Jordan Schachtel

The threat posed by Khorasan was not as “imminent” as top US officials have suggested, and the Al Qaeda terror cell did not appear to be as “aspirational” as suggested, according to a senior American official. Bruce O. Riedel, a former

Suhaib Webb, an Imam with ties to former Al Qaeda mastermind Anwar al-Awlaki, had also previously been the leader of the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City, which had been attended by Alton Nolen — the man who on Thursday

Lawyers of Pakistani Christian pastor Zafar Bhatti said their client and another man were shot dead Thursday in their prison cell after both were charged with blasphemy, or insulting the religion of Islam. The pastor and 70-year old British citizen

Newly enshrined Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Thursday that he had intelligence reports suggesting that the Islamic State plotted to attack subway systems within the United States and Paris. Obama administration officials responded that the intelligence community had not

Khorasan is al-Qaeda, and al-Qaeda is Khorasan. To date, nothing has been established to suggest a distinguishing difference in ideology between the two separately named entities.  Instead, experts suggest that Khorasan should be viewed as an elite unit, largely consisting of

Two female victims of the Ebola virus have allegedly been resurrected, according to reports coming out of Ganta, a town in Nimba County of Liberia. The two women who locals said were resurrected are believed to be in their 40s

Exchanges of gunfire occurred on Wednesday between Jordanian border troops and Islamist entities, according to a security source who spoke to Turkish press outlet Anadolu Agency. While the specific instance has yet to receive comment from the Jordanian government, officials

Uyghur Muslim radicals located in China’s northwest region of Xinjiang have linked up with the Islamic State terror group, according to a Monday report in China’s state-run Global Times newspaper. The report states that Uyghur Islamists have joined the Islamic

An employee of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) was attacked by an angry mob on Monday after the animal rights’ organization insisted that Muslims should observe a Vegan Eid, which is an Islamic holiday that Starts in

Is Muhsin al-Fadhli, the Khorasan leader with a $7 million dollar price tag on his head, ultimately responsible for successfully soliciting Iran’s alleged cooperation in the al-Qaeda attacks against the United States on 9/11/01? Prior to the United States’ Tuesday

A recently recorded speech distributed by the Islamic State called on Muslims living in Western countries to commit lone wolf attacks and wage jihad against innocent civilians. “Do not ask for anyone’s advice and do not seek anyone’s verdict. Kill

Two Hamas-supported Palestinians who were the main suspects for the abduction and murder of three innocent Israeli teens have been brought to justice. On Tuesday morning, the Israel Defense Forces neutralized the terrorists after an exchange of gunfire. The two

The Pentagon is set to soon deploy the 122nd Fighter Wing of the Indiana Air National Guard, nicknamed the Blacksnakes, over to the Middle East in support of the US-led mission against the Islamic State, according to the Huntington County

According to China’s state-media, two were killed and many more injured on Sunday when Uyghur Islamic radicals bombed an area in the country’s western region of Xinjiang, Reuters reports. The state-press report added that hundreds of innocent Chinese citizens have

Top Islamic State leaders may have been released as part of a deal executed over the weekend that saw forty-nine Turks freed from the hands of jihadis, according to reports documenting the exchange. The Turkish nationals were freed this weekend

Children as young as thirteen have left Germany for the Middle East to wage jihad on behalf of the Islamic State, according to Hans-Georg Maaben, the head of Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV). “The youngest

This week, some seventy years after the Holocaust, a death camp was uncovered in Sobibor, Poland, where about 250,000 Jews were exterminated at the hands of the Nazis. Nazi Germany committed a great deal of resources attempting to cover up the atrocities they committed

United States Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has long been adamantly in favor of arming the so-called “moderate” rebels in Syria, going as far as equating “Allahu Akbar,” which is an Islamic war cry, with “Thank God” and relying upon discredited

Aussie Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Friday that the people of his country face the “most serious” national security predicament in Australia’s history. Abbottt said to reporters in Sydney, “The challenges that we face are more serious today than at

On Thursday In a session with the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Secretary of State John Kerry was asked by Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) whether America was at war in Iraq and Syria. Kerry responded: “If you’re more comfortable calling

When asked about comparisons of his Hamas terror organization to the Islamic State (IS), Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Ambassador to the US Maen Areikat told Fusion’s Jorge Ramos, “Any analogy between Palestinian factions and these forces of darkness is completely

The Islamic State (IS) announced its media apparatus has created a video game where players can wage jihad on behalf of IS forces against the West. The Islamic State said the purpose behind the video game’s creation was to “raise

Disgraced former Israel-Palestine negotiator Martin Indyk, who served in his position just prior to the outbreak of a 50-day war between Israel and Hamas, reportedly has cashed a $14.8 million dollar check from the government of Qatar recently. Qatar is

Australian officials announced on Thursday that they had thwarted a massive jihadist terror plot that included the planned beheadings of Australian citizens wrapped in an Islamic State (IS) flag. Eight hundred officers from special anti-terrorism police units raided several areas