
Like man other governments, India is worried about citizens hopping over to the Syrian or Iraqi conflict zones, picking up extensive ISIS contacts. These concerns have grown severe enough to for the government to ban ISIS under the rubric of its Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, as reported by NDTV on Friday.
by John Hayward15 Feb 2015, 1:11 PM PST0

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” White House chief of staff Denis McDonough said they plan to “stay one step ahead,” of al Qaeda in Yemen with a three-day summit “on countering violent extremism.” McDonough said, “Obviously we made clear
by Pam Key15 Feb 2015, 10:59 AM PST0

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” after returning form Iraq, reporting from Istanbul, NBC News’ chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said he was “incredibly depressed” by the complete confusion and chaos Iraq has fallen into. When asked about the conditions
by Pam Key15 Feb 2015, 9:59 AM PST0

Sunday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace,” Associated Press White House correspondent Julie Pace said, “I think what’s tricky for this White House is they use phrases like strategic patience, long-term commitment, and then you have these
by Pam Key15 Feb 2015, 8:17 AM PST0

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” President Barack Obama’s former Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta said his former boss’ polices have helped make Yemen “another failed state in the Middle East,” which in turn gives al Qaeda in the Arabian
by Pam Key15 Feb 2015, 8:00 AM PST0

On Saturday, the Fox News Channel’s “Justice with Judge Jeanine” host Judge Jeanine Pirro argued “.ISIS doesn’t have a morale problem, they’re not a JV team, they’re not on the run, and we’re not winning.” Pirro stated that unless the
by Ian Hanchett14 Feb 2015, 10:10 PM PST0

Chaos and uncertainty continue to mire Yemen with the fall of the nation’s capital to Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
by Adelle Nazarian14 Feb 2015, 12:54 PM PST0

Former Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) and his Wilberforce Initiative has released a report titled “Edge of Extinction: Plight of Iraqi Christians,” which documents the grave situation of the Christian and other minority communities in the country.
by Jordan Schachtel14 Feb 2015, 7:49 AM PST0

The Saudi Arabian government released Mayssa al-Amoudi and Loujain al-Hathloul from jail after 72 days after being imprisoned for driving. Women are not allowed to drive in the country.
by Mary Chastain13 Feb 2015, 7:50 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is forcing residents in Raqqa, Syria, the capital of their “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq, to donate blood for their injured fighters. In January, Yazidi sex slave girls told the media the militants also forced them to donate blood.
by Mary Chastain13 Feb 2015, 7:23 PM PST0

Sen. John McCain, (R-AZ) was holding back tears as he described the death of 26-year-old Arizona native, Kayla Mueller as one of the saddest things in his life. McCain said, “The fact is, I failed. I failed because I was unable
by Pam Key13 Feb 2015, 7:10 PM PST0

Iraq War veteran Joey Hurst, who was stationed at Ayn al-Assad Air Base said he feels “disenfranchised” as ISIS threatens the base on Friday’s “CNN Newsroom.” “I feel disenfranchised. I was just talking with one of my old Army buddies that
by Ian Hanchett13 Feb 2015, 1:01 PM PST0

Friday after U.S. officials admitted that ISIS has spread into Afghanistan and Pakistan on CNN, the military adviser for Concerned Veterans for America, retired Lt. Col. Scott Mann discussed the Taliban defecting and re-branding themselves by swearing allegiance to ISIS.
by Pam Key13 Feb 2015, 12:26 PM PST0

The latest issue of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terror group’s Dabiq magazine features a section purportedly showing the abduction of twenty-one Egyptian Coptic Christians.
by Jordan Schachtel13 Feb 2015, 11:09 AM PST0

Friday at the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Islamic extremism, the former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Michael Flynn said President Barack Obama’s strategy does not prioritize international threats. Flynn said, “The national strategy lays out the
by Pam Key13 Feb 2015, 8:49 AM PST0

Friday, CNN reported on ISIS seizing the town of Al-Baghdadi which is ten miles away from the the Al Asad air base where Iraqi forces are being trained by 320 U.S. Marines. ISIS’s first attempted to infiltrate the Iraqi militarily
by Pam Key13 Feb 2015, 7:40 AM PST0

Friday on MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe,” while discussing a new poll showing 66 percent of Americans now support troops on the ground in the fight against ISIS, “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd said Americans are convinced of the seriousness of the ISIS threat,
by Pam Key13 Feb 2015, 7:12 AM PST0

Notorious German-born “gangster rapper” Denis Cuspert, 39, went from a tumultuous youth to converting to Islam and pledging allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) this past spring, before being placed on America’s global terrorism watch list. He was published in the U.S. government’s Federal Register on January 27.
by Adelle Nazarian13 Feb 2015, 6:22 AM PST0

Columnist Charles Krauthammer argued that President Obama was attempting “regime change” in Israel on Thursday’s broadcast of “The Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel. “Barack Obama has forsworn regime change in the region, remember when we had the Iranian
by Ian Hanchett12 Feb 2015, 7:50 PM PST0

State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki admitted that the US’ policy in Libya has not succeeded in an interview broadcast on Thursday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel. After she was asked “the problem that the United States has now
by Ian Hanchett12 Feb 2015, 7:06 PM PST0

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul argued that the situation with ISIS “far surpasses” that of pre-9/11 Afghanistan on Thursday’s broadcast of “The Lead” on CNN. “If you look at pre-9/11 in Afghanistan, this far surpasses what we had,
by Ian Hanchett12 Feb 2015, 2:11 PM PST0

FBI Counterterrorism Division Assistant Director Michael Steinbach said that the problem of ISIS foreign fighter travel is “not even close to being under control” before the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday. Steinbach stated that “foreign fighter travel, travel to
by Ian Hanchett12 Feb 2015, 2:09 PM PST0

Thursday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” in discussing Obama’s ISIS war powers request, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said ISIS has become a “dominant threat to peace in the world today,” and, “We’re either going to fight them there or fight
by Pam Key12 Feb 2015, 10:11 AM PST0

The Syrian Armed forces under Bashar al-Assad, who are being assisted by Iranian-proxy terror group Hezbollah, continue to move into a Syrian region south of Damascus that is within miles of Israel’s Golan Heights territory.
by Jordan Schachtel12 Feb 2015, 9:59 AM PST0

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) told the U.S. House Committee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade on Tuesday that the U.S. needed a more aggressive course of action against the Iranian regime.
by Adelle Nazarian12 Feb 2015, 6:50 AM PST0