Army Col. Steve Warren, spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS), said Sunday that jihadists appear to be deserting the group in growing numbers, leaving ISIS strongholds badly secured but prompting new concerns that defecting jihadists will return home battle-hardened and ready to execute “lone wolf” attacks.
Lt. General Michael Flynn, former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has been outspoken in his criticism of the Obama administration’s handling of the Islamic State before, but his new interview in Der Spiegel contains some of his toughest words yet, and he offers stern criticism of the Bush administration as well.
The Islamic State (IS) terror group has been able to hold territory in both Iraq and Syria for some time, turning from a mere terrorist organization into a full-blown insurgency.
White House press secretary Josh Earnest is focusing on gun control.
President Obama is like a beautiful sunrise: each morning, he astonishes anew. Except that the sunrise is beautiful, and President Obama is simply stupid.
The U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan warned on Monday that it had received “credible reports of an imminent attack,” potentially within the next 48 hours.
Self-defense is not an option to choose among other hobbies – but a responsibility you must embrace for the preservation of your family, and society – the world, even.
In what is appearing to have been an especially active Sunday for the terrorists of Islamic State-affiliated Boko Haram, two separate groups of jihadis razed as many as 50 homes in Niger while a separate gang stormed a Borno state village, kidnapping dozens of teen girls. Most of the more than 200 girls abducted from Chibok, Borno in April 2012 remain captive.
Monday at the opening of COP21 conference in France, President Barack Obama declared addressing climate change would be a statement of a “rejection” of terrorism. Obama said, “Fellow leaders We have come to Paris to show our resolve. We offer
Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump responded to comments from Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) he made over the weekend regarding Trump’s rhetoric about Muslims and their attitude about the United States. According to Trump, McCain may
Belgian authorities released a man arrested in a counter-terror raid after less than 24-hours questioning without charge — despite bomb-making materiel having been found in his flat. Despite the one-bedroomed urban home of the unidentified man having no garden or plants
Although two terrorist massacres happened at the same time in Paris, France and Baga, Nigeria this past January, the responses were different. The world rallied for the three days following the extremist Islamist incidents in France that left 17 dead and dallied on the four days of violence that wiped out 2,000 souls in Baga.
Nearly 100 demonstrators rallied in front of the Islamic Center in Irving, Texas on Saturday to counter-protest last week’s small gathering who protested armed yet peacefully in front of the mosque. This weekend’s event was positioned as a “rally of love” to support the mosque.
Michael van der Galien, editor-in-chief of De Dagelijkse Standaard (The Daily Standard) talked Turkey and the European Union with host Stephen K. Bannon today on Sirius XM’s Breitbart News Daily.
Former New York Police Commissioner Howard Safir warned Sunday on New York City’s AM 970 “Cats Roundtable” that the city is still susceptible to terror attacks like the ones earlier this month in Paris that left 130 dead and around 350 more injured.
Syrian refugees should be accepted, in part, because they are fleeing “terror,” says a new statement from the head of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Migration.
Sunday on CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” host Brian Stelter battled with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s spokeswoman Katrina Pierson over Trump’s claims he saw thousands of Muslims in New Jersey cheering the Twin Towers coming down on 9/11. Pierson said, “The
The Huffington Post UK has published an article by Chris York which appears to want to make the complacent point that Islamic State is not an unusually deadly threat, but then concludes by contradicting the whole thrust of the article
Russian planes have been bombing ethnic Turkmen in Syria, escalating tensions between Moscow and Ankara.
A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli police officer in Jerusalem on Sunday before being shot dead by security forces, and another Palestinian stabbed a woman in the back as she was waiting for a bus, police said, as a two-month wave of violence showed no sign of relenting.
Iran’s government recently came out in praise of its latest so-called anti-terrorism measures, Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), the official news agency of Iran reported.
FRANKFURT – Germany could send 1,200 soldiers to the Middle East by the end of the year to provide service support to planes and ships of an anti-Islamic State coalition, Germany’s top defence official told a newspaper on Sunday. Chancellor
Top terrorism experts have warned that Islamic State (ISIS) is planning to flood the UK and other European nations with heroin. The terror group now controls most of the Class A drug trafficked into Europe from Afghanistan and is making huge
In the troubled Brussels district of Molenbeek, politician Sarah Turine is on the frontline of her own war to stop the sons of Belgian families going off to Syria to join Islamic State fighters. The first step is often to
MSNBC Military Analyst Gen. Barry McCaffrey (Ret.) criticized the air campaign against ISIS as “failed” and declared, “The US policy has been ineffective on the employment of air power” on Saturday’s “Larry Kudlow Show.” McCaffrey said that Kudlow’s assessment that
