(THE UNITED WEST) In this short video, Tom Trento “channels” National Review’s Andy McCarthy on the topic of “casus belli,” which is what actually causes Muslim to join up with ISIS and fight in a Holy Jihad. McCarthy, former federal prosecutor
TEL AVIV – The Pentagon has reportedly denied Russian media claims that a top Islamic State commander was captured by American troops, while Kurdish security officials told the Al Hayat newspaper the commander was indeed seized over the weekend.
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has established “war spoils” departments that dictate how the jihadist group is to handle matters such as slaves and pillaged natural resources, showing signs of a government apparatus that allows it to manage the large swaths of territory it controls in Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere, according to seized documents reviewed by Reuters.
Replicas of an arch, which is reportedly among the last remaining parts of the 2,000 year-old Temple of Bel in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra that was razed by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), will stand in London’s Trafalgar Square and New York’s Times Square.
Columnist Charles Krauthammer argued that keeping the air base in Bagram indefinitely is an admission “of the huge mistake in evacuating Iraq all at once” on Monday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. Krauthammer said, [relevant remarks begin around
Chinese state media are promoting a more prominent role for the communist country in resolving the civil war in Syria, with a column in the People’s Daily suggesting China could “build on the basic consensus reached by the international community that the Syrian crisis should be solved politically.”
JAFFA, Israel – Twenty-three Saudi women have been indicted for membership of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, Al Arabiya website reported on Tuesday.
State Department Spokesman John Kirby on Monday provided a boastful recap of his cabinet’s achievements in 2015 and highlighted “bringing peace [and] security” to war-torn Syria as one of its wins this past year.
For the first time in over forty years, it was announced that Iraq has crowned its first beauty queen.
TEL AVIV – The UN Security Council passed a resolution seemingly legitimizing the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria and invited Iran to join the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), MEMRI reported. On December 18, 2015, the UNSC unanimously passed Resolution 2254,
Israel beefed up security along the Lebanese border, after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed to avenge the assassination of Samir Kuntar, Israeli media reported on Monday. According to Wallanews, local farmers near the scenic, predominantly rural border said it was the most security presence
Foreign Ministry Director-General Dore Gold confirmed to a Saudi-owned website on Monday that the IDF thwarted attempts to transfer advanced anti-aircraft missiles to Hezbollah. This is the first time an Israeli official makes such a statement not under the cover
While the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terrorist group has developed a reputation for successfully recruiting using social media, this week, a call from “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi—demanding more Muslims join the jihadist group—was met with a chorus of mockery and jeers.
Iraqi Vice President Nouri al-Maliki failed to acknowledge the U.S.-led coalition air support in a statement about the liberation of Ramadi, although it was an integral part of the offensive to wrest control of the Iraqi city from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
Members of the female Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) brigade mutilated and butchered a mom who breastfed her child in Raqqa, Syria, according to reports.
A mob at a Muslim shrine in central Kabul killed an Afghan woman who was falsely accused of burning the Koran, showing that Afghanistan has not changed much despite more than 14 years of U.S.-led engagement.
Saudi Arabia’s air force intercepted a Scud missile launched from Yemen Saturday night, according to the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Yemeni rebels known as Houthis and their allies.
Turkey’s Kurdish population is demanding self-rule days after continued violence has killed many Turkish soldiers and Kurdish militants.
Both the governments of Saudi Arabia and Iran announced Monday that hundreds of tons of illegal drugs had been smuggled into their respective countries, with record-breaking shipments of contraband making their way in.
The Iraqi city of Ramadi has been mostly freed from Islamic State (IS) control thanks to a joint US-Iraq military campaign, months after Iraqi forces fled the city in May.
Russian media outlets are reporting that a high-ranking Islamic State commander has been captured after a U.S. special forces raid in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
TEL AVIV – A German journalist who spent days with the Islamic State said that the only country in the Middle East that the jihadists fear is Israel because they know that the Jewish state’s “army is too strong for them.” In
TEL AVIV – An enormous prehistoric stone structure in Israel’s north, dubbed the “Stonehenge of the Levant,” remains a total enigma to archaeologists. Galgal Refaim (Hebrew for “wheel of ghosts”) is the largest and oldest stone structure in the Middle
A senior Palestinian offical said Monday that there are some voices within the leadership of Fatah calling for a return to the suicide bombings that characterized the second intifada. The official, speaking in an interview with Israel Radio Arab affairs reporter
GAZA CITY (AFP) – A Palestinian wounded at the Gaza border in clashes with the Israeli army last week died early Monday from his injuries, the Gaza health ministry said. Yusef al-Buhel, 48, died after being shot east of the Maghazi refugee
