Mar Mattai, also known as Saint Matthew monastery, sits only 12 miles from Mosul, Iraq, but it provides shelter for numerous Christians who fled persecution from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
The BBC has found a man believed to be the first Chinese national to volunteer to fight alongside the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) against the Islamic State.
The Islamic State (ISIS) has released a new nashid, or fight song, in Mandarin, hinting at ambitions of destabilizing China’s Muslim population through active recruitment.
Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said, ” We should use the Kurds as our boots on the ground. Now, in addition to that, it may well require embedded special forces and other troops” and that ” we
The number of foreign fighters who have traveled to Iraq and Syria to join jihadist groups, such as the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and the official al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front, has more than doubled in the last 18 months to between 27,000 and 31,000, revealed a new report.
Wednesday before a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter confirmed what Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told lawmakers at a House Armed Services Committee hearing a week earlier, which was
Masoud Barzani, the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq, is currently in Ankara holding bilateral talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. The meeting will cover trade and the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS), and follows growing tensions between Turkey and Baghdad.
Following the recent appointment of an India-born Sikh as Canada’s new defense minister, the editor of the Jordanian daily Al Ghad wrote an analysis bemoaning the Arab world’s inability to fulfill its dreams of true democracy. He blamed “schizophrenic” voters
According to an analysis published at Rudaw, the Islamic State’s books include $80 million per month in revenue from taxes, confiscating property, drug smuggling, oil sales, selling electricity to captive populations, kidnapping for ransom, and even old-fashioned banditry, such as bank robberies.
The San Bernardino terror attack has focused new attention on the female partners of radical Islamists.
The Syrian Civil War has forced hundreds of thousands of citizens to flee their homes for safety. Ahmad Mohammed and his family survived to tell their story, even though his 11-year-old daughter was shot in the head.
Syria blamed the U.S.-led coalition for the deaths of three soldiers on Sunday night after warplanes attacked their camp. The Pentagon insists Russian forces, however, not Americans, conducted the airstrike. Russia is a staunch ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
U.S. NAVAL BASE GUANTÁNAMO BAY, CUBA—Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his fellow alleged al-Qaeda travelers—Walid Muhammad Salih, Mubarak Bin Attash, Ramzi Bin Al Shibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam Al Hawsawi—appeared in high spirits Tuesday.
Palestinians on their way to Saudi Arabia as part of a holly pilgrimage to Mecca were surprised to discover handbags ordained with Hebrew script, according to eyewitnesses.
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq, based in northeastern Erbil, has requested the Russian government keep its fighter jets out of its airspace when conducting missions against enemies of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in Iraq.
The Turkish government has clarified that it will not move the 150 soldiers deployed to northern Iraq from their position near Mosul, despite protests from the Iraqi government, though it will not double that amount as previously planned.
Turkey claimed it would not remove troops already in Iraq, but agreed not to send more as it continued to work with the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
Today, near the media operations center here at U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, pre-trial hearings will continue at the Guantanamo war court.
A Russian soldier crossed Istanbul’s Bosporus aboard a warship, waving around a surface-to-air missile launcher, an action the Turkish government condemned and has branded “provocative.”
US NAVAL STATION GUANTÁNAMO BAY, CUBA—The primary debate during pre-trial proceedings here at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base on Tuesday will revolve around whether female guards are allowed to make contact with detainees.
Monday on CNN’s “The Lead,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said after his Sunday night address, expressed his concerns about President Barack Obama’s leadership in taking on the Islamic State and what that
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A huge explosion killed the governor of Yemen’s southern Aden province and six of his bodyguards on Sunday, security officials said, in an attack that was later claimed by a local Islamic State affiliate.
An Israeli man was critically wounded in a stabbing attack Monday afternoon, near the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron. Israel Police said the terrorist was shot dead by security forces at the scene.
The Israeli government told The Jerusalem Post its military would only attack Iranian jets in Syria if they threatened Israel.
In Afghanistan, women are expected to be virgins on their wedding night. If they cannot prove their intact hymen, brides face lashings or even death.
