
On Friday evening, a 15-year-old jihadi gunned down a civilian police employee as he was walking out of a suburban Sydney police station. Australian Islamist groups have refused to condemn the killing, which the authorities described as politically motivated terrorism, while playing coy as to the killer’s exact motivations.
by John Hayward6 Oct 2015, 6:28 AM PST0

The Danish government is to re-jig treason laws to make fighting for terror groups such as the Islamic State a crime against the state, says the national justice minister. Denmark is one of the largest per-capita exporters of terrorists in
by Oliver Lane6 Oct 2015, 12:46 AM PST0

Russian television station Rossiya 24 tailored their weather report to support Russia’s bombing of Syria, reporting that the weather was ideal for an airstrike campaign in the Mideast nation.
by Mary Chastain5 Oct 2015, 3:25 PM PST0

Bill Maher and world-renowned biologist Richard Dawkins took Islam to task during the former’s “Real Time” show on HBO this weekend, leading liberals to simultaneously engage in a series of meltdowns nationwide.
by Jordan Schachtel5 Oct 2015, 11:57 AM PST0

Säpo, the Swedish Security Service reports 300 Swedish citizens have joined terror organisations in the Middle East in the past three years. The 300 figure, which is not inconsiderable for a nation of just 9.5 million people, is higher than
by Oliver Lane5 Oct 2015, 10:33 AM PST0

The United States remains committed to its strategy of arming and aiding rebel groups on the ground in Syria with the hopes that they can help stop the Islamic State’s (IS) rise in the region.
by Jordan Schachtel5 Oct 2015, 10:20 AM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) executed 12 Christians, including a 12-year-old boy, after they refused to abandon their faith and convert to Islam. The murders occurred on August 28 outside of Aleppo.
by Mary Chastain5 Oct 2015, 9:56 AM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) claimed its militants murdered a Japanese tourist in northern Bangladesh over the weekend. The murder comes only five days after the radical Islamic group claimed responsibility for the murder of an Italian in Dhaka.
by Mary Chastain5 Oct 2015, 8:39 AM PST0

Russian “volunteers” fighting in Ukraine might travel to Syria to fight with President Bashar al-Assad’s forces. However, the Kremlin insists the government has no plans to deploy ground troops.
by Mary Chastain5 Oct 2015, 8:21 AM PST0

Ten suspected terrorists have been arrested in a series of raids in Spain and Morocco, all thought to have recruited jihadi fighters for the Islamic State (IS). One burka-clad woman, 18, who was paraded on a busy Gandia street, disseminated decapitation videos
by Liam Deacon5 Oct 2015, 7:38 AM PST0

Rage Against the Machine bassist Tim Commerford told Rolling Stone magazine this week he does not believe “ISIS is real.”
by Kelli Serio5 Oct 2015, 6:43 AM PST0

Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) militants have destroyed three ancient arches in the city of Palmyra, Syria, in the latest stage of their campaign to demolish important historic monuments across the territories of Iraq and Syria.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.5 Oct 2015, 5:28 AM PST0

The death toll from the tragedy that killed hundreds, if not thousands, of Hajj pilgrims last week outside of Mecca continues to rise this week, as official estimates from Islamic countries show that the real number of those who passed in the stampede is likely much larger than the 769 previously announced by Saudi Arabian authorities.
by Jordan Schachtel4 Oct 2015, 8:01 AM PST0

SYDNEY (AP) – An Iranian teenager fatally shot a civilian member of Sydney’s police force in a killing that authorities believe is linked to terrorism, officials said Saturday. The 15-year-old, who is of Iraqi-Kurdish background and was born in Iran, shot
by AP3 Oct 2015, 3:21 AM PST0

The leader of the Kurdish YPG militia – the indispensable ground forces that have been holding the Islamic State at bay – reportedly welcomed the Russian bombing campaign, calling it “an important step” in the battle against ISIS.
by John Hayward2 Oct 2015, 8:06 PM PST0

Russia claimed Friday that its air force bombed multiple positions held by the Islamic State in Raqqa, a city known as the de facto capital of the jihadi group in Syria.
by Jordan Schachtel2 Oct 2015, 5:05 PM PST0

Iraq’s central government is cutting off wage and pension payments to Mosul, and other parts of northern Iraq controlled by the Islamic State. The move is expected to be one more crushing blow for people caught in the living nightmare of the Islamic State.
by John Hayward2 Oct 2015, 12:33 PM PST0

The Palestinian accused of stabbing a 56-year-old police officer at Sandholm asylum centre previously attacked a Swedish government minister. According to a statement from the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET), the stateless 25-year-old responsible for the attack at Sandholm asylum centre in
by Sarkis Zeronian2 Oct 2015, 9:15 AM PST0

The French military’s first airstrike against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Syria killed 30 jihadists, including 12 child fighters known as “Caliphate cubs,” reveals a U.K.-based monitor group.
by Edwin Mora2 Oct 2015, 7:03 AM PST0

On Wednesday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced at the UN that her office would be working in several American cities to form what she called the Strong Cities Network (SCN), a law enforcement initiative that would encompass the globe. The United Nations is a sharia-compliant world body, and Obama, speaking there just days ago, insisted that “violent extremism” is not exclusive to Islam (which it is). Obama is redefining jihad terror to include everyone but the jihadists.
by Pamela Geller2 Oct 2015, 4:22 AM PST0

Bahrain has ejected Iran’s Ambassador to Manama after uncovering an Iranian bomb-making factory in the tiny Gulf kingdom, officials said, who claimed that the facility was filled with members of the Iran Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
by Jordan Schachtel1 Oct 2015, 10:17 PM PST0

The Taliban claimed early Friday that its jihadis were responsible for shooting down an American C-130 Hercules airplane, according to reports. Initial reports stated that at least 10 people were killed when the US plane crashed at an airport in
by Jordan Schachtel and Edwin Mora1 Oct 2015, 10:03 PM PST0

Now that Russia is engaged in a campaign to prop up Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, a man who has engaged in the mass-slaughter of his own citizens, international law experts have pointed out that Vladimir Putin’s Moscow could be brought before international courts on war crimes charges.
by Jordan Schachtel1 Oct 2015, 6:47 PM PST0

Turkey was surprisingly quiet during the first day of Russian bombing in Syria, but they were certain to denounce the action, because they have long criticized the regime of dictator Bashar Assad and have insisted his removal was crucial to resolving the Syrian crisis. The Turks are not terribly fond of the Russians either.
by John Hayward1 Oct 2015, 6:25 PM PST0

Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, has been largely cut off from the rest of the world since the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) captured it in June 2014. But there are some citizens who have managed to reveal the terrible conditions they suffer under the vicious radical Islamic group.
by Mary Chastain1 Oct 2015, 5:27 PM PST0