
Two Guantánamo detainees from Yemen have been transferred from the detention center and relocated to Ghana, marking the beginning of an expected 17 imminent departures from the naval base. Now, just 105 detainees remain at Guantánamo Bay.
by Jordan Schachtel7 Jan 2016, 11:31 AM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), prompted by the mass execution of members of its rival group al Qaeda, threatened to destroy the Saudi Arabian prison where the jihadists were killed, Reuters reports.
by Edwin Mora7 Jan 2016, 10:35 AM PST0

Kenya’s Garissa University officially re-opened on Monday, nine months after al-Shabaab terrorists stormed the campus, killing 148 people and deliberately targeting Christian students.
by Frances Martel5 Jan 2016, 7:30 PM PST0

When Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi Shiite cleric on New Year’s Eve, the Shiite world ignited in protest. According to the Iranian regime, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr’s execution was not justified. The Saudi government, however, thinks otherwise.
by Jordan Schachtel5 Jan 2016, 6:01 PM PST0

The Obama administration is expected to release 17 detainees as early as next week, including “al Qaeda followers” who have been cleared for release from the Guantánamo Bay prison by a board established by the president.
by Edwin Mora5 Jan 2016, 7:32 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – An al-Qaeda affiliate in the Gaza Strip has claimed responsibility for Friday’s rocket attack on Israel.
by Aaron Klein and Ali Waked4 Jan 2016, 2:39 PM PST0

One particular execution carried out by Saudi Arabia this weekend, that of Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr, led to violent protests and the sacking of the Saudi embassy in Tehran.
by John Hayward3 Jan 2016, 3:37 PM PST0

Although there has been rivalry among the various jihadist groups training and recruiting in North Africa, new pacts and agreements among the different strains of radical Islam have resulted in deeper collaboration, a harbinger of more trouble for those fighting the terrorists.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.2 Jan 2016, 11:16 AM PST0

In the aftermath of Islamic terrorist (e.g., jihadists) attacks in Paris, France and San Bernardino, California, U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump created a political and media firestorm by provocatively suggesting the U.S. is fighting a ‘politically correct’ war, and since jihadists ‘don’t care about their lives…so you have to take out their families.’
by Fred Gedrich31 Dec 2015, 8:01 AM PST0

Two gunmen opened fire on a group of twenty tourists at Russia’s Naryn-Kala fortress in Dagestan on Tuesday night, killing one and wounding 11 more.
by John Hayward30 Dec 2015, 12:02 PM PST0

Afghanistan has once again become a breeding ground for al Qaeda (AQ) training camps, as the Obama administration focuses on combating the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and a resurgent Taliban in the country, reports the New York Times (NYT).
by Edwin Mora29 Dec 2015, 8:38 PM PST0

JAFFA, Israel – Twenty-three Saudi women have been indicted for membership of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, Al Arabiya website reported on Tuesday.
by Ali Waked29 Dec 2015, 8:55 AM PST0

Christians in Iraqi Kurdistan were determined to keep their Christmas Christian traditions, even though attacks from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and al-Qaeda have decimated the population.
by Mary Chastain26 Dec 2015, 1:06 PM PST0

The organization Reporters Without Borders alleged this week that one of its journalists, Japanese national Yasuda Jumpei, has been kidnapped in Syria and his captors are demanded an unspecified ransom from his family and government in exchange for his freedom.
by Frances Martel24 Dec 2015, 1:52 PM PST0

Both the Obama administration and news network CNN knew that the Septemeber 11, 2012, attack in Benghazi, which killed four Americans, was carried out by the Islamist militant group Ansar al-Sharia but hid that information from the American people until after the 2012 presidential election.
by Lee Stranahan24 Dec 2015, 5:39 AM PST0

A “grain of salt” warning must accompany reports from Seymour Hersh, who has made some fantastic claims during his career. With that in mind, his latest post in the London Review of Books alleges the U.S. military is sharing intelligence with the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad for the purpose of helping Assad’s military take down Islamic State and al-Qaeda rebels.
by John Hayward23 Dec 2015, 1:28 PM PST0

AFP relates a warning from Attorney-General George Brandis of Australia that the Islamic State has “ambitions to elevate its presence and level of activity in Indonesia, either directly or through surrogates.”
by John Hayward22 Dec 2015, 12:44 PM PST0

During the most recent Democrat debate – the one they held on the last Saturday before Christmas, so voters wouldn’t see it – Hillary Clinton falsely claimed the Islamic State is prominently featuring Donald Trump in its recruiting videos.
by John Hayward22 Dec 2015, 6:28 AM PST0

Nine months of war between a Saudi-led military coalition and a Yemeni rebel group have left thousands of civilians dead, a nation gravely polarized and the land strewn with debris, mines and unexploded bombs.
by Breitbart News20 Dec 2015, 9:57 AM PST0

Contents: Taiwan may reverse South China Sea policy and oppose China; Burundi calls planned African Union peacekeeping force ‘an attack’
by John J. Xenakis19 Dec 2015, 8:19 AM PST0

The affidavit filed against Enrique Marquez – who was arrested this week in connection to the December 2 jihadist attack in San Bernardino, California – reveals a man who had long been indoctrinated by radical jihadi sentiments.
by Jordan Schachtel18 Dec 2015, 9:31 AM PST0

The largest piece of terra nullius in the world is one step closer to having an internationally-recognized government again. The two governments of Libya have signed a UN-brokered agreement to begin building a state in Tripoli, though members of both factions have loudly protested any such deal.
by Frances Martel18 Dec 2015, 8:57 AM PST0

The Obama administration, continuing its goal of closing the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, is readying the “transfer” of 17 “lower-level detainees” from the country, officials told The New York Times.
by Jordan Schachtel18 Dec 2015, 8:05 AM PST0

The Chinese government is launching an international campaign to keep Islamic State and other terrorist propaganda off the internet following a new push by the jihadi group to recruit Chinese nationals to fight in Syria and Iraq.
by Frances Martel18 Dec 2015, 7:18 AM PST0

Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed that al-Qaeda’s al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) should not participate in any Syrian peace talks.
by Mary Chastain16 Dec 2015, 7:41 AM PST0