Women living under control of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) revealed to The Guardian the militant group has imposed more restrictions on females since taking over new territories. The terrorist group forces people to live under strict Sharia law, which treats women like second-class citizens. Rules include double-layered veils and marrying off girls as young as 9.
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Islamic State terrorists burned forty-five people to death in the ISIS-held town of Al-Baghdadi, a local police chief told the BBC.
According to an article at the Kurdish outlet Rudaw, Peshmerga militia forces have had to turn back a high number of foreign fighters attempting to join the war on the Islamic State. Repeated attempts to discourage the foreign fighters and request arms aid instead have failed to stop the flow into Iraq.
The Islamic State’s (ISIS/ISIL) established “morality police” reportedly attacked a woman in eastern Syria because her eyes were exposed.
ISIS fighters are “buying their wives kinky underwear,” demanding Viagra to better their performance, and subjecting their wives, concubines, and sex slaves to sadistic sexual practices, according to Syrian doctors forced to treat jihadists in conquered territories.
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Jordan Matson, a US veteran fighting against ISIS in Syria declared “politics is the reason that a lot of people are still dying over here” on Monday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. “Politics is the reason that a lot
A video released by the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL) shows 17 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters dressed in orange jumpsuits and shackled in cages being paraded through the streets of Kirkuk, Iraq.
The CIA, working in coordination with U.S. troops, bought and destroyed hundreds of nerve agent rockets during the occupation of Iraq under a nonproliferation plan dubbed Operation Avarice, The New York Times (NYT) reports.
When one hears a story of Western civilians heading to the Middle East to volunteer for combat duty, one thinks of the hideously successful ISIS recruiting drive. However, as Reuters reports, “a handful of idealistic Westerners are enlisting” with a Christian militia group called Dwekh Nawsha, “citing frustration their governments are not doing more to combat the ultra-radical Islamists or prevent the suffering of innocents.”
As uncertainty continues to plague the Middle East, Marines in Barstow, California have begun undergoing training to prepare for a a second round of deployments this spring into the war-ravaged region. In light of the recent closure of several U.S. embassies in countries such as Yemen, these “crisis-response capability” troops could be ordered to assist with evacuating embassies that have come under siege in the same way.
A follow-up to Friday’s story about tribal leaders from Iraq’s Anbar province pleading with the Obama Administration for direct military support: those leaders now say Iraqi troops in the region are perhaps only “hours” away from crumbling against the ISIS assault.
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) blamed President George W. Bush’s 2003 Iraq War for the chaos in Syria, Iraq and the surrounding countries of the Middle East. When asked why “this our fight,” Reed answered,
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” after returning form Iraq, reporting from Istanbul, NBC News’ chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said he was “incredibly depressed” by the complete confusion and chaos Iraq has fallen into. When asked about the conditions
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Kurdish Rudaw Media Network released a video that shows Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) militants prepping a 12-year-old boy for a suicide attack.
Former Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) and his Wilberforce Initiative has released a report titled “Edge of Extinction: Plight of Iraqi Christians,” which documents the grave situation of the Christian and other minority communities in the country.
For centuries, Westerners have been lured by the “mysterious” East. Fortune hunters, explorers, adventurers, businessmen, diplomats, journalists, artists, missionaries, and humanitarian aid workers have all fled the confines of the West for lives of drama and danger.
A group of tribal leaders from Anbar province, Iraq, have finally found help in their fight against the Islamic State (ISIS) through the efforts of former President George W. Bush, who vowed to “do everything I can” to help those attempting to escape ISIS.
Reuters reports that the Islamic State has taken over most of the Western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi, putting them dangerously close to the Ain al-Asad air base, where 320 U.S. Marines are engaged in training soldiers from the Iraqi 7th Division.
Senator Marco Rubio appeared in a pre-taped segment for Fox News’ Megyn Kelly show to discuss foreign policy, where he made the case for authorizing continued military force to defeat the radical Islamic terror group ISIL. Rubio disagreed with Senator
In 2006, Father Basel Yaldo was kidnapped in his native Iraq by Islamist extremists and endured three days of fierce beatings. Even after being released, he continued to receive death threats, and was eventually sent to the United States in 2007 for his own safety. Last month, Yaldo returned to Iraq and, on Friday, was ordained a bishop in Baghdad. He will stay there to serve the Iraqi people.
Since the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) began establishing its Caliphate across Syria and Iraq, they have taken to destroying historic shrines and temples to prevent the practice of “idolatry.” With the surviving priceless artifacts going to fund ISIS on the black market, a group of Syrian “Monuments Men” are racing against time to save the country’s precious history.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) told the U.S. House Committee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade on Tuesday that the U.S. needed a more aggressive course of action against the Iranian regime.
