The Republican wave election of 2014 was the result of voter dissatisfaction on a variety of fronts. As in 2006, when voters elected Democrats on the strength of frustration with the Iraq War, foreign policy was a major part of
World-renowned Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, known by many simply as “Coach K” delivered a scathing critique of President Obama’s military strategy against the Islamic State. Coach K spoke to the Association of the United States Army, explaining his disagreement
Five Libyan soldiers have claimed asylum in the UK to avoid being thrown out of the country after their visit was cut short because their colleagues were accused of multiple sex attacks. The cadets were amongst a group of 300
A Russian Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) fighter Abu Muhammad Ar-Rusi justified the massacres committed by the terrorist group because Islam’s Prophet Muhammed killed many people. The message in the video is directed to Muslims “who speak Russian.” “You accuse us of
Britain is preparing to send troops to Iraq to help train local forces to fight Islamic State militants, The Times newspaper reported on Wednesday. The British Ministry of Defence declined to comment on the report but said an announcement would
The Prince of Wales has condemned the persecution of Christians in the Middle East and called on Muslim leaders to help end the “indescribable tragedy” in Syria and Iraq. He called on leaders of all faiths to ensure their followers
On November 3, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said one million armed volunteers have joined Iraqi forces to fight ISIS. According to Iraqi News, Abadi said the number was so great that it presents a problem of trying to integrate them
In what appears to be a coordinated strategy to inflict a humiliating blow against President Obama on election day, 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (known as ISIS or ISIL) and their Al Qaeda allies (Jabhat al-Nusra) launched
Disturbing videos of life inside the Islamic State have emerged, showing boys as young as five being trained in urban warfare skills and men bartering over Yazidi slave girls. The videos are being smuggled out of the ISIS-held territory by
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait are discussing the creation of a military pact to take on Islamic militants, with the possibility of a joint force to intervene around the Middle East, The Associated
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Thousands of Iranians chanted “Down with America” at a major anti-U.S. rally on Tuesday marking the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, just days ahead of a key meeting between the
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Thousands of Iranians chanted “Down with America” at a major anti-U.S. rally on Tuesday marking the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, just days ahead of a key meeting between the
Singapore has agreed to become the thirty-fourth country to join the military coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS). After the agreement was announced on Monday, November 3, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Teo Chee Hean acknowledged that the
A video uploaded on YouTube shows Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) militants laughing and joking while purchasing female Yazidi slaves. One man exclaims the day is “slave market day.” “Today is distribution day God willing,” said the unidentified man in a white
Open-minded to the possibility that some British citizens who have gone abroad to fight for international jihad may have since had sudden epiphanies and may want to return to the UK with “good intentions”, the former foreign secretary has said
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused international and local media outlets of waging a “psychological war” against Turkey. “Each day, some international newspapers come up and conduct a perception operation,” said Erdogan during a Nov. 3 speech at Istanbul’s Bezmialem
More than 1,000 Yazidi families are trapped on Mount Sinjar and therefore still under attack by ISIS. According to the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA), the families “have registered for aid” and “there is a critical shortage of food.” One Yazidi
DAMASCUS, Syria, Nov. 3 (UPI) — A group monitoring terrorist activity in the Middle East says Islamic State militants have seized control of a natural gas field in Homs province in Syria. The Long War Journal reported Sunday that it
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Attacks across Afghanistan, including the fatal shooting of a provincial deputy governor, killed five people as the country marked a major Shiite holiday, authorities said Monday. In southern Kandahar province, a gunman attacked Deputy Gov. Abdul
BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State group extremists lined up and shot dead at least 50 Iraqi men, women and children from the same tribe on Sunday, officials said, in the latest targeting of the group by militants. The killings, all
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com ISIS slaughters hundreds from the Abu Nimr tribe in Iraq Wall Street posts hyperbolic five day surge Boko Haram ridicules Nigeria’s government, says abducted girls are married ISIS slaughters hundreds from the Abu Nimr
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Burkina Faso, critical U.S. ally, in government meltdown U.N. report says that jihadists are flooding into Syria Burkina Faso, critical U.S. ally, in government meltdown After several days of violent anti-government protests, includingburning down
Two young Yezidi women are heroically negotiating for the survival of their people in Iraq. They are talking to the media, planning to lobby Congress, and tell me that they have interested at least three countries in providing political asylum
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London has updated it’s travel advice for all British citizens worldwide, as government intervention against the Islamic State has created a state of “heightened threat” from “individuals motivated by the conflict in Iraq
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — The leader of Nigeria’s Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has denied agreeing to any cease-fire with the government and said more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls all have converted to Islam and been married off. In a
