National Security

“I want you to write this: We are willing to stay here as long as it takes for them [the IDF] to finish the job, to take care of this so it doesn’t happen again. To get rid of Gaza

The Iraqi region of Najaf is home to some of the holiest sites in Shia Islam–in particular, the Imam Ali shrine, a prime target for the Sunni terrorist members of the Islamic State (formerly Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham:

When Pope Francis visited the Holy Land in May, he wasn’t there as an emissary to the Muslims or to the Jews in the area. He visited political and religious leaders of both groups, but he was there to minister

At least 17 people are now reported dead after Islamist rebels seized a Catholic cathedral compound that was housing between 4,000 and 6,000 civilians who had been driven from their homes by the fighting in the Central African Republic. According

As Breitbart News has reported, the majority of the pictures on social media using the hashtags #GazaUnderAttack and #GazaUnderFire are from previous events. The pro-Palestine people have continued in this practice of attaching images of dead children and women, mostly from the

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has succeeded in conquering enough land on both sides of the Iraqi/Syrian border to open “floodgates for weapons and fighters between Syria and Iraq.” CNN reports that in addition to conquered land, ISIS

The Islamic State (IS)–formerly the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS)–says it is not interested in fighting Israel at this time. Rather, its focus remains fixed on dealing with “Muslims who have become infidels.” According to Arutz Sheva 7,

In the space of just a few weeks, the jihadi threat group ISIS has accomplished more than al Qaeda did in the the thirteen years since the September 11 attacks. It will continue to grow in power and come to pose

Hashtags concerning Gaza and Palestine for Twitter such as #GazaUnderAttack are very active with pictures of dead children, crumbled buildings, women crying, and people without limbs. But a quick Google search of said images find these people are using old

After Israeli Defense Forces carried out 150 airstrikes on July 8 and intercepted “56 of the 255 rockets fired” into Israel in recent days, Israeli Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz said a “ground operation” into Gaza “might become necessary.” CNN reports

Less than a month after the 100th anniversary of the single shot that set the world on fire, many scholars are comparing then and now. One of the most cogent assessments comes from Walter Russell Mead. In “Have We Gone From a

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The rival candidates in Indonesia’s presidential election each claimed victory Wednesday, raising uncertainty about the political and legal landscape in a nation that made the transition from dictatorship to democracy less than two decades ago. According

PETALING JAYA, Malaysia, July 9 (UPI) — A Malaysian politician took to Twitter after Germany’s 7-1 win over Brazil in the World Cup semifinal, but instead of offering up his praise to a scorer on the winning squad, he chose

MOSCOW (AP) — Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has applied to extend his stay in Russia, his lawyer said Wednesday. Anatoly Kucherena told The Associated Press that Snowden applied to Russia’s migration authorities “a long time ago” since

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials discovered 50 bodies, many of them blindfolded and with their hands bound, in an agricultural area outside a city south of Baghdad on Wednesday, raising concerns over a possible sectarian killing amid the battle against

(AFP) The Syrian National Coalition, the main exiled opposition group seeking the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, on Wednesday elected Saudi-based Syrian opposition figure Hadi al-Bahra as its new president at a meeting near Istanbul.

(Reuters) – One night last week, Islamic State militants in an SUV with tinted windows pulled up at the home of a former Iraqi army officer, one of the men they see as an obstacle to their goal of establishing

(AFP) Elite government forces backed by Hezbollah converged Tuesday on the north Syrian city of Aleppo as rebels bolstered their own fighters in readiness for a major showdown, a monitor said. Rami Abdel Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human

Mahmoud Abbas, currently in the tenth year of his four-year term as president of the U.S. taxpayer-funded Palestinian Authority, took to his Facebook early Wednesday to praise the terrorist rocket attacks upon Israeli cities and towns by his “unity government”

Somalia’s Islamist Shebab rebels launched a major bomb attack and armed assault against the country’s presidential palace late Tuesday, penetrating the heavily-fortified complex and fighting a major gunbattle with security guards. Security sources said Somalia’s internationally-backed President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud,

After Gaza officials announced that “35 Palestinians have died in recent hostilities,” the Hamas military wing “warned that all Israelis are now targets.” Israel said it will “expand its campaign against Hamas.” According to BBC News, Israel targeted “118 concealed

On Tuesday, David Siegel, Consul General of the State of Israel, was interviewed by Breitbart Editor-at-Large Ben Shapiro on the Ben Shapiro Show on Seattle’s AM 770 KTTH and stated that half of Israel’s population, 4 million people, were hiding

Operation Protective Edge may look like its predecessors–Operation Cast Lead in 2008-9 and Operation Pillar of Defense in 2012–in that it is a response to Palestinian terrorism launched from Gaza against Israeli civilians. The previous two rounds of the conflict

It has been an exceptionally dramatic week so far for Israelis, as the terrorist group Hamas launched an offensive consisting of dozens of rockets from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. While many rockets were intercepted, Israelis across the country were forced on