
A report based on recently released Hillary Clinton emails indicate that, as Secretary of State, Clinton refused to take a Skype call from Moammar Qaddafi’s son Saif, in which he was allegedly looking to broker a peace deal.
by John Hayward7 Oct 2015, 6:53 PM PST0

Republican presidential candidate and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul said “the people in my party who are saying don’t talk to Putin, have a no-fly zone, be prepared to use force against Russia, that’s all very scary to me, and the
by Ian Hanchett7 Oct 2015, 6:49 PM PST0

Russia may consider a formal request from Baghdad to expand its airstrikes against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) beyond Syria to Iraq, said the head of the Russian parliament’s upper chamber.
by Edwin Mora7 Oct 2015, 6:32 PM PST0

After several days of pounding enemies of the Assad regime from the air – with a preference for bombing forces trained by the CIA and backed by the United States – Russia kicked in a swarm of 26 cruise missiles launched by its Caspian Sea fleet, some 900 miles away
by John Hayward7 Oct 2015, 3:48 PM PST0

Syrian state television is reporting Russian jets attacked the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Palmyra only days after the radical Islamic group destroyed three ancient arches in the historic city.
by Mary Chastain7 Oct 2015, 2:47 PM PST0

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu told reporters Wednesday that Turkish military intelligence indicates that only 2 of the 57 Russian airstrikes in Syria so far have actually hit the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). The other 55 have hit other enemies of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
by Mary Chastain7 Oct 2015, 1:42 PM PST0

Citing the United States’s supposed untrustworthiness, Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei has banned negotiations with the United States indefinitely.
by Jordan Schachtel7 Oct 2015, 12:33 PM PST0

Two U.S. officials claim Russian fighter jets are stalking American predator drones over Syria.
by Mary Chastain7 Oct 2015, 11:50 AM PST0

Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz argued the US “should stop engaging in the fiction of trying to find these moderate rebels,” and “No one in their right mind would believe Putin’s assertion he’s there to help go after
by Ian Hanchett7 Oct 2015, 11:36 AM PST0

Dr. Ben Carson, who has now emerged as a frontrunner for the GOP nomination for President, offered an outline of his Syria strategy to Breitbart News on Wednesday.
by Jordan Schachtel7 Oct 2015, 11:35 AM PST0

German President Joachim Gauck visited the White House today, signaling to President Obama that his country would continue to be open to Syrian refugees. He also urged the United States to remain open to the possibility of welcoming more refugees.
by Charlie Spiering7 Oct 2015, 10:40 AM PST0

Russia has expanded its campaign against opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, launching missiles at targets in Syria from the Caspian Sea. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made the announcement in a meeting with President Vladimir Putin on television.
by Mary Chastain7 Oct 2015, 9:02 AM PST0

A report from Reuters says a top Iranian general met with Russian officials in Moscow in July to plan their joint intervention in Syria.
by John Hayward7 Oct 2015, 7:44 AM PST0

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), the chair of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, reacted to remarks made last week by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), the leading candidate to replace House Speaker John Boehner
by Jeff Poor7 Oct 2015, 6:23 AM PST0

Contents: Yemen’s Houthis sign letter agreeing to peace plan; Generational frustration grows among West Bank Palestinians; Russia Ministry of Defense videos found to be deceptive; The sleazy world of loan sharking — legally
by John J. Xenakis7 Oct 2015, 6:21 AM PST0

A sizable group of Saudi clerics has called for jihad against the regime of Bashar Assad in Syria, and by extension, Assad’s military allies Russia and Iran. The Islamist clerics praised the rebels Russia is currently bombing as “holy warriors of Syria” who are “defending the whole Islamic nation.”
by John Hayward6 Oct 2015, 7:55 PM PST0

While promoting the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March this October 10 in Washington, D.C. in a interview with “The Rock Newman Show,” Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam said that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wanting
by Pam Key6 Oct 2015, 6:47 PM PST0

The anti-Israel prejudice at The New York Times (“NYT”) is so extensive and persistent that it takes looking back only to the last few weeks to easily find a dozen examples of this bias.
by Noah Beck6 Oct 2015, 3:21 PM PST0

U.S. General John Campbell claims that Afghan allies called in a U.S. airstrike that killed 22 people at a Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) (MSF) clinic, in direct contrast to an earlier statement which claimed that the American military acted independently.
by Jordan Schachtel6 Oct 2015, 2:17 PM PST0

American intelligence officials have evidence that Russia has moved ground weapons and troops into western Syria. The Pentagon has announced reinforcements for rebels opposing Bashar al-Assad in the region in light of Russia’s support for the dictator.
by Mary Chastain6 Oct 2015, 12:31 PM PST0

Republican presidential candidate and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul argued “we should not be at war in Afghanistan” and “I think we should announce, across America, that there are not gun-free zones” on Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Wolf.” Rand said that
by Ian Hanchett6 Oct 2015, 11:28 AM PST0

A study documenting every piece of Arabic-language Islamic State (ISIS) propaganda released in one month finds that more than half of the materials sell Muslims on the idea of a Sharia utopia, its trademark bloody video a minority of its media output.
by Frances Martel6 Oct 2015, 11:24 AM PST0

The editor-in-chief of Zaman, a major Turkish newspaper, is stepping down, citing “unlawful pressure on press” as a major factor in his departure. The resignation comes a week after a major anti-government columnist was hospitalized due to a public beating.
by Frances Martel6 Oct 2015, 10:50 AM PST0

A senior member of the Gaza-ruling terrorist group Hamas has called for a third intifada, or terror uprising, against the Jewish state of Israel.
by Jordan Schachtel6 Oct 2015, 10:19 AM PST0

U.S. officials declared on Monday that they are convinced Russian warplanes were deliberately targeting CIA-backed Syrian rebels.
by John Hayward6 Oct 2015, 9:54 AM PST0