Kurdish pop star Helly Luv tells interviewers of her new single, “Revolution,” that she refused to imitate or fabricate any of the suffering in the war against the Islamic State in Syria. Wanting to depict the realities of the battlefield for the Peshmerga and ISIS refugees, the golden-heel-clad artist filmed her music video less than two miles from the front lines with ISIS.
The accomplices of slain jihadi Usaama Rahim, who was killed by a Boston police officer and FBI agent when he charged them with a knife, have been charged by federal prosecutors with conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State.
Days after closing the Syrian border crossing of Akcakale, announcing that there was no more humanitarian need to keep it open, thousands of refugees began bursting through the gate fleeing Islamic State violence, forcing the government to once again open their doors to migrants after taking in more than one million since 2012.
Suicide bombers attacked Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, on Monday, targeting a police training facility and leaving dozens dead. It is the first such attack of its kind on the Chadian capital, and the Boko Haram terror group is the prime suspect in orchestrating the attack, though no group has officially taken credit for the killings.
Computer game makers may hold the key to stopping young Muslims being radicalised online, according to the former reviewer of UK anti-terrorism legislation. Lord Carlile is urging ministers to work with people who “create games on the internet” to stop the flow
Another British jihadist has been killed. Muslim Convert Thomas Evans reportedly died while fighting for the Islamist terror group, Al Shabaab, in Kenya, this weekend. The Mail reports that Evans, 24 from High Wycombe, an hour west of London, was killed
A series of attacks in Afghanistan this weekend have left top Taliban officials, a district governor, and multiple police officers dead. The Taliban launched a summer offensive and has not relented despite the government’s desperation to negotiate peace.
A 17-year-old from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, is thought to have become Britain’s youngest suicide bomber after leaving home to join Islamic State in March. Talha Asmal, who is believed to have reached Iraq via a holiday flight to Turkey on 31 March, blew himself up
Last week fighters from Jabhat al-Nusra, the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, entered a village in Idlib province in the north-west of the country and shot dead at least 20 villagers from the Druze community. They had earlier forcibly converted hundreds of Druze to their fundamentalist variant of Sunni Islam.
Kurdish media outlet Rudaw has released a comprehensive report on the death toll of the Syrian Civil War, which has been ongoing for over four years.
If you ask defense officials in Israel today for a short-term security forecast, chances are good that you will hear an optimistic outlook and an expectation of relative quiet and stability.
Even as U.S. bombs continue to rain down on Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) positions, the terror group has succeeded in replenishing its ranks and growing its fighting force.
Recent videos from Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram may suggest that its leadership is divided over their professed loyalty to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has decimated al-Qaeda by taking its recruits and ripping it apart, reports The Guardian.
(THE UNITED WEST) In June 2009, Tom Trento joined a group of counter-jihad activists led by Charles Jacobs and Frank Gaffney to protest the opening of the Roxbury Mosque. The purpose of the protest was to draw national attention to what we understood
Islamic State terrorists and their affiliates continue to stage offenses on multiple fronts, with attacks occurring in both Libya and Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday. The ISIS jihadis are continuing to advance in the face of US airstrikes, the New York Times notes.
A grocer in central Kayseri province, Turkey, is receiving national attention for changing the name of the Turkish priest plum to “imam plum,” at the behest of customers who were “uncomfortable” with the non-Islamic name.
American Keith Broomfield has been killed while fighting against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) as a volunteer with Kurdish units, according to reports on Kurdish social media. The U.S. State Department has confirmed Broomfield’s death and has been in contact with his family.
Wednesday on PBS’ “NewsHour,” former Secretary of Defense and CIA Director Leon Panetta said if ISIS is left to maintain a base of operation in Iraq they will turn their attention to attacking America next. When host Judy Woodruff asked,
Facebook has begun the arduous work of shutting down Arabic-language pages created for selling ancient Syrian artifacts ransacked from areas controlled by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS). The sale of priceless antiques has become a cornerstone of the ISIS economy, as demand skyrockets for the contents of looted museums, temples, and ruins.
A Muslim teacher who claims to have changed his name from Hamid Mahmood to Harry Mason in order to get more job interviews spent years at a terror-linked mega mosque in Dewsbury, in West Yorkshire. Mahmood took to the BBC, Buzzfeed,
Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott has warned a regional counter terrorism summit that Islamic State terrorists are coming with a “simple message, submit or die.” Speaking in the New South Wales state capital Sydney, he said: “Daesh [IS] is coming,
On Wednesday’s broadcast on Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” Fox News strategic analyst former U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Ralph Peters explained to host Bill O’Reilly why he viewed President Barack Obama’s strategy against ISIS, mainly comprised of airstrikes,
Fourteen members of a banned Islamic group called Forsane Alizza (“Knights of Pride”) are on trial in Paris for planning a wave of attacks against Jewish-owned stores, similar to the hostage standoff and killings that took place at the Hyper Cacher grocery store after the Charlie Hebdo massacre in January.
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and rebels in Syria are using tunnel bombs as a potent new weapon, an upgrade to an ancient tactic, according to a Pentagon organization.
