohingya refugees from Rakhine State has come under severe criticism from international organizations. [4]

Burmese police said they have put security measures in place and are searching for four Rohingya Muslim “terrorists,” who authorities claim are hiding in Mon or Pegu states. Pegu Division Police Force Col. [5]

At last month’s UN General Assembly, U Kyaw Tint Swe, Myanmar’s minister for the office of State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, hit out at Bangladesh, blaming the stalled repatriation of Rohingya Muslims on Dhaka’s failure to crack down on a militan... [6]

If former United States President Barack Obama is known for his “pivot to Asia” geostrategy and President Donald Trump for the Free and Open Indo-Pacific, there is now a geostrategic synthesis under President Joe Biden. [8]

AFP Islamist-led rebels declared that they had taken Damascus in a lightning offensive on Sunday, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria. (confirmed by 2 sources) [9]

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[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-09-11 · 75% match

Al-Qaeda’s Shadowy New ‘Emir’ in South Asia Handed Tough Job

MULTAN, Pakistan/ISLAMABAD — Pakistani militant Asim Umar has been handed a very tough job.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-09-05 · 75% match

Top Govt Official Downplays al-Qaeda Threat to Burma

RANGOON — The President’s Office says there is no need to worry after al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri announced the formation of a new al-Qaeda branch in the Indian subcontinent to help persecuted Muslims in the region, listing Burma among the place

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-10-13 · 75% match

The Muslims of Myanmar

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri could not have done a greater disservice to the Muslims of Myanmar when, in early September, he claimed that he was going to “raise the flag of jihad,” or holy war, across South Asia.

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-10-10 · 75% match

India Chooses Security Over Compassion in Rakhine Crisis

India’s position on its community of self-identifying Rohingya refugees from Rakhine State has come under severe criticism from international organizations.

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-11-11 · 75% match

Police Search for ‘Terrorist’ Rohingya Suspects in Mon, Pegu States

Burmese police said they have put security measures in place and are searching for four Rohingya Muslim “terrorists,” who authorities claim are hiding in Mon or Pegu states. Pegu Division Police Force Col.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-10-13 · 75% match

Bangladesh’s Harboring of Terrorists Continues to Hinder Rohingya Repatriation Process

At last month’s UN General Assembly, U Kyaw Tint Swe, Myanmar’s minister for the office of State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, hit out at Bangladesh, blaming the stalled repatriation of Rohingya Muslims on Dhaka’s failure to crack down on a militan

[7] FI yle.fi · 2014-09-12 · 75% match

News

The media in Finland have recently been focusing on a young Muslim man from Espoo who joined the extremist organisation now known as the Islamic State.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2021-09-04 · 75% match

Under Biden, US Pivots to a Free, Open Indo-Pacific

If former United States President Barack Obama is known for his “pivot to Asia” geostrategy and President Donald Trump for the Free and Open Indo-Pacific, there is now a geostrategic synthesis under President Joe Biden.

[9] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-12-09 · 75% match

Rebels declare end of Assad rule in Syria

AFP Islamist-led rebels declared that they had taken Damascus in a lightning offensive on Sunday, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-09-12 · 75% match

Burma Official Asks US Congress Not to Block Military Engagement

A top official in Burma’s President’s Office has urged the United States Congress not to block military cooperation between the two countries, warning that a bill under consideration would only increase the isolation of the Burmese army at a crucial

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