The siege of northern Iraq against the nation’s ethnic and religious minorities by jihadist terror group Islamic State threatens to significantly alter the composition of the nation and write yet another chapter on genocide in human history. The threat is
It is near impossible to imagine a Western representative collapsing on the legislature’s floor in tears or publishing unflattering hospital photos in the aftermath of a crash. Vian Dakhil, Iraq’s only Yazidi member of Parliament, has become internationally acclaimed for
Together with Yazidi leaders and emergency relief agency heads on the ground in northern Iraq, UN officials immediately disputed claims made late Wednesday by President Obama that Yazidi civilians stranded on Mount Sinjar no longer faced a humanitarian catastrophe, and
In his celebrated Oscar-winning comedy Annie Hall (1977), Woody Allen curses California and Hollywood in particular: “What’s with all these awards? They’re always giving out awards. Best Fascist Dictator: Adolf Hitler.” That line came to mind in May, when Steven Spielberg’s
(Reuters) – The United States is asking European countries to supply arms and ammunition to Kurdish forces fighting jihadists of the Islamic State in Iraq, U.S. and European officials said, signaling a widening of the international role in the conflict.
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government troops captured a fiercely contested suburb of the capital Thursday after five months of heavy fighting, flushing rebels from their last hideouts and quickly moving to crush pockets of resistance in the surrounding countryside, activists
(AFP) The Moroccan interior ministry said on Thursday it has dismantled a network responsible for recruiting jihadists and sending them to fight in Syria and Iraq for the Islamic State group. The cell’s members “were preparing to carry out terrorist
LOS ANGELES — A group of Kurdish demonstrators gathered in front of the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles on Tuesday imploring the United States to assist the Kurdish people with humanitarian relief and military support in order to establish
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain would “favourably consider” a request for arms from the Kurds to help them battle Sunni militants who have seized much of Iraq, the BBC reported on Friday, citing unidentified sources. The United States has asked European
On Thursday’s “On the Record” on the Fox News Channel, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) lamented President Barack Obama’s reluctance to act in Iraq against ISIS, who Graham insists has emerged as a direct threat to the United States. Host Greta
The tragic and sudden death of Robin Williams, 63, saddened the world on Monday morning, but his support for the troops is what many of his fans are talking about today. Williams was among the first of America’s celebrities to
BAGHDAD (AP) — Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq’s prime minister for the past eight years, relinquished the post to his nominated replacement late Thursday, ending a political deadlock that has plunged the country into uncertainty as it fights a Sunni militant insurgency.
Republican congressional candidate Elan Carr has been recruited into the National Republican Congressional Committee’s Young Guns program. Carr, who finished in first place ahead of Democratic opponent Ted Lieu in the June 3 primary to advance to the November general
President Obama took time from his vacation to briefly address the situation in Iraq with the Islamic State terrorist group and the riots in Ferguson, Missouri, that have resulted from the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Obama traveled from
The state-controlled Palestinian Authority daily newspaper has published five separate articles in the past six weeks which accuse the United States of being responsible for the creation of the Islamic State terror group, Palestinian Media Watch reports. The articles all
The United Nations declared a “Level Three Emergency,” the highest possible, for Iraq on Thursday, as the advances of the Islamic State terror group remain largely unchecked. A UN representative said the new designation would “facilitate mobilisation of additional resources
President Barack Obama has already played nearly eight times as many rounds of golf during his presidency as President George W. Bush did throughout his eight years in office, according to noted presidential chronicler of all things numerical, CBS News’
(AFP) — Yazidis fleeing a jihadist onslaught in northern Iraq say neighbours took up arms alongside their attackers, informing on members of the religious minority and helping the militants take over. “The (non-Iraqi) jihadists were Afghans, Bosnians, Arabs and even
(AFP) An influential Al-Qaeda leader in Yemen has praised Islamic State jihadists for their “victories in Iraq” but without pledging allegiance to their self-proclaimed “caliph” or leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Rubaish is considered to be the religious affairs chief of
While much of the global attention on the jihadist terror group Islamic State has focused on its genocidal attacks in Iraq, the group’s Syria wing has begun to advance through towns in Aleppo province, Syria, trapping more moderate anti-Assad rebels
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Western countries struggle with whether to send troops to Iraq Iraq is repeating the events of the 1930s Western countries struggle with whether to send troops to Iraq The Obama administration flip-flopped on Wednesday on
Marine combat veteran Bing West explains how to defeat our enemies in today’s National Review. We reprint here. By pulling our forces out of Iraq in 2011, Mr. Obama claimed, he “ended the war.” Three years later, the winner of
While President Obama works on his golf swing, British Prime Minister David Cameron has cut his summer holiday short to preside over an emergency crisis meeting about the Islamic State in Iraq. Perhaps Cameron’s mind has been concentrated by stories
LONDON, United Kingdom – Yesterday evening saw over one hundred anti-ISIS protesters congregate outside Downing Street in London, the residence and office of the British Prime Minister. Breitbart London interviewed a number of the protesters chanting, “Down, down ISIS!” many
WASHINGTON (AP) — Far fewer refugees remain on Iraq’s Sinjar Mountain and a U.S.-led rescue mission is far less likely, U.S. officials said Wednesday night. A team of U.S. military personnel assessed the situation and reported that only several thousand
