
A YouTube account believed to be affiliated with jihadist groups uploaded a video of two Italian women kidnapped by the al-Qaeda-affiliated group Jabhat al-Nusra in August in Syria. The women beg their government to secure their release.
by Mary Chastain2 Jan 2015, 7:30 PM PST0

The year 2014 saw the death of at least 90,000 people as a result of the conflicts in Syria and Iraq brought on by ISIS jihadists, more than double the figure for 2013. According to reports, at least 76,000 were killed in Syria and another 15,000 in Iraq.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.2 Jan 2015, 5:25 PM PST0

Dean Parker, a 49-year-old grandfather and resident of sunny West Palm Beach, Florida, has decided to make a dramatic lifestyle change and fight against the Islamic State’s (ISIS) jihad in Iraq and Syria.
by Jordan Schachtel2 Jan 2015, 12:45 PM PST0

Islamist terror group Boko Haram now controls about twenty percent of Nigeria, The New York Times reported this week. The land grab amounts to over 70,000 square miles of territory, which is between about two and six times the square miles of land reportedly held by the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group.
by Jordan Schachtel2 Jan 2015, 10:39 AM PST0

A Pakistani man who took British citizenship while planning terrorist attacks against the West is to be tried with evidence collected by an American special forces team during the fatal 2011 raid on Osama Bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan. The
by Oliver Lane2 Jan 2015, 9:21 AM PST0

Following the suggestion last year that the Islamic State may attempt to weaponise the deadly Ebola virus to wage war against the West, the World Health Organisation is investigating reports that a number of militants have presented themselves to an
by Oliver Lane2 Jan 2015, 7:11 AM PST0

(Reuters) – Somalian al Shabaab militants attacked a military base in the outskirts of the town of Baidoa on Friday morning, killing at least seven soldiers, a Somali military official said.
by Reuters2 Jan 2015, 6:38 AM PST0

A group of Islamist hackers hoping to disrupt travel throughout the Western world instead took control of a bus timetable website for the city of Bristol in southern England. ‘Darkshadow’, a group of hackers apparently based in Tunisia, replaced the
by Nick Hallett2 Jan 2015, 5:41 AM PST0

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited his Syrian troops in Jobar to discuss the damage various anti-government factions have done to the state. Speaking just northeast of Damascus as the beleaguered country entered its fourth year of a civil war, he had little hope to offer his troops.
by Mary Chastain1 Jan 2015, 10:01 PM PST0

Multiple Iraqi and Kurdish media sources have claimed that some Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Mosul, Iraq, have contracted the deadly Ebola virus, Mashable reports.
by Jordan Schachtel1 Jan 2015, 1:07 PM PST0

Hot off the heels of releasing a guide on how to properly handle sex slaves, the Islamic State (ISIS) has begun distributing a handbook titled Sister’s Role in Jihad, designed to teach women how to properly indoctrinate their children to fully commit to the cause of jihadist terrorism.
by Frances Martel1 Jan 2015, 12:33 PM PST0

New-Zealand English teacher-turned-terrorist Mark Taylor, who shot into the public eye last year after publicly burning his Kiwi passport and then asking for a new one has blundered again by apparently forgetting to turn off geo-location services on his smartphone
by Oliver Lane1 Jan 2015, 3:56 AM PST0

The Gatestone Institute has produced a comprehensive review of the growth of Islam and Islamism in Britain during 2014. Breaking down all the major events by month, senior fellow Soeren Kern says that Britain is becoming increasingly Islamised, and the
by Breitbart London1 Jan 2015, 1:24 AM PST0

On Christmas day in Iran, at least nine prisoners were hanged by Iranian regime officials, according to reports. The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) reports that seven were hanged in the infamous Adelabad prison on Christmas morning.
by Jordan Schachtel31 Dec 2014, 8:54 AM PST0

Former UN Ambassador John Bolton said that “the sign on the White House door” is that anyone seeking to take advantage of the US should “get it done in the next two years” on Tuesday’s “On the Record” on the
by Ian Hanchett31 Dec 2014, 8:51 AM PST0

A 19-year-old West Yorkshire man was arrested by police at the weekend after posting a video on social media showing him tearing apart a Koran with his teeth, before putting it in a toilet and then burning it. The unnamed
by Oliver Lane31 Dec 2014, 8:45 AM PST0

The opposition group, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, is reporting the use of a new torture device on women who disobey sharia law by the all-female Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) brigade, al-Khansa, in the terrorist group’s “capital.”
by Mary Chastain31 Dec 2014, 7:50 AM PST0

Hamas’s popularity within Gaza surged to its highest levels during the summer Gaza War, but is now fading after what was essentially a Hamas defeat in the war.
by John J. Xenakis31 Dec 2014, 6:26 AM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS) applauded the Sydney jihadist hostage-taker, Man Haron Monis, in its new edition of Dabiq magazine. Monis, the man responsible for three deaths, received high praise in the ISIS publication, which encouraged others to follow in his footsteps.
by Jordan Schachtel30 Dec 2014, 11:15 AM PST0

The 6th edition of the Islamic State jihadist terror group’s Dabiq magazine features an interview with captured Jordanian pilot First Lieutenant Muadh Safi al-Kasasbeh.
by Jordan Schachtel29 Dec 2014, 10:26 PM PST0

TURBAT, Pakistan—Something fell out of the sky near Arif Saleem’s home at 5:20 a.m. on Nov. 25, 2013. He scrambled outside to find a 25-foot-wide crater just beyond the mud wall surrounding his family compound. The strike was one of three, in quick succession, that morning in the village of Kulahu, in Pakistani Baluchistan, 45 miles east of the Iran border. One of the blasts damaged the local mosque. Pages from the Quran fluttered in the air before landing gently on the rubble.
by Breitbart News29 Dec 2014, 3:04 PM PST0

A video being widely circulated in Palestinian social media networks teaches jihadists how to stab a Jewish person in a manner that ensures their speedy death.
by Jordan Schachtel29 Dec 2014, 12:54 PM PST0

ISIS executed two doctors in Mosul over the weekend in the ongoing purge of physicians who refuse to treat ISIS fighters.
by AWR Hawkins29 Dec 2014, 12:23 PM PST0

The U.S. Commander of American Special Operations forces in the Middle East is tapping outside government experts in search of innovative ideas to use in the fight against the Islamic State’s ideology, reports The New York Times.
by Edwin Mora29 Dec 2014, 12:18 PM PST0

Among the trends of 2014 – “Gone, Girl,” Lena Dunham, and $55,000 potato salad – was another the list-makers seem to have missed: it was also a very good year for Islamic jihad. And while this was true on the battlefields of Syria and the cities and villages of Pakistan, it was true, too, in more subtle ways throughout the West – and especially in Europe. It was, for instance, the year of Mehdi Nemmouche’s slaughter of four Jews at the Jewish Museum in Brussels.
by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT)29 Dec 2014, 10:47 AM PST0