Huffington Post Media Group Global Editorial Director and MSNBC analyst Howard Fineman stated that the Obama administration didn’t fully realize or appreciate the amount of distrust towards Iran by Gulf Arab countries like Saudi Arabia on Thursday’s broadcast of “The
Over 700 potential terrorists have left the United Kingdom in order to carry out jihad in the Middle East, according to London’s Metropolitan Police Service, also known as Scotland Yard. Alarmingly, about half of the jihadis have now returned to the UK, reports have stated.
The Iraqi Defense Ministry said Wednesday that an airstrike has neutralized the second-in-command of the Islamic State terror group, but the U.S. military has denied that coalition forces are responsible for carrying out an attack aimed at eliminating the jihadist.
In a clip translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), last week on Iranian TV, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Deputy Commander Hossein Salami said, “We welcome war with the Americans.” Salami said, “If they are relying on their aircraft
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said that knowing then what she knows now, she would not have gone to war with Iraq on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel She stated, “Yeah, the intelligence was clearly wrong. And so
The persecution by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) of Iraq’s minority Yazidi population has pushed thousands to find any means to escape the grips of the barbaric terrorist group, coughing up hefty sums of money to secure their freedom.
The Assyrian International News Agency relays a report from Dubai television news concerning a raid on an ISIS safe house in Syria, in which rebel forces opposed to the Islamic State discovered a large stash of stolen Western passports. These travel documents have allegedly been used by ISIS to bring Western jihadi recruits to Iraq and Syria.
Columnist Charles Krauthammer argued that nuclear Iran will be more “difficult” and “risky” than the Cold War on Wednesday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” Krauthammer said, “We are so far down the road of acquiescence that it would be nearly impossible for
Ken Roth, the director of Human Rights Watch, spoke exclusively with the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) network earlier this week about the ongoing conflict in Yemen, blaming the United States for Saudi Arabia’s alleged use of cluster munitions.
Republican presidential candidate and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul argued that “we’re a lot worse off with Hussein gone” in Iraq and cited George HW Bush to criticize Jeb Bush’s position on the Iraq War on Wednesday’s “Wolf” on CNN. Rand
In his first interview with an Arabic-language news organization on Wednesday, President Obama spoke with Saudi-owned Asharq Al-Awsat about various issues related to the Middle East, the Iranian nuclear program, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
On Tuesday, the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) destroyed the 200-year-old Maryam Khatoon Mosque in Mosul, Iraq, which the Ottoman Empire erected in 1821.
A man from Newport Beach, California will face trial in July for allegedly bilking investors out of over $4 million as part of a scheme to sell phony In-N-Out burger franchises in the Middle East.
Spanish authorities arrested two individuals on Tuesday who were suspected of attempting to recruit aspiring jihadis through official Islamic State (IS/ISIS) propaganda.
“Peanuts” fans well remember a recurring Fall theme in the Charles Schulz comic strip: Lucy holding a football on the ground for Charlie Brown to kick, only to remove it at the last second. Each season, Lucy repeatedly assured Charlie “this time” would be different. A gullible Charlie repeatedly put his faith in Lucy, but readers did not. They knew she had no compunction about lying.
There’s been a considerable amount of talk about Hillary Clinton being a flawed candidate with the potential to self-destruct during a tough race.
Tuesday on CNN’s “New Day,” Republican strategist and Bush ally Ana Navarro discussed Jeb Bush telling Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly he would have authorized the 2003 Iraq war “knowing what we know now” and defended her friend by explaining he
Iran ally Hezbollah and Syrian regime troops joined forces to launch a successful offensive against al-Qaeda-led Syrian rebels in mountainous Qalamoun region along the Syria-Lebanon border, reports International Business Times (IBT).
Former Florida Governor and prospective GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush stated that while “there were mistakes” in the handling of the Iraq War, he’s not sure what, in hindsight, his decision would have been on Tuesday’s “Sean Hannity Show.” Bush
The five senior Taliban Commanders released from Guantanamo (GITMO) in exchange for the return of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl are set to be freed from their “luxurious” confinement in Qatar effective June 1. These five hard-core terrorists are Mullah Norullah Noori, Abdul Haq Wasiq, Mullah Mohammad Fazl, Khairullah Khairkhwa and Mohammend Nabi Omari. They were classified as some of the most dangerous Taliban commanders held at GITMO, according to Thomas Joscelyn of The Long War Journal.
After spending 400 days in an Egyptian prison, an Al Jazeera English journalist is suing his network for $100 million dollars in damages, and has accused the Doha-run news organization of violating his contract.
Iraqi officials have accused the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) of being responsible for a violent prison break in Iraq that freed at least 30 inmates and left dozens of people dead.
An unnamed Arab League source tells Gannett’s Defense News that the heads of state of seven Arab countries will meet with Libyan officials on May 18 to discuss possible military intervention in that nation, as the Islamic State continues to expand its influence over large swaths of the country.
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said Monday that they shot down a Moroccan F-16 fighter jet that was participating in the Saudi-led coalition against them and their allies.
Former Ambassador and Professor of Diplomacy and International Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government Nicholas Burns argued that Bahrain and Saudi Arabia’s “snub” of a US summit was “a defeat for the White House and its foreign policy,” and
