Amid heightened pressure from the new media concerning the continued march of the Islamic State, formerly ISIS, and the perilous conditions under which Iraq’s religious minorities are living, President Obama and the Pentagon are considering airstrikes against IS and humanitarian
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest explained to reporters Thursday that the Obama administration believes there is no military solution to the crisis in Iraq. Earnest’s response appears to contradict a New York Times report that said President Obama is
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer said that Iraq was “seemingly falling apart” on Thursday’s “Wolf.” “The whole country of Iraq seemingly falling apart right now,” Blitzer said. “This was not the way it was supposed to be after President Obama announced
There are no hard numbers, yet – but at least “some of the tens of thousands” of Yazidis who have been stranded in the mountains of Northwestern Iraq have been rescued, the U.N. said Thursday. At Breibart London, James Delingpole
In Iraq, the Islamic State has now grabbed control of the Iraqi city of Sinjar. Tens of thousands of residents, according to the UK Guardian, have fled to the mountains, where they face a choice: they can either die of dehydration,
In 2011, President Barack Obama ordered U.S. forces–without congressional authorization–to assist NATO in a war against the Gadhafi regime in Libya. The reason for that urgent and extraordinary action was a theory of liberal interventionism called “Responsibility to Protect,” eagerly
(AFP) Jihadist militants took over Qaraqosh, Iraq’s largest Christian town, and surrounding areas when Kurdish troops withdrew overnight, fleeing residents and Christian clerics said on Thursday. Several residents contacted by AFP confirmed that the entire area in northern Iraq, home
Far left MP George Galloway has declared the town of Bradford an “Israel free zone” on a video uploaded to YouTube today. Mr Galloway, who has represented the town since winning a by-election there is 2012, has said Bradford should boycott
(AFP) — Pope Francis called on the international community on Thursday to protect the mostly Christian communities of northern Iraq fleeing a lightning advance by jihadist militants. A statement delivered by his spokesman said the pope joined the urgent appeals
Murder and turmoil continues to haunt the Middle East today as the Islamic State (formerly ISIS) continues to butcher its way across Iraq. The Islamic State has now taken Qaraqosh, Iraq’s largest Christian town, sending even more Christians fleeing for
There was one part of Baroness Warsi’s resignation letter I admired: that was when, just after she’d condemned the Coalition’s inaction over Gaza, she brought the full weight of her righteous indignation to bear on Britain’s abject failure to stop
A senior Iraqi Christian has written an open letter condemning Western inaction in the country and calling on moderate Muslims to be more vocal in denouncing the Islamic State terror group. The letter, which has been reproduced and translated on
A statement released Sunday by a former Egyptian Foreign Minister that rising upheaval in Libya presents Egypt with major national security implications is being interpreted by many to mean that Egypt is once again considering military intervention in Libya to
The centerpiece of President Obama’s Africa Summit appears to be a new “Power Africa” that envisions a commitment of as much as $7 billion in government spending and loan guarantees and $9 billion in private-sector investments to help bring electricity
Having rid Mosul of its Christian population, the terrorist group ISIS – now the Islamic State – has begun targeting a small population of Iraqis known as Yazidis, who have fled the now-ISIS-controlled town of Sinjar and are living on a mountaintop
Over the past week the terror group Islamic State (formerly ISIS) surged ahead on multiple fronts and scored numerous victories, leaving a wake of death and destruction. Hundreds of Yezidis have reportedly been killed in the city of Sinjar in
The Indonesian government announced on Monday that public support for the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), now rebranded as the Islamic State, is illegal in the nation, as well as the publication of any pro-ISIS propaganda.
A Swedish political leader has said the Islamism is the “Nazism and Communism of our time”. The Local reports that Jimmie Åkesson, leader of the Sweden Democrats party, told a crowd of supporters that all organisations related to Islamism should
Two men arrested in India over the weekend deny that they are supporters of the terrorist group Islamic State (formerly the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, ISIS), despite appearing in a widely distributed image of 26 Muslim men wearing
The Yezidis, a religious minority that number 300,000 – 700,000 in Kurdistan, face extermination as the Islamic State (IS), formerly ISIS, spread its Caliphate through northern Iraq. The Pershmerga, the Kurdish army, protects the religious minority, but the soldiers lack
Australia will toughen laws to target home-grown terrorists and those who fight overseas over fears violent jihadist citizens in Syria and Iraq will return home, officials said Tuesday. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the terror threat to Australia had not
Reports surfaced this weekend of the worst ethnic violence experienced in China since 2009, with more than 100 people killed in attacks by individuals the government claims are Uyghur Islamist extremists in Xinjiang. Chinese state media report the government is
For many, the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement began in 2005. This movement calls for the economic, cultural, and academic boycott of Israel. However, it is much older than 2005. The movement goes back to the beginning of
The highly polished publicity wing of the terrorist group Islamic State, now trying to establish itself as a sovereign nation, continues to publish high-production videos to encourage Muslims around the world to abandon their lives and families and move to
A Demand for Action, a global group formed in June to raise awareness of Christian treatment in Iraq and Syria, held a rally in Los Angeles on Saturday to draw attention to the persecution of Christians by the jihadist terror group,
