
The Obama administration might indeed allow a UN Security Council resolution on a Palestinian state to pass, provided some wording could be found that would accommodate the terms of Resolutions 242 and 338, which encourage a negotiated peace.
by Joel B. Pollak5 Jan 2015, 6:28 AM PST0

Iran has denied reports that it reached an agreement with the United States to reduce its ability to make nuclear weapons.
by Edwin Mora5 Jan 2015, 4:16 AM PST0

Three men affiliated with the Islamic State terror group who had planned to carry out further terror attacks in Israel were recently arrested by the country’s Shin Bet security agency, officials announced on Sunday.
by Jordan Schachtel4 Jan 2015, 8:52 PM PST0

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi delivered a speech on New Year’s Day 2015, in anticipation for the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, which ended Saturday evening. In his address, al-Sisi highlighted the necessity for reformation within the ummah, or Islamic nation.
by Jordan Schachtel4 Jan 2015, 7:03 PM PST0

Former UN Ambassador John Bolton argued that President Obama’s bargaining skills are so poor that he could get life sentences trying to fix a parking ticket in a discussion on Iran on Saturday’s “Justice with Judge Jeanine” on the Fox
by Ian Hanchett3 Jan 2015, 11:41 PM PST0

Two U.S.-led operations to save hostages held captive by the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, IS) in Syria, including the Jordanian pilot, “ended in failure” amid heavy fire from the jihadist group, reports the International Business Times (IBT).
by Edwin Mora3 Jan 2015, 1:54 PM PST0

As Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, IS) jihadists seized large swaths of Iraq and Syria, the death toll in both countries reached a grim milestone: at least 76,000 Syrians and 15,000 Iraqis were killed in 2014, making it one of the deadliest years for the two war-torn nations.
by Edwin Mora3 Jan 2015, 6:41 AM PST0

Jordanian military pilot 1st Lt. Muadh al-Kasasbeh—who was captured by the Islamic State after his plane crashed while conducting exercises against the terrorist group—has been executed, according to a report from Lebanese news agency Al Mayadeen.
by Frances Martel2 Jan 2015, 8:13 PM PST0

The year 2014 saw the death of at least 90,000 people as a result of the conflicts in Syria and Iraq brought on by ISIS jihadists, more than double the figure for 2013. According to reports, at least 76,000 were killed in Syria and another 15,000 in Iraq.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.2 Jan 2015, 5:25 PM PST0

Dean Parker, a 49-year-old grandfather and resident of sunny West Palm Beach, Florida, has decided to make a dramatic lifestyle change and fight against the Islamic State’s (ISIS) jihad in Iraq and Syria.
by Jordan Schachtel2 Jan 2015, 12:45 PM PST0

Islamist terror group Boko Haram now controls about twenty percent of Nigeria, The New York Times reported this week. The land grab amounts to over 70,000 square miles of territory, which is between about two and six times the square miles of land reportedly held by the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group.
by Jordan Schachtel2 Jan 2015, 10:39 AM PST0

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited his Syrian troops in Jobar to discuss the damage various anti-government factions have done to the state. Speaking just northeast of Damascus as the beleaguered country entered its fourth year of a civil war, he had little hope to offer his troops.
by Mary Chastain1 Jan 2015, 10:01 PM PST0

Disney Channel star Selena Gomez provoked outrage with some recent pictures she took on her visit to Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.
by Daniel Nussbaum1 Jan 2015, 6:14 PM PST0

Multiple Iraqi and Kurdish media sources have claimed that some Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Mosul, Iraq, have contracted the deadly Ebola virus, Mashable reports.
by Jordan Schachtel1 Jan 2015, 1:07 PM PST0

HarperCollins, a preeminent world-wide publishing company, had originally planned to sell atlases to schools in the Middle East with Israel removed from the map. In that edition, only Gaza and the West Bank would exist.
by Jordan Schachtel1 Jan 2015, 11:56 AM PST0

Three months after the Communist mayor of a Paris suburb, Valenton, named a street, Barghouti Alley, after a convicted Palestinian terrorist, another municipality of a second Paris suburb has honored the same man.
by Adelle Nazarian31 Dec 2014, 11:51 AM PST0

On Christmas day in Iran, at least nine prisoners were hanged by Iranian regime officials, according to reports. The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) reports that seven were hanged in the infamous Adelabad prison on Christmas morning.
by Jordan Schachtel31 Dec 2014, 8:54 AM PST0

Former UN Ambassador John Bolton said that “the sign on the White House door” is that anyone seeking to take advantage of the US should “get it done in the next two years” on Tuesday’s “On the Record” on the
by Ian Hanchett31 Dec 2014, 8:51 AM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS) applauded the Sydney jihadist hostage-taker, Man Haron Monis, in its new edition of Dabiq magazine. Monis, the man responsible for three deaths, received high praise in the ISIS publication, which encouraged others to follow in his footsteps.
by Jordan Schachtel30 Dec 2014, 11:15 AM PST0

On Monday’s broadcast of “The Hugh Hewitt Show,” Sen-elect Tom Cotton (R-AR) explained to fill-in host Lanhee Chen why President Barack Obama’s direction in foreign policy regarding Iran was wrong. According to Cotton, Obama’s priorities regarding Cuba, Iran and Israel
by Jeff Poor30 Dec 2014, 8:47 AM PST0

(Reuters) – A senior Yemeni intelligence officer was shot dead on Monday by suspected al-Qaeda militants and an army general escaped a separate ambush in eastern Yemen, security sources said.
by Reuters30 Dec 2014, 6:18 AM PST0

The 6th edition of the Islamic State jihadist terror group’s Dabiq magazine features an interview with captured Jordanian pilot First Lieutenant Muadh Safi al-Kasasbeh.
by Jordan Schachtel29 Dec 2014, 10:26 PM PST0

The U.S. Commander of American Special Operations forces in the Middle East is tapping outside government experts in search of innovative ideas to use in the fight against the Islamic State’s ideology, reports The New York Times.
by Edwin Mora29 Dec 2014, 12:18 PM PST0

Hamas, the Sunni Islamist terror group that controls the Gaza Strip, has denied that the government of Qatar has stopped financing its activities, contradicting a report last week in Arab media that claimed Doha had ceased its funding of the jihadist group in an attempt at detente with Egypt.
by Jordan Schachtel29 Dec 2014, 9:31 AM PST0

In an interview with National Public Radio published Monday, President Barack Obama offered Iran the prospect of becoming a “regional power” in exchange for a nuclear deal.
by Joel B. Pollak29 Dec 2014, 7:00 AM PST0