
This week, Iran arrested cartoonist Hadi Heidari and sent him to Evin – the Islamic Republic’s most notorious prison – to complete a suspended jail sentence stemming from a conviction he had received two years ago. Heidari’s arrest arrives on the heels of an aggressive crackdown by Iran’s hardliners on journalists, artists, and U.S. citizens.
by Adelle Nazarian20 Nov 2015, 7:34 AM PST0

On his Thursday radio show, conservative talker Mark Levin offered his reaction House Speaker Paul Ryan’s interview on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity” the night before. During that appearance, Ryan laid out the components of his legislation that would deal with
by Jeff Poor19 Nov 2015, 10:04 PM PST0

CNN suspended a political reporter for two weeks after she tweeted an attack on House Republicans while reporting on their vote to put a pause on Obama’s Syrian refugee importation policy.
by Warner Todd Huston19 Nov 2015, 8:49 PM PST0

Democrat senators today sided with President Barack Obama in the growing conflict between the president and other federal and state officials on how to deal with Syrian refugees in the aftermath of ISIS’s terrorist attacks in Paris.
by Ken Klukowski19 Nov 2015, 2:58 PM PST0

At a ceremony marking the birthday of Israel’s first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, current PM Benjamin Netanyahu blasted international double-standards for Israel when the Jewish State is forced to combat jihadi terror. “It’s one thing that they blame us, rather
by Jordan Schachtel19 Nov 2015, 2:45 PM PST0

The United States State Department announced Wednesday that a $5 million dollar reward is being offered for information leading to the whereabouts of Abu Muhammad al-Shimali, a leader in the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group.
by Jordan Schachtel19 Nov 2015, 2:33 PM PST0

The president of the Russian region of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, suggested on his Instagram account that terrorists should be tied to drones and dropped on the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
by Mary Chastain19 Nov 2015, 1:39 PM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina argued that the US shouldn’t put boots on the ground to fight ISIS “yet” in an interview broadcast on on Thursday’s “Varney & Co” on the Fox Business Network. Fiorina was asked, “Would you put
by Ian Hanchett19 Nov 2015, 12:36 PM PST0

Ezra Schwartz , an 18-year-old American from Massachussetts who was visiting Israel, was shot and killed Thursday in a Palestinian terror attack, as part of a wave of Palestinian terror resulting in the deaths of five innocents.
by Jordan Schachtel19 Nov 2015, 12:09 PM PST0

Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) expressed her support for the bill to freeze the admission of Syrian refugees, and that “if you’ve got a situation where you have an orphan, or a child, or a single mom who is bringing her
by Ian Hanchett19 Nov 2015, 10:10 AM PST0

Thursday on CNN’s “New Day,” White House communications director Jen Psaki said military might will not end the war against ISIS. Psaki said “The fact is that we have had a strategy in place for over a year now to
by Pam Key19 Nov 2015, 8:22 AM PST0

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad had some harsh words for President Francois Hollande and praise for Russian leader Vladimir Putin in an interview with the conservative French magazine Valeurs Actuelles to be published Thursday. Unfortunately for Putin, Syrian state media omitted Assad’s praise from its official “full” text of the interview.
by Frances Martel19 Nov 2015, 7:16 AM PST0

Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter acknowledged to co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski that the United States is indeed at war with ISIS. Partial transcript as follows: BRZEZINSKI: How can you assure the American public
by Jeff Poor19 Nov 2015, 6:24 AM PST0

Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum argued President Obama’s ISIS policy, “sounds like President Obama is in cahoots with the strategy of ISIS to maintain their territorial integrity,” “provides the greatest recruitment tool for ISIS,” and is
by Ian Hanchett18 Nov 2015, 7:21 PM PST0

National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden, Dr. Colin Kahl said he would “have no problem” with Syrian refugees settling in his neighborhood, and “I think most Americans have no problem” with doing so on Wednesday’s “MSNBC Live.” Kahl
by Ian Hanchett18 Nov 2015, 5:52 PM PST0

The hideous massacre in Paris seems to be galvanizing a global anti-ISIS alliance and a weak U.S. president means that alliance may well have Russian leadership.
by John Hayward18 Nov 2015, 2:25 PM PST0

Former CIA Director Michael Morell says President Obama’s ISIS strategy is not working, and must become more aggressive are the Nov. 13 attack in Paris.
by John Sexton18 Nov 2015, 1:42 PM PST0

The Bank of Utah has purchased a Boeing 737 airliner from Al Naser Airlines, an Iraqi company with deep ties to Mahan Airlines – an Iran-headquartered company that assists the Tehran regime in pursuit of its global ambitions, according to
by Jordan Schachtel18 Nov 2015, 12:45 PM PST0

Turkish police have arrested eight suspected members of the Islamic State (ISIS) after the jihadis attempted to make their way to Germany while posing as Middle Eastern refugees.
by Jordan Schachtel18 Nov 2015, 12:15 PM PST0

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro blamed the terror attacks in Paris this week on the “irresponsibility” of the United States in the Middle East, asserting that supporting Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is more important now than ever because “if he is taken down, what happened in Paris will be nothing in comparison to what will happen around the world.”
by Frances Martel18 Nov 2015, 11:45 AM PST0

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) said he prefers to use the Arabic acronym Daesh when referring to to ISIS because he said it “stands for Islamic state. They are neither Islamic nor are they a
by Pam Key18 Nov 2015, 11:03 AM PST0

The man believed to be the mastermind behind Friday’s Paris terror attacks that resulted in the deaths of over one-hundred people and wounded hundreds more has been killed in a police raid on his location, according to senior European intelligence officials.
by Jordan Schachtel18 Nov 2015, 10:43 AM PST0

So now we’re launching airstrikes aimed at really hurting ISIS? Fox News reported on Monday that the US military had destroyed 116 ISIS fuel trucks near the Syrian-Iraq border. Considering that oil is the only valuable export that the Flintstones economy of the Islamic State possesses, that’s a devastating blow.
by James P. Pinkerton18 Nov 2015, 10:26 AM PST0

King Abdullah II of Jordan said that the coming battles against the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group will be part of a “third world war against humanity,” making remarks in the wake of the deadly ISIS-committed Paris terror attacks last week.
by Jordan Schachtel18 Nov 2015, 10:01 AM PST0

Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) argued “Republicans are pretty good at fear” and refusing Syrian refugees “feeds into” ISIS’ message on Wednesday’s “MSNBC Live.” Gutierrez said, “watching the horrific scene of murder, and mayhem, and terrorism as it struck in Paris,
by Ian Hanchett18 Nov 2015, 8:16 AM PST0