Kurdish fighters backed by US-led air strikes battled the Islamic State group for a key Syrian town Sunday, with one woman defender blowing herself up using the jihadists’ own tactic. IS fighters seized part of a strategic hill overlooking the
Activity by counter-terror police is at its highest level for nearly ten years due to fears that Islamic State sympathisers will launch attacks in the UK. The Times reports that police are increasing armed patrols and are searching homes and
On “Fox News Sunday,” Fox News Senior Political Analyst Brit Hume said President Obama’s air strikes in Iraq and Syria against ISIS are beginning to look like pure politics designed to help Democrats in the November midterm elections. Hume said, “I
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Hong Kong protesters fear more violence by China’s ‘Triad’ gangs Joe Biden apologizes to Turkey’s president Erdogan for ISIS remarks Hong Kong protesters fear more violence by China’s ‘Triad’ gangs Bloodied student protester on
As the first week of Royal Air Force strikes against ISIS comes to a close, a recently retired British general has cast doubts over British involvement, saying by bombing the Islamic State the Western world has “played into their hands”,
Protestors will take to the streets of London Saturday to demonstrate against Britain’s involvement in air strikes on Islamic State (IS) group targets in Iraq. The Stop the War Coalition is organising the march through the city which will go
Alan Henning, a British aid worker who had been abducted by the Islamic State, has reportedly been beheaded by the militant jihadist group, according to the Associated Press. The video, reportedly released Friday, shows the jihadi beheader bringing forward American
The Department of Defense is reversing a decision not to award certain medals to soldiers fighting the Islamic State (ISIS) on the ground in the Middle East following pressure from Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Huelskamp said Friday. “I was shocked
State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki admitted that the US did not “have a long-term plan” for Sunni tribes in Iraq to be engaged with the Iraqi Security Forces during Hillary Clinton’s time at the State Department on Friday’s “America’s Newsroom”
Could the rise of ISIS in Iraq have been prevented if the U.S. had left troops in the country in 2011? That question has been a subject of debate in Washington for years. So why do members of the Obama
(Reuters) – Britain has named Alex Younger, a career spy who helped lead London’s counter-terrorist defence of the 2012 Olympics, as chief of its MI6 Secret Intelligence Service – Britain’s most prestigious intelligence job. An economics graduate and former soldier,
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has destroyed towns, villages, temples, and tombs in Syria and Iraq. They have also torn families apart and left many children orphans in the wake of their destruction. The Yazidi minorities suffered the most in northern
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Beach sands become an unlikely business opportunity Turkey’s parliament approves military operations in Syria and Iraq Five new Ebola patients become infected every hour in Sierra Leone Beach sands become an unlikely business opportunity
This article originally appeared at Bloomberg: Islamic State extremists have herded hundreds of women to be given to its fighters in Syria as a reward or sold as sex slaves and have summarily executed women in professions, according to the
Reports indicate at least 81 people were killed in fights between Iraqi armed forces and ISIS on October 1. The deaths took place in Salahuddin province, where former Iraq president Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit is located. According to China.org,
Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has taken to social media today to wish British Muslims a “loving and peaceful Eid”, as Islamic State targets continue to be bombarded by British and American military planes. Clegg, the leader of the
Turkey, NATO’s neighbour to the Islamic State reversed its former stance on military action last night and has voted to join the coalition of nations attacking ISIS. The decision has been taken against a background of complex conflicting interests and
Islamic State militants are carrying out mass executions, abducting girls to use as sex slaves and have conscripted child soldiers to fight for them, the UN has said in a new report. The Daily Mail says that the report accuses
DAHUK, Iraq (AP) — One of the most haunting memories 70-year old Aishan Ali Dirbou has of her encounter with Islamic State militants who overran her hometown is feeling the ends of their AK-47 assault rifles dig into her side
Seoul, October 03 (QNA) – South Korea asked its people staying in southern Turkey near the border with Syria to leave the area, an official said Friday, the latest in a series of warnings amid a worsening security situation. The
Read the full story at The Daily Mail. Islamic State militants have carried out mass executions, abducted girls as sex slaves and used child soldiers in what may amount to systematic war crimes in Iraq that demand prosecution, the UN
A United Nations report released Thursday highlighted a “staggering array” of crimes perpetrated by the Islamic State terrorists group (ISIS/ISIL) and its associates, including the targeted killings of civilians, kidnappings, rapes of women and children, the desecration of religious places,
Today Pope Francis received the Assyrian Patriarch of the East, Mar Dinkha IV, assuring him of his “personal commitment” to deepen the dialogue between their two churches and underscoring their common suffering from “the violence that Christians and the faithful
The beautiful coastal city of Laguna Niguel, California is considering cutting ties with its sister city, Al Qaim, Iraq, since the city was captured and taken over in June by ISIS terrorist forces. Council member Robert Ming said, “We’d like
