
Columnist Charles Krauthammer criticized GOP presidential candidate and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul for the “ignorance” of his comments on ISIS in an interview set to broadcast on Friday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” Krauthammer said, “You know, sometimes Ron Paul’s ignorance really
by Ian Hanchett29 May 2015, 3:29 PM PST0

NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd argued that the president’s policy on ISIS “doesn’t match the rhetoric” on Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” Todd said, “The problem with the president’s policy is, the rhetoric — the policy doesn’t
by Ian Hanchett29 May 2015, 10:25 AM PST0

The Obama White House made clear on Thursday that the United States is in no way “responsible” for defending Iraq from the Islamic State.
by Jordan Schachtel29 May 2015, 10:10 AM PST0

Judicial Watch has blown open the Benghazi scandal yet again, having released new smoking-gun documents that show the Obama administration knew almost from the outset that the attack on the U.S. Special Mission Compound in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012, was coordinated and pre-planned. Catherine Herridge of Fox News recently broke the news about these documents.
by Tom Fitton29 May 2015, 7:19 AM PST0

“Saudi-led airstrikes killed at least 80 people near Yemen’s border with Saudi Arabia and in the capital Sanaa Wednesday, residents said, the deadliest day of bombing in over two months of war in Yemen,” writes Reuters.
by John Hayward28 May 2015, 8:35 PM PST0

A battle broke out on the Iran-Iraq border between armed Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) militants and members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI), resulting in fatalities on both sides, news reports reveal.
by Edwin Mora28 May 2015, 8:13 PM PST0

The Islamic State commander in Palmyra, Syria. announced the terrorist group will destroy anything in the UNESCO World Heritage Site that promotes idolatry, but everything else will remain untouched.
by Mary Chastain28 May 2015, 4:46 PM PST0

Thursday on CNN”s “Newsroom With Brooke Baldwin,” in a discussion about a continuing battle at a Baiji, Iraq oil refinery, host Brooke Baldwin said CNN’s senior international correspondent Nick Paton Walsh described the fighting as “apocalyptic,” to which retired Brigadier General
by Pam Key28 May 2015, 3:19 PM PST0

New Jersey Governor and prospective Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie defended the Patriot Act and criticized Senator and GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul’s ISIS remarks as not “backed up by any type of fact” in an interview set to air
by Ian Hanchett28 May 2015, 2:53 PM PST0

Wisconsin Governor and prospective GOP presidential candidate Scott Walker expressed his disagreement with Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul on ISIS and the NSA on Thursday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on the Fox News Channel. Walker began
by Ian Hanchett28 May 2015, 2:34 PM PST0

According to a diplomatic source speaking to Palestinian Ma’an news, Egyptian officials told Israeli security forces to “hold their aggression” and restrain their response to recent rocket attacks coming from the Gaza Strip.
by Michael Lucchese28 May 2015, 1:18 PM PST0

Louisiana Governor and prospective Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal argued that Rand Paul’s foreign policy “would be a continuation, even worse, of what we’ve seen the last six-plus years” and that Rand wouldn’t be the nominee on Thursday’s “Wolf” on
by Ian Hanchett28 May 2015, 12:56 PM PST0

Wendy Sherman, who is the United States lead negotiator in the ongoing nuclear talks with Iran, is set to resign her position following the June 30 deadline for a deal with the terror regime, she told The New York Times Wednesday.
by Jordan Schachtel28 May 2015, 12:55 PM PST0

Christof Heyns, the United Nations Special Raporteur of Extrajudicial Summary and Arbitrary Executions, recently spoke out against the rise in executions in Saudi Arabia. “It is certainly very disturbing that there is such a fast pace of executions at the moment,” Heyns told AFP. “If it continues at this pace we will have double the number of executions, or more than double the number of executions, that we had last year.”
by Mary Chastain28 May 2015, 12:54 PM PST0

American military pilots charged with carrying out airstrikes against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and Syria are complaining that stringent rules of engagement are interfering with their mission, Fox News reports.
by Edwin Mora28 May 2015, 12:42 PM PST0

According to Kurdish media network Rudaw, seventeen-year-old “Suzan,” a Kurdish Yezidi girl was kidnapped, gang-raped, enslaved, and impregnated by ISIS warriors. Incredibly, she managed to escape and has told her story to Delal Sindy, a Swedish-Kurdish activist living in a Kurdish region.
by Dr. Phyllis Chesler28 May 2015, 11:18 AM PST0

The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that the nation had already begun sending “humanitarian aid” relief packages to refugees fleeing the war-torn nation of Yemen, and that it was preparing to continue sending food and medicine to the region. It marks the first Turkish presence in a war in which Iran and Saudi Arabia are both backing opposite sides of a civil war.
by Frances Martel28 May 2015, 10:40 AM PST0

The Pakistani Taliban has declared that the Islamic State’s (ISIS) proclamation of an Islamic caliphate is illegitimate, according to a statement relayed through its official media outlet.
by Jordan Schachtel28 May 2015, 8:52 AM PST0

The Assyrian monks at Saint Matthew’s Monastery in the Nineveh Plains told the world they will not leave, even though the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) creeps closer to their home. The monks regularly hear battles down the mountain.
by Mary Chastain28 May 2015, 7:42 AM PST0

Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest declined to say whether or not President Barack Obama knew at the time of the prisoner exchange for five Taliban members that U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl
by Pam Key28 May 2015, 7:16 AM PST0

Congresswoman and Iraq War veteran Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) argued “the White House needs to change its policy on how it’s dealing with ISIS” on Wednesday’s “On the Record” on the Fox News Channel. Gabbard said, “Well, I think that the
by Ian Hanchett27 May 2015, 5:31 PM PST0

On Tuesday, gunmen attacked UN-backed Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni in Tobruk, the seat of the nation’s parliament, another in a series of terrorist acts in the chaotic country.
by Michael Lucchese27 May 2015, 5:15 PM PST0

Louisiana Governor and prospective GOP presidential candidate Bobby Jindal criticized Kentucky Senator and GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul as “reckless,” “blaming America” and “to the left of President Obama” in response to Rand’s comments about ISIS on Wednesday’s “Sean Hannity
by Ian Hanchett27 May 2015, 3:39 PM PST0

Israel’s embassy in the Netherlands has highlighted passages in a state-mandated Dutch history textbook that provides false representations of Israel’s history in its pages.
by Jordan Schachtel27 May 2015, 3:31 PM PST0

While Americans digest the reality of Iraqi army units fleeing from battle against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) despite months of rhetoric from the Obama administration about their improved performance, the Kurds are still very much in the game.
by John Hayward27 May 2015, 3:06 PM PST0