French government officials have confirmed to the media that up to ten of its former soldiers “have defected to the Islamic State. Among those defectors is at least one member of an elite fighting unit with advanced training.
On Friday’s “Morning Joe,” host Joe Scarborough pointed out a pattern in President Barack Obama’s rhetoric regarding the Middle East, especially Yemen. Previously, Obama had pointed to Yemen as a foreign policy success story. Scarborough noted that a lot of
Talk radio host and author of “The Liberty Amendments,” Mark Levin argued on Thursday that President Obama must believe that the resignation of Yemen’s pro-American president is “swimmingly good” because Obama painted a rosy picture of foreign affairs during his
The resignation of United States-backed Yemen President Abd-Rabbuh Mansur Hadi was deemed a strategic “win for Iran” and al-Qaeda, according to House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) in an interview on CNN Thursday. The war-torn nation’s Prime Minister Khaled Bahah also resigned.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) dubbed the resignation of Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi a “big step forward for al Qaeda” and a “win for Iran” on Thursday’s “Situation Room” on CNN. “We have just lost
The U.S.-backed President and Prime Minister of Yemen, Abd-Rabbu Mansour and Khaled Balah, have offered their resignation from the country’s top positions, according to reports from the region.
Yemen’s president resigned on Thursday under pressure from Shiite rebels who seized the capital in September and have confined the embattled leader to his home for the past two days.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi took House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) to task Thursday for his unexpected invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before a joint session of Congress. The California lawmaker also expressed concerns about the proximity of the speech to the Israeli elections.
A petition backed by UKIP Defence spokesman Mike Hookem MEP and party leader Nigel Farage calling for the immediate release of the Chilcot Report into the Iraq war has reached over 10,000 signatures in a little over 24 hours. The report
Bill Maher has been one of the left’s most reliable supporters. Lately, he’s been picking fight after fight with his fellow progressives.
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Ronan Farrow Daily,” Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) disputed President Barack Obama’s SOTU claim that the United States has stopped the advance of ISIS in Syria. Schiff said, “I think it’s fair to say in Iraq we’ve stopped
Ben Norton, who has written and interned for the far left-wing Think Progress blog, sat down with Iran’s state-run Fars News to discuss how “Israel is the Master of Racism and Dehumanization.” In the interview, Norton talks about how “The
White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett tells CNN that President Obama is personally engaged with the situation inn Yemen, and is in close contact with the men and women in the U.S. embassy there. “Having a presence there is very important,” she said acknowledging the risks to the people who served in all U.S. embassies.
House Speaker John Boehner says he invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress because the country needs a “serious conversation” about the threats posed by radical Islam. The Speaker did not consult the White House before he invited the Isreali Prime Minister.
The highest ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), says the Obama administration sounds as if it’s getting talking points from Iran about its negotiations with the so-called Islamic republic.
Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) criticized the Obama administration’s Iran rhetoric for sounding “like talking points that come straight out of Tehran” and supporting “the Iranian narrative of victimization” before a Senate hearing on Wednesday. “The more I hear from the
Tuesday night during his State of the Union address, in contrast to recent news reports, President Barack Obama claimed ISIS is being stopped in Syria. Obama said, “At the same time, we have learned some costly lessons over the last
One of the boldest claims made in Obama’s State of the Union speech tonight was his assertion that, thanks to his foreign policy, the world had stopped the advance of Islamic State terrorists in Iraq and Syria.
A former Al Qaeda operative and Guantanamo detainee has been freed from an American citizen and sent home to the gulf state of Qatar.
NPR National Political Correspondent Mara Liasson said that “the world hasn’t cooperated” with President Obama’s foreign policy on Tuesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. “Sounds like the US-backed government [in Yemen] is going to fall to these Shiite
Tuesday, as news of a rebel coup erupting into chaos in Yemen broke on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) pointed out President Barack Obama ludicrously touts al Qaeda in Yemen as a success story. McCain said, “First
The Islamic State terror organization recently held a public execution for thirteen teenagers who dared to watch a soccer match between the Iraqi and Jordanian national teams.
The citizens of Gaza marched out into the streets on Monday in support of the Islamic State terror organization. Rioters marched through the streets chanting phrases in condemnation of Charlie Hebdo’s newest Muhammad cartoon and in support of killing those who insult Muhammad.
On the one-year anniversary of the start of talks with Iran, and as President Barack Obama prepares to give his State of the Union address, Russia has signed a military deal with Iran. The agreement covers “includes expanded counter-terrorism cooperation, exchanges of military personnel for training purposes and an understanding for each country’s navy to more frequently use the other’s ports,” the AP reports.
In an appearance on Monday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight,” host Don Lemon asked former Navy SEAL Cade Courtley, president of SEALsurvival.com, to react to last weekend’s box office hit “American Sniper” starring Bradley Cooper. Courtley reacted favorably to the film,
