Middle East

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) publicly beheaded three of its own members in Syria by sword, a monitor group reported.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights recently reported that the Islamic State (ISIS) has placed mines within the ruins of Palmyra, Syria. “They have planted it yesterday,” explained Rami Abdulrahman, the head of the British group. “They also planted some around the Roman theatre, we still do not know the real reason.”

According to the State Department, the number of terrorist attacks worldwide increased by one third in 2014, with 80 percent more fatalities. The report also stated the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has replaced al-Qaeda as the world’s largest terrorist group.

Keith Broomfield is the first American to die fighting against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). His father told mourners at the funeral that God led his son to Syria to battle against the sadistic radical Islamic group.

To show his devotion to the Islamic State terror group, and to Islam as a whole, an Ohio man arrested on Friday told an informant that he would cut off the head of his own biological son—akin to the beheadings carried out by Islamic State (ISIS) fanatics in the Middle East—to prove his worth as a Muslim, an FBI complaint against the man revealed.

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is crippling much-needed medical centers in Syria by preventing the free movement of fuel shipments, reports The New York Times.

According to reports, the Islamic State (ISIS) is leaving behind bombs in the homes of cities they are being forced to flee due to the advance of Kurdish forces.

KABUL — As he listened, Wali Mohammad Darwazi’s worst fears came true. His 23-year-old son, Mohammad Rafi, had vanished two months before with several former classmates from Kabul University. Now, Darwazi was on the phone with one of the classmates, whom he had reached in Syria.

Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) publicly executed at least two men accused of spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia and the United States and then hung their bodies from a bridge, reports The Long War Journal.

Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) claims that the two hostages who were killed in a U.S. drone strike in January, one American and one Italian, converted to Islam prior to their death, reports a jihadist activity monitor group.

UN-organized peace talks between the competing Sunni and Shiite sides of the growing Yemeni civil war ended explosively after a journalist threw a shoe at a Houthi leader, prompting a melee between multiple parties at the resulting press conference. United Nations mediators nonetheless stated they were optimistic the two sides would resolve to end violence.

A New Jersey native was charged Thursday, along with three others who remain unidentified, with providing material support to the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi told a visiting Lebanese delegation this week that the Assad regime may soon tumble under the weight of a strengthening Sunni rebellion, a Lebanese paper has reported.

Syrian refugees in Turkey are beginning to make their way back to their homes in the city of Tal Abyad after Kurdish forces there defeated the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), dealing a major blow to the jihadist group, reports Agence-France Presse (AFP).

The Syrian regime led by President Bashar al-Assad has attacked the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) at newly conquered Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, resulting in damage to the ancient relics.

What is the best way to counter extremism? For Iraqi news anchor Ahmed Albasheer, the answer is comedy. After an eight-plus year career in news correspondence, Albasheer decided to leave the news desk to combat corruption and fight Islamic terror through humor.

Car bombs killed or injured at least 50 people near mosques and the headquarters of Yemen’s dominant Houthi group in Sanaa on Wednesday, in coordinated attacks claimed by Islamic State. The four blasts rocked the capital as Saudi-led forces conducted