Jordan Schachtel

The newly created Islamic Caliphate that spans Syria and Iraq, which is ruled under the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), has continued its provocation of the United States and President Barack Obama. In ISIS’s most recent high definition

On Saturday, The New York Times featured a piece by jailed Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood member Khaled Al-Qazzaz titled “Why Is the World Silent? Khaled al-Qazzaz: Disappeared by Egypt’s Military.” The imprisoned Qazzaz, whose op-ed was “smuggled” out of prison and

A United States military official said Friday that armed American drones have been flying over Iraq over the past day to assist in the US’s continuing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance efforts. Until Thursday, the United States had only been flying

A Saudi national and his partner are suspected of carrying out a suicide bombing in a Hezbollah-dominated area in Beirut’s southern suburbs, according to Lebanon’s Daily Star. Both the bomber and his partner in crime were members of the Islamic

Jihadis from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) conducted mass killings in Tikrit, Iraq, executing at least 160 Iraqi men after seizing the city on June 11, 2014. Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) current estimates state that between 160

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has turned to Russia, hoping to solicit its help to turn the tide away from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) jihadists’ rapid advances through Iraq. While the Obama administration has been debating

President Obama told George Stephanopoulos in an interview with ABC that the United States has crafted its foreign policy around the ongoing World Cup soccer tournament in Brazil. “We had elements – which I won’t detail – of our foreign

Printing or selling Adolf Hitler’s infamous Mein Kampf is currently illegal in Germany. However, the current precedent may change when the copyright law for the 90-year-old book’s publication is set to expire next year. The book’s rights to publication are

One of the 140 Kurdish schoolboys taken in a mass kidnapping last month by fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) spoke with CNN Wednesday about what his day-to-day life in captivity entailed. They forced the 15-year-old

On Wednesday, Islamist fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) made a push towards the Haditha Dam, the second-largest dam in Iraq. Iraqi officials worried that if ISIS successfully overtook the dam, major geopolitical repercussions would ensue,

Fighters from the Al Nusra front, the group known as Syria’s Al Qaeda affiliate, has taken an oath of allegiance to support the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) militant Islamist group. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human rights

A futuristic elevated transportation system is set to appear on Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) campus in Tel Aviv, Israel. The first sky car system of its kind will feature a 550 yard elevated sky car prototype loop, according to skyTran,

Egypt’s recently elected President Abdel-Fatttah el-Sisi has announced that he will donate half of his own personal wealth, along with half of his yearly salary, towards his country’s budget. Egypt’s economy has run amok, largely due to political uncertainty and

Members of a German pro-Israel group came under attack when they were rallying on behalf of the three Israeli teens that were recently kidnapped in an Israeli area of the disputed West Bank territory by Hamas terrorists. An 83-year old

An Egyptian man was convicted and sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison along with a fine of $840 dollars for violating Egypt’s blasphemy laws, which make illegal any criticism of the Islamic religion. The International Christian Concern (ICC) reported

While the United States has been pondering whether or not to take military action in Iraq, other actors such as Bashar al-Assad’s Syria are replacing the opening in the power vacuum created by the ongoing sectarian bloodshed. Syrian fighter jets

As a precondition for US involvement in the region, Iraq has reportedly given assurances to President Obama that the United States military will be protected from being prosecuted in Iraqi courts, U.S. officials stated Monday. “The commander in chief would

An estimated 150 to 300 Australian citizens are fighting for ISIS in Iraq and Syria, making the Aussies the highest foreign per-capita contributors to the militant Islamist group. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said of the increase in radicalized jihadis

The president of Lithuania did not mince words; she likened Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggressive territorial expansion into Crimea to a strategy carried out by two of history’s most ruthless dictators: former Soviet premier Joseph Stalin and Nazi leader Adolf

Militant Islamist group Boko Haram abducted 91 individuals during raids into several Nigerian villages over the weekend. Witnesses told the AP that married women were taken along with their children, who range anywhere from three to fifteen years of age.

Secretary of State John Kerry touched down in Baghdad Monday. The Secretary met with senior Iraqi leaders as radical ISIS militants continued their charge through Iraq. “The future of Iraq depends on the decisions made in the next few days

In the past few months, as many as 15 Somali-American men have left the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in order to join radical jihadist insurgents in Syria, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. One of the Minnesota residents told MPR

The Iraqi military ran out of Hellfire missiles last week. According to reports, the United States is hoping to resupply the Iraqi government as hastily as possible. This new revelation leaves Iraq with a non-existent air force until they are

Citing rampant Islamic anti-semitism and poor economic prospects, more than 5,000 French Jews are set to depart their homeland for the hopes of a better future in Israel. France, trailing Israel and the United States, has the world’s third-largest population