This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com ISIS captures Iraq’s biggest hydroelectric dam, driving back Kurds Iran trapped in a quagmire supporting both Syria and Iraq Israel faces harsh international criticism over shelling of UN shelter ISIS captures Iraq’s biggest hydroelectric
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called upon his country’s armed forces to help Kurdish forces battle a Sunni militant offensive in northern Iraq that has caused tens of thousands of people from the minority Yazidi community
This story originally appeared in The Daily Beast: KOBANI, Syria — As a 14-year-old whom we’ll call Lawand sat in the jail cell he shared with 21 other teens, he could hear his friends screaming from what inmates called the
ISIS militants could flood some of Iraq’s most important cities after capturing the country’s biggest dam. Fighters from the jihadist group seized control of the Mosul Dam from the Kurds last night in their first major victory of Kurdish army,
Did you see the photograph of the Middle Eastern boy blown apart in an explosion? I did, unfortunately. Someone insisted on posting it in my Twitter timeline. For my education, presumably. The boy – no older than five – was
DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — A spokesman for Iraq’s minority Yazidi community says tens of thousands of its members have fled their homes after Sunni militants from the extremist Islamic State group captured their towns. Jawhar Ali Begg, the spokesman, says
The Islamic State (ISIS), an organization of terrorists, took control of Iraq’s largest dam as well as an oilfield and three towns on Sunday after crushing Kurdish forces, Reuters reported. According to the report, seizing control of “the electricity-generating Mosul Dam,
Over 6,000 Assyrian Christians gathered in Belmore Park in Australia to raise awareness of the inhumane treatment Christians receive by the Islamic State (IS), formerly known as ISIS, in Syria and Iraq. The terrorist group is raging a war against
The jihadist terror group Islamic State is still waging a war in Syria and Iraq with minimal international attention. As columnist Kirsten Powers pointed out, the Iraqi Christians are “begging the world to help,” and no one is listening. Andrew
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State Sunni insurgents have captured the northern Iraqi town of Zumar and a nearby oil field after a battle with Kurdish forces who had control of the area, witnesses said on Sunday. Islamic State, which staged
On Saturday, a massive pro-Palestine and anti-Israel protest took place in Washington D.C. in front of the White House. The crowd, which numbered around 10,000 according to a DC police officer, shouted chants of “free, free Palestine,” “end the genocide,”
Turkey, a hot spot for radical Islamists, admitted there are over 1,000 Turkish radicals in the Islamic State (IS), formerly known as ISIS or ISIL. It is another black eye for the NATO country after an IS fighter claimed that the
Special Operations Petty Officer 1st Class Carl Higbie is seeking accountability for the politicization of the military he witnessed while in the Navy SEALS. Higbie saw this politicization affect the lives of others through death of a fellow SEAL, killed
More Muslims are speaking out against the Islamic State (IS), formerly known as ISIS. Two Muslim leaders in Indonesia condemned the group and those who support it, while the Supreme Religious Authority in Iraq asked the world to help the
Conservative Washington Post columnist George Will: [U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)], however, looks, sounds and acts like a real, as opposed to faculty club, leftist. Although he is a Yale graduate, he has the rumpled look and hoarse voice of
Britain will have just one tank regiment from today, meaning that it will have more horses than tanks, and will only be able to field around tanks in a war. The Times reports that thousands will gather in Wiltshire today
Kurdish troops fought off a jihadist attack on an oil facility and a dam near the Iraqi city of Mosul but lost 14 of their number in intense combat, Kurdish sources said Saturday. The Islamic State, which controls the northern
Lebanese TV station LBCI is adding the Arabic letter “N” to its name in solidarity with Iraqi Christians, who are being persecuted for their faith by the jihadist terror group Islamic State. Supporters of Christians on social media adopted the Arabic
The Islamic terrorist group known as the “Islamic State in Iraq and Syria” (ISIS) is making itself more visible in the West now. Newsweek is reporting Pro-ISIS demonstrators calling for “death to Jews” in the Netherlands. German news outlets reported
Omar al-Shishani, a Chechen leader of the terrorist group Islamic State, appeared prominently in a recently released propaganda video touring a children’s terrorist training camp run by the group. The video indicates that the military strategist does not fear being
The Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS, told Palestine the terrorist group will join its fight against the “barbaric Jews” but urged patience until ISIS is finished in Arab countries. The group wants to weaken the United States in Arab
(Reuters) – The semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq is pressing the Obama administration for sophisticated weapons it says Kurdish fighters need to push back Islamist militants threatening their region, Kurdish and U.S. officials said. A Kurdish official said the
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his security officials are to blame for the rise of Sunni insurgents who have seized parts of Iraq, the country’s Kurdish foreign minister said. Hoshiyar Zebari’s comments are likely to further
In 1988 I did a film called Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami. It was the brain child of George Englund who produced and directed The Ugly American. He was a wonderfully brilliant fellow who ran both Marlon
The Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS, released a video to celebrate Eid, which marks the last day of Ramadan. The 30-minute video contained clips of the jihadists murdering young men and Iraqi soldiers. The video, no longer available, was apparently
