Fighters from the Al Nusra front, the group known as Syria’s Al Qaeda affiliate, has taken an oath of allegiance to support the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) militant Islamist group. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human rights
How could a force of less than 15,000 fighters overrun a lavishly equipped modern army 20 times its size with no outside help? In the case of ISIS, the answer is that it could not, and did not, overrun Sunni
Already noted by those notoriously hawkish hacks at the Washington Free Beacon, it is quite apparent that the below clip from the hit British political sitcom ‘Yes, Prime Minister’ is the best summing up of the West’s foreign policy position
Umayyah Naji Jabara, an adviser to the governor of Salahuddin and one of the most prominent female politicians in Iraq, was killed this week while leading an attack on the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). The politician is
The jihadist terror group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has excelled compared to similar groups in its use of online social media to attract younger, Western minds to its apocalyptic philosophy and culture of death. It is now
Iran is escalating its military presence in Iraq by flying surveillance drones over the nation to track the movements of Sunni jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that United States officials have
BEIRUT (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up in his room at a Beirut hotel Wednesday as Lebanese security forces raided the premises, causing an explosion that sent flames and a dark cloud of black smoke billowing out of
Syrian fighter bombers hit the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) targets in the Iraqi border town of Qaim in Anbar province on June 24th. The bombings were not the first time that the Syrian Air Force has acted against ISIS targets
While the United States has been pondering whether or not to take military action in Iraq, other actors such as Bashar al-Assad’s Syria are replacing the opening in the power vacuum created by the ongoing sectarian bloodshed. Syrian fighter jets
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com The Iraqi catastrophe worsens as European youth join ISIS ISIS conducts sophisticated media campaign to attract European youth Russia may revoke its March 1 resolution authorizing Ukraine invasion Boko Haram in Nigeria abducts 60
While Iraqi government officials continue to claim that they are making advances in defeating the jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), Kurdish forces on the ground report that ISIS has begun to slowly isolate Baghdad, targeting cities
GENEVA (AP) — More than 1,000 people, the vast majority of them civilians, have been killed in Iraq this month as Sunni insurgents overtook key areas of the country, the United Nations said Tuesday. The new findings from the U.N.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday ruled out forming a national emergency government to confront a Sunni militant offensive that has overrun large parts of the country. Maliki’s electoral bloc won by far the most seats in April 30
The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, is under fire for calling for members of his United Malays National Organization (UMNO) Party to follow the example of radical Islamist terrorists the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS),
As the jihadist terror group the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has made major gains in northern Iraq and Syria, jihadists across the globe have used social media to promote their cause more effectively than any such group
In an interview that aired on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity” on Tuesday, former Vice President Dick Cheney once again took aim at the Obama administration for being responsible for the United States’ decreased presence in the world, one of which
The cause of a U.S. Navy sailor’s death during a routine parachute training jump remains unknown, reports CNN. The accident occurred in the desert near the southern California city of El Centro on Monday. The sailor has been identified as 31-year-old
On Tuesday’s “On the Record” on the Fox News Channel, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was interviewed by host Greta van Susteren about a full Senate briefing held moments earlier about the pending situation in Iraq and Syria involving ISIS given
As a precondition for US involvement in the region, Iraq has reportedly given assurances to President Obama that the United States military will be protected from being prosecuted in Iraqi courts, U.S. officials stated Monday. “The commander in chief would
An estimated 150 to 300 Australian citizens are fighting for ISIS in Iraq and Syria, making the Aussies the highest foreign per-capita contributors to the militant Islamist group. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said of the increase in radicalized jihadis
Facebook has removed a string of pages which sold clothing and action figures promoting the Islamic terrorist organization ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria/Levant) after the Silicon Valley-based tech giant was probed by Foxnews.com as why the pages had not
A week after an NBC News poll showed that the American people had lost faith in Obama’s competence and ability to lead, a new CBS News/New York Times poll has even worse news for a president embattled by his own
As much as the story of Sunni jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) is one of military victory, it is one of the jihadist movement evolving to learn the ways of online propaganda and social media. Among
The prodigious gains that jihadist terror group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) have made in Iraq have been in large part possible due to an unlikely alliance between ISIS and former members of Saddam Hussein’s Baathist party, who
Tuesday on FNC’s “Fox & Friends,” former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz slammed feckless Secretary of State John Kerry. “When Secretary Kerry goes over there and lectures them about what to do with their government, an awful lot of people
