French police were called to local park to investigate a group of “bearded” men in traditional Arabic dress on Monday after they were spotted carrying imitation weapons and conducting military-style combat exercises, reports local media. As officers approached, the group
(AFP) President Barack Obama attempted to rally allied commanders around his emerging strategy to defeat Islamic State jihadists on Tuesday, as the US-led air armada stepped up its raids in Syria. Coalition jets carried out two dozen strikes to relieve
PARIS (AP) — The United States and Russia vowed Tuesday to renew cooperation on a broad array of global security matters, including intelligence sharing on Islamic State militants, even as the two powers remained deeply at odds over the crisis
The first large wave of soldiers from the U.S. Army’s legendary 101st Airborne Division arrived in Liberia over the weekend to battle the deadly Ebola virus, according to the Pentagon. During a press briefing Tuesday, Army Col. Steve Warren, a
Islamic State jihadists may have used chemical weapons to kill Kurdish fighters defending the Syria-Turkey border town of Kobane, a number of disturbing and graphic photos obtained by the Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) suggest. The pictures show Kurdish
The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,The Colbert Report on Facebook,Video Archive On Tuesday’s broadcast of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report,” rock legend Neil Young was asked, based on his views of the Iraq war under President George W.
In Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times, a report from C.J. Chivers, which is accompanied by a video, details U.S. forces in Iraq finding thousands of chemical weapons during the Iraq war. “From 2004 to 2011, American and American-trained
Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) defended his vote for Obamacare and attacked Republican challenger and Iraq War Veteran Tom Cotton’s “ambition” during Monday’s Arkansas debate. Obamacare (the Affordable Healthcare Act) passed the Senate in December 2009 against a united Republican front.
The Dutch public prosecutor said on Tuesday that motorbike gang members who have reportedly joined Kurds battling the Islamic State group in Iraq are not necessarily committing any crime. The head of No Surrender, Klaas Otto, told state broadcaster NOS
(Reuters) – A U.S. national was shot dead and another wounded in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Tuesday, police said, in what appeared to be the first killing of a Westerner in years in a gun attack in the kingdom.
The self-proclaimed Islamic State is coming under attack from within by a shadowy guerrilla group determined to avenge the treatment of the Syrian people, according to a Syrian Human Rights group. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says there has
John Batchelor, our newest author on the Breitbart National Security vertical, and host of talk radio’s most strategic program on global affairs – WABC’s John Batchelor Show – has identified the Islamic State’s military plan for Baghdad, based upon an
Obama has consistently disregarded the advice of his military experts on the ISIS threat. And he seems to have written off the Kurdish-Syrian town of Kobani, which may soon be overrun by ISIS. Whatever the U.S. accomplished after about a decade of war
The infamous Imam of a Danish Mosque is again in the news for inflammatory remarks, after a YouTube video of a Sermon he delivered in September went viral, revealing his angry anti-Semitic rant in which he compared Jews to animals
MAQLUBA, Iraq (AP) — The young Yazidi girl rocked apprehensively as she described the ordeal that took her from her family, snatched from her home by militants in Iraq, then sold as a slave in Syria before finally escaping to
An American plan to create a 15,000 strong army of Syrian “moderates” to oppose both President Assad and the Islamic State (ISIS) means a “battalion” sized force of British troops will deploy to the Kingdom of Jordan to train Syrian
LONDON (Reuters) – The sister of a British man held hostage by Islamic State (IS) militants fighting in Iraq and Syria has urged his captors to resume contact, saying that all communication with those holding him had ceased. Journalist John
Despite widespread support for Kurdish fighters resisting the advance of Islamic State in Iraq, the National Union of Students has failed to pass a motion expressing solidarity with the Kurdish people because they consider the ongoing conflict with ISIS to be
On October 13, Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) accused Republican challenger and Iraq War veteran Tom Cotton of feeling “entitled” to win the Senate seat in November. Senator Pryor is the son David Pryor (D-AR), a former Senator who held the
Three more men have been arrested in London today on suspicion of planning a terror attack in the capital, with links to ISIS, according to a statement released today by the Metropolitan Police. The arrests on Monday were linked to
A ridiculous and over-the-top ad produced by a progressive non-profit blames Republican budget cuts for the Ebola outbreak in an attempt to deflect criticism away from the incompetent Obama administration. Via RCP: The Agenda Project is a progressive non-profit political
A new Gallup survey shows the GOP opening up big leads on four critical issues voters say are most important this election. Republicans enjoy an 11-point advantage over Democrats on handling the economy, the issue foremost on voters’ minds. The
In an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom” on Monday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) warned that making policy decisions regarding the threat of ISIS in the Middle East, particularly the use of ground troops, will not accomplish policy goals.
Britain’s foreign secretary said Monday in Baghdad he hoped Scotland’s decision to remain in the United Kingdom would inspire Iraqis to remain united. Scotland voted to reject independence last month after a close referendum campaign in which it had looked
Thirty years ago, a terrorist bomb exploded at the Conservative Party conference, killing five people and wounding 34. Now, former party chairman Lord Tebbit has said he will never forgive the man who planted that bomb, branding him a “creature”.
