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Turkish Cartoonists Sentenced to Prison for Erdogan Gay Joke

The Islamist government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sentenced two cartoonists to 11 months in prison for drawing a magazine cover in which some claim it is implied that Erdogan is homosexual. The cartoon also overtly depicts Erdogan discussing killing journalists.

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Australia Blocks 230 Would-Be Jihadis from Traveling to Iraq and Syria

Australia has been conducting a strong push against terrorism, which began months ago with some general comments from officials who knew they had a problem, and it quickly developed into effective action. Part of the program involves preventing would-be jihadis, including teenagers, from fleeing the country and signing up with ISIS and other ugly crews in Iraq and Syria.

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Walker: ‘Absolutely, on Day One’ I’ll Revoke Iran Deal

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) would “absolutely, on day one” would reject any deal that leaves Iran with nuclear enrichment capabilities on Wednesday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” “Absolutely, one day one” reject the deal, citing the dangers to the region and Israel,

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Syrian Christians Look To Assad Regime For Protection From Jihadis

Al-Monitor delivers one of the most sobering assessments of the bloody mess in Syria to date, as author Edward Dark returns to his hometown of Aleppo for a look at the plight of the dwindling Christian community, and finds them turning to dictator Bashar al-Assad for protection from the jihadis fighting to overthrow him.

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Press Grills WH For Refusing to Admit Yemen Strategy a Failure

Wednesday at the White House press briefing, reporters from ABC, CNN and Fox News grilled press secretary Josh Earnest for continuing to claim Yemen is the Obama administration’s model for counterterrorism. Their questions come as today’s news that the country

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Engel: Iranian-Backed Rebels ‘Almost Unopposed’ in Yemen

NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reported that Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen are taking territory “almost unopposed” on Wednesday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” on MSNBC. “It’s going from bad to worse for the US-backed government and the US-backed president who

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Obama’s Kabuki Dance with Iran Fueling Mullahs’ Hegemony in Middle East

The current Kabuki dance ongoing in Geneva between Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Jamad Zarif regarding an agreement on Iran’s nuclear weapons program is a sham. Its outcome was pre-ordained many years ago by President Obama in his secret communications with the Iranian mullahs in 2008– at least according to one report.

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Video Reveals Hellish ‘Migrant Prisons of Libya’

Things are going so well in Barack Obama’s big foreign-policy “success,” Libya, that people are literally dying to get out. Vice News recently posted a 27-minute documentary video on the hideous conditions in Libya’s “migrant prisons”—internment camps where refugees are left to rot after their attempts to flee the country across the Mediterranean fail.

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Jordan to Train Syrian Rebels to Fight ISIS

The Associated Press reports that Jordan has announced plans to help train Syrian rebels to fight the Islamic State. “The training is part of a regional effort also involving Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar as hosts of training sites. The U.S. Congress has passed legislation providing $500 million for training about 5,000 rebels over the next year,” writes the AP.

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Rubio: I’ll Revoke Iran Deal If Elected

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) vowed to revoke any deal with Iran that allows them to keep their enrichment capability on Tuesday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” “I just think the deal is premised on an agreement on something that is totally unacceptable, and