Uganda, Congo Intensify Fight Against militants
31 January 2022 Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo plan to intensify a joint military offensive against Islamic State-linked militants and degrade their ability to attack civilians. The first…
Macron: Allies to play key role in creating new Syria
Cii Radio|Ayesha Ismail| 23 April 2018|06 Shabaan 1439 French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday said the U.S. should at least maintain a diplomatic presence in Syria, ahead of a visit…
‘You have violated the Quran’: British judge invokes Islamic theology in condemnation of tube bomber
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail|26 March 2018|08 Rajab 1439 A British judge has invoked Islamic theology in the sentencing of a teenager convicted of carrying out an attack on a tube…
Five-hour truce comes into effect in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta following 550 civilian deaths
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 27 February 2018| 11 Jumadul Ukhraa 1439 A five-hour “humanitarian pause” called by Russia has come into effect in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta to allow civilians to…
British media’s negative Muslim coverage ‘much worse’ than 2011
Cii Radio|Ayesha Ismail|21 February 2018|05 Jumadul Ukhra 1439 The way some British media depicts Islam and Muslims negatively is much worse than it was in 2011, former Tory co-chair and…
Teachers in Mosul learn to cope with traumatized pupils
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 10 January 2018| 22 Rabi ul Aakhir 14349 Mosul, Iraq — On a classroom whiteboard in the battered city of Mosul the words “rediscovering how to…
Doubts over impact of Putin’s Syria withdrawal declaration
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 13 December 2017| 24 Rabi ul Awal 1439 On a brief and surprise stopover, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin landed in Khmeimim airbase in Syria’s Latakia early…
80 people killed in just over 24 hours in Syria
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 27 November 2017| 07 Rabi ul Awal 1439 At least 80 people have been killed in just over 24 hours in suspected Russian and Syrian government…
Daesh seizes town in central Syria
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 02 October 2017| 11 Muharram 1439 Beirut — The Daesh (the so-called IS) group on Sunday seized a town in central Syria known as a symbol…
Nearly 50,000 people stranded at Jordan-Syria border, draws major UN concern
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 15 August 2017| 22 Zhul Qadha 1438 Nearly 50,000 people, most of them women and children, are stranded at Syria’s southern border with Jordan, an increasingly…