BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-led airstrikes targeted Syrian oil installations held by the extremist Islamic State group overnight and early Thursday, killing at least 19 people as more families of militants left their key stronghold, fearing further raids, activists said. The
On September 16, there were multiple media reports of an ISIS sympathizers message boards encouraging “lone wolf” terrorists to attack Times Square. In posts titled, “To the Lone Wolves in America: How to Make a Bomb in Your Kitchen, to
According to the new Iraqi prime minister, ISIS is planning attacks on America subways. Thursday in New York during a brief press meeting at the United Nations, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told reporters, “I’m receiving accurate reports from Baghdad,
The British government has agreed a motion authorising British air strikes against ISIS in Iraq. The motion, which will be debated and voted on in the House of Commons tomorrow, makes clear that any air strikes will be aimed solely
British Muslims whose families have lived in the country for several generations are more susceptible to radicalisation than recent immigrants, according to new research. A study by the University of London also found that radicalised British Muslims tend to be
BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants with the Islamic State group publicly killed a rights lawyer in the Iraqi city of Mosul after finding her guilty of apostasy in a self-styled Islamic court, the U.N. mission in Iraq said Thursday. Samira Salih
Exchanges of gunfire occurred on Wednesday between Jordanian border troops and Islamist entities, according to a security source who spoke to Turkish press outlet Anadolu Agency. While the specific instance has yet to receive comment from the Jordanian government, officials
The Pentagon shocked the world this week with the news of U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria on Islamic State targets. Many wondered precisely what kind of airstrikes and what such a kinetic action would look like on the ground. To elucidate
President Francois Hollande was to convene an emergency meeting of his defence council Thursday with renewed determination to fight Islamic State extremists after the “cowardly” beheading of a French hostage in Algeria. As France grieved the loss of 55-year-old Herve
Islamist militants in the Philippines are understood to be threatening to behead one of two German hostages being held, unless Germany agrees to pay a large ransom and withdraw all support for the US-led attacks on ISIS in Iraq and
BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-led airstrikes targeted Syrian oil installations held by the militant Islamic State group overnight and early Thursday, killing nearly 20 people as the militants released dozens of detainees in their de facto capital, fearing further raids, activists
LONDON/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron said he wanted Britain to join U.S.-led air strikes against the Islamic State militant group after the Iraqi government requested London’s help and he recalled parliament to secure its approval for military
Dexter Filkins, a writer for The New Yorker and author of “The Forever War,” which was critical of the Bush administration’s handling of the war on terror, argued that it was “hard to conclude otherwise” that leaving Iraq in 2011
PARIS (AP) — Algerian extremists allied with the Islamic State group have decapitated a French hostage after France ignored their demand to stop airstrikes in Iraq, according to a video released by a U.S. terrorism watchdog. A group calling itself
Germany’s attempts to support the Kurdish fighters opposing ISIS in Iraq with €70 million of second hand military equipment including 16,000 rifles, 2,500 Panzerfaust-3 antitank rockets and over 100 vehicles has yet again hit a major setback as a borrowed
How many ways can one evoke war without actually saying the word “war”? President Obama has found quite a few euphemisms to use, instead of saying the dreaded “W” word. According to Luke Brinker of Salon.com Obama has used all
(AFP) France’s interior minister on Wednesday announced a wide-ranging probe into a series of blunders that saw three suspected jihadists waltz out of a French airport after being transferred from Turkish custody. Authorities were left red-faced after an announcement they
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) criticized former President George W. Bush for staying too long in Iraq and trying to stabilize the fledgling democracy in the country. Cruz made his comments during a discussion on the threat posed by the Islamic
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A Jordanian court on Wednesday acquitted radical Muslim preacher Abu Qatada — known for his fiery pro-al-Qaida speeches — of involvement in a plot to target Israeli and American tourists and Western diplomats in Jordan more
This article originally appeared at CNN: Dohuk, Iraq (CNN) — “Aria” is only 15, smiling as she greets and welcomes us into her family’s tent inside the Khanke refugee camp in northwest Iraq. Her parents sit nearby. Their faces, with their
France’s interior minister on Wednesday announced a wide-ranging probe into a series of blunders that saw three suspected jihadists waltz out of a French airport after being transferred from Turkish custody. Authorities were left red-faced after an announcement they had
Despite having voted against military intervention in Syria last year, the United Kingdom appears to be drifting closer to another war in the Middle East as Prime Minister David Cameron meets with world leaders at the United Nations, and rumours
Britain is set to recall its parliament on Friday for emergency discussions on bombing the self-proclaimed Islamic State. It is likely that a vote will be held on Britain joining U.S. air strikes against the terror group, with bombing beginning
World leaders at the United Nations turn their attention Wednesday to the US-led campaign to root out Islamists in Iraq and Syria, and moves to outlaw foreign fighters. US President Barack Obama, who is seeking to mobilize international support to
(AFP) Police have shot dead a “known terror suspect” who stabbed two officers a day after the Islamic State group called for Muslims to indiscriminately kill Australians, officials said Wednesday. The 18-year-old was killed on Tuesday evening, having arrived at
