Confident Assad: U.S. Is Not ‘Serious’ About Fighting Islamic State
In a Damascus interview with NBC News, Syrian dictator Bashar Assad pronounced himself unsatisfied with both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as U.S. presidential candidates.

In a Damascus interview with NBC News, Syrian dictator Bashar Assad pronounced himself unsatisfied with both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as U.S. presidential candidates.

“Sharia is a totalitarian ideology, and we don’t put up with those,” declared Jim Hanson of the Center for Security Policy, appearing on Friday’s edition of Breitbart News Daily to discuss the Nice terror attack.

Reports began emerging from Turkey of a possible military coup on Friday afternoon.

Former NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly talked about the security challenges of the upcoming Republican National Convention on Friday’s Breitbart News Daily on SiriusXM.

On Friday’s Breitbart News Daily, SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon asked former NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly, author of Vigilance: My Life Serving America and Protecting Its Empire City, if he thinks there is a “war on cops” in America today.

Former NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly, author of the book Vigilance: My Life Serving America and Protecting Its Empire City – which has become the basis for a six-part series on SiriusXM channel 124, debuting Friday afternoon at 1 p.m. Eastern – joined Breitbart News Daily to talk about the Nice, France, terror attack.

Former FBI counter-terrorism trainer John Guandolo joined SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon on Friday’s Breitbart News Daily to talk about Islam and the terror attack in Nice, France.

Breitbart News National Security Editor Dr. Sebastian Gorka, author of the bestselling book Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War, appeared on Friday’s Breitbart News Daily with SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon to discuss Thursday’s massacre in Nice, France.

British journalist John Cantlie, who has appeared in a number of Islamic State propaganda videos and magazine articles since he was kidnapped in Syria in 2012, reappears in a new video after a four-month absence that raised concerns about his continued survival.

The family of Marine Sgt. Brandon Ketchum, 33, is asking why a VA doctor in Iowa City did not admit him to a psychiatric ward when he requested care. With his request denied, Ketchum committed suicide last Friday.

Chinese citizens are reportedly smashing their iPhones and posting photos of the destruction online, along with calls to boycott American goods, to express their anger over an international court’s decision against Beijing in the South China Sea territorial dispute.

On Wednesday, Chinese businessman Su Bin, 51, was given a four-year prison sentence, plus a $10,000 fine, for his role in “conspiring to gain unauthorized access to a protected computer, and to violate the Arms Export Control Act.”

Sources told CNN that the famed “28 pages” from the congressional 9/11 report, detailing Saudi involvement in the terrorist attack, may be released to the public as early as Friday, ending 14 years of secrecy.

Jonathan Ruhe, associate director of the Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy at the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, is not surprised that the mainstream media do not want to talk about President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran on its one-year anniversary.

Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, who once considered a presidential run because he believed national security should be the central issue of the election, told Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon Thursday that security had indeed become a core issue.

CNN reports that General Jospeh Votel, top officer of the U.S. Central Command, “got an unexpected, up close and personal look Monday at the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy.”

The Islamic State has prepared an infographic celebrating its “victory” over the month-long Muslim holiday of Ramadan. The terror state claims to have killed and injured 5,200 people during the month.

Egypt’s government is drafting Muslim clerics into a campaign against violent extremism by providing them with pre-written weekly sermons they will be expected to read faithfully, and quickly, as the government is also providing imams with time limits to “ensure they do not lose their train of thought.”

Political expert Richard Berman appeared on Wednesday’s Breitbart News Daily with SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon to discuss the USA Today column in which he exposed Communist China’s infiltration of the American film industry.

Of course we have violence in the streets. Left-wing grievance culture is inherently violent. Murder and assault are inevitable. Police officers are among the first targets, because they are obliged to be on the scene during major demonstrations, and because they’re symbols of the oppressive authority deemed illegitimate by grievance-mongers.

