Do you lock them up, or try to rehabilitate them? Britain has taken a hard line on citizens returning from fighting in Syria and Iraq, but anti-extremism groups and experts say more good might come from trying to help them.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten weeks into its war against Islamic State extremists, the Pentagon is settling in for the long haul, short on big early successes but still banking on enlisting Syrians and Iraqis to fight the ground war so
Turkey is turning a deaf ear to insistent pressure to take a more pro-active stance in the fight against Islamic State (IS) jihadists, adding to existing strains with the West under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Western diplomats have repeatedly made
Relatives of two Britons murdered by Islamic State (IS) militants urged people of all faiths to come together to fight the hatred espoused by the group, ahead of a memorial service for one of the men on Saturday. Family and
New York, October 18 (QNA) – The UN Security Council urged to support Iraq and its government against the Islamic state of Iraq and Syria “ISIS” organization and groups associated with it in Iraq. The Security Council urged in a
They tried to feed him, give him water, and even take him to a mosque to prove that they were not infidels, but an ISIS jihadist captured in the Syrian border town of Kobani insisted his Kurdish captors kill him
Following the Danish bikers already fighting, a German biker gang named after an ancient Iranian empire has sent a group of men to fight alongside the Kurds against the Islamic State, and have posted photographs on social media showing them
BEIRUT (AP) — Former Iraqi air force pilots are training extremists from the Islamic State group to fly three warplanes captured earlier from air bases belonging to the Syrian army, a Syrian activist group said Friday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory
Adult asylum seekers who lie about their age are being placed in British schools alongside children as young as 11, teachers have warned. School heads revealed that they discovered cases of men in their 20s being sent to school with
BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants unleashed a wave of attacks in Iraq on Thursday, mainly targeting Shiite areas in and around the capital of Baghdad, killing at least 50 people and wounding dozens, authorities said. The Islamic State group has overrun
GENEVA (AP) — U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein drew comparisons between the Ebola outbreak and the Islamic State group Thursday, labeling them “twin plagues” upon the world that were allowed to gain strength because of widespread
Today we face a clear and present danger from Ebola. A danger against which we must act to protect the people of Great Britain. We must strive to do everything that is possible to stop this disease from entering the
British Jihadis fighting for ISIS could be prosecuted for treason under laws that have not been used since the execution of British Nazis after World War II. The Foreign Secretary confirmed he was considering using Treason, in an answer to
Robert Reilly, former director of the Voice of America, has written a seminal article on the religiously-motivated threat America currently faces. The original was published on Tuesday by the Liberty Fund and is reposted with permission. Nothing could be more curious to Muslims
A woman known as “Rehana” has become a hero across the internet as news spread that the Kobani soldier has reportedly killed more than 100 Islamic State terrorists single-handedly. Rehana became famous in Kurdish Twitter circles after a photo of
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Thursday it was sending armed drones to Iraq to help it fight Islamic State militants and support British Tornado aircraft already conducting air strikes. Britain is part of an international coalition, led by the
Many Americans think of war as a great national struggle, as was the case during WWII, where violence rose to the belligerents’ objectives. These were “total” wars between nation-states driven by incompatible political ideologies supported by the mobilization of industrial-age economies.
Washington, D.C.–The Pentagon press secretary refused to explicitly say whether the United States-led coalition is winning or losing the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. Talking to reporters in the Pentagon on October 15, Rear Adm. John
The Hussein-era chemical weapons compound seized by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in June contains materials that may still be toxic, according to the Pentagon. However, Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby, during an October 15 press briefing, asserted that
The United States military secretly encountered thousands of chemical weapons during the Iraq war in Iraqi territory that is now controlled by the Islamic State, The New York Times reported. Nevertheless, Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, told
This week on on Fox News Radio’s “The Alan Colmes Show,” Bill Ayers, one-time leader of the Weather Underground and reported Chicago political mentor of a young Barack Obama said America is a terrorist nation that creates groups like ISIS.
The Netherlands has legalized the alliance between Dutch citizens and foreign military forces in the theater of war, so long as said foreign forces are not fighting against the Netherlands. The new law is a response to demands from a
WASHINGTON (AP) — Weeks into its air campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon has finally announced a name for the operation: “Inherent Resolve.” That’s the word from a spokesman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) released a video of new jihadists who just graduated from a training camp in Nineveh Province, Iraq. The class consisted of about one hundred young men and shows off their ability to use American weapons. “The
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com NY Times reveals Saddam Hussein had large quantities of WMDs Turkey-France meeting signals new confusion in Turkey’s Syria policy WHO: Within two months, there may be 10,000 new Ebola cases per week NY Times