Center for Security Policy founder Frank Gaffney joined SirusXM host Stephen K. Bannon on Wednesday’s Breitbart News Daily to talk about The Hague’s decision against Chinese territorial claims, a momentous event that seems likely to increase tensions across the Pacific Rim.

Iran’s penchant for indicting foreign prisoners on unspecified charges continues, as Iranian news agencies announced the indictment of three dual nationals, including one American, Monday.

During a visit to Baghdad on Monday, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced another 560 U.S. troops would be headed to Iraq, to assist with the forthcoming assault on the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul.

On Friday, the Justice Department announced the arrest of 25-year-old Harris Qamar of Burke, Virginia, on charges of “attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.”

It’s a sign of our curious times that the Obama administration is touting how much ground ISIS has lost on Twitter. The Islamic State’s social media operation is often credited for their success at recruiting both foot soldiers in the Middle East and “lone wolf” jihadis around the world, so a dramatic reduction of their online footprint would be good news, if that is indeed what’s happening.

A growing diplomatic spat between the U.S. and Russia has resulted in the expulsion of two American and two Russian diplomats.

Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch joined SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon on Tuesday to discuss his new book, The Complete Infidel’s Guide to Iran.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), former chairman of the House Oversight Committee, joined Breitbart News Daily on Tuesday with SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon to talk about his new book, Watchdog: The Real Stories Behind the Headlines from the Congressman Who exposed Washington’s Biggest Scandals.

While discussing his new book, Watchdog: The Real Stories Behind the Headlines from the Congressman Who exposed Washington’s Biggest Scandals, with SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon of Breitbart News Daily, former House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) talked about the outcome of the congressional investigation into Benghazi, and how he might have handled things differently.

Former House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, during a Breitbart News Daily interview with SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon, was critical of the committee’s direction under his successor, placing much of the blame on then-Speaker John Boehner.

The UK Daily Mail tells the story of Shabnam Nayeem, a Muslim woman in India who refused to participate in an arranged marriage and was targeted by her brother Mohammad in an “honor killing.”

A petition to officially designate Black Lives Matter as a terrorist organization has gathered over 90,000 signatures on the White House website. It seems certain to exceed the 100,000-signature threshold by August 5 to compel a formal response.

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer joined SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Breitbart News Sunday to talk about Dallas shooter Micah Xavier Johnson, a military veteran who has been portrayed as potentially suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Mark Levin, as a scholar of the Constitution, spoke of how the Founders emerged from the Revolutionary War knowing that a great intellectual and philosophical battle lay ahead. A gathering of warriors, philosophers, and lawyers who were deeply skeptical of centralized government were now tasked with creating one.

Michael Pack, president of the Claremont Institute, was a guest of Breitbart News Daily’s American Revolution Special, where he talked with SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon about the illustrious subjects of his critically acclaimed films Rediscovering George Washington and Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton.

On Thursday, a grand jury indicted 23-year-old Alexander Ciccolo – also known as Ali al Amriki, “Amriki” being the surname the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) usually gives to American recruits – on a host of new charges related to his alleged support for the Islamic State.

The Chattanooga Times Free Press was told by an FBI agent that Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez, who attacked two military locations and killed five U.S. service members last July, became “radicalized” at least a year before the attack… and people who knew about it said nothing to the authorities.

Breitbart News Senior National Security Editor Dr. Sebastian Gorka appeared on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program Thursday night, to discuss the revelation that law enforcement agencies have been instructed to withhold records pertaining to the Orlando jihad attack from the public.

The encounter between Senator Ted Cruz and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson over the “scrubbing” of Islamic terminology and Islamist networks from federal anti-terror plans was terrifying to watch — because it showed that President Barack Obama’s appointees are a clique of arrogant, disdainful, narrow-minded and gullible amateurs.

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has released a video message warning the United States that it will face the “gravest consequences” if Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is executed. Tsarnaev, 21, was sentenced to death by lethal injection last year.
