Skokie, Illinois – Over 200 Jews, Christians and Hindus from the Chicago area gathered at Ezra Habonim/Niles Township Jewish Congregation in the northern suburb of Skokie to raise awareness and humanitarian aid for the Yazidi population under attack from the Islamic State of
Last week, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop issued a ban on Australians traveling to Syria’s Raqqa province, which is held by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). It is the first time Bishop used the powers invested to her under the terrorism laws.
Patriarch Louis Sako, head of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq, has said that the U.S.-led bombing campaign is insufficient to defeat Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists, “especially when there are no troops on the ground providing assistance.” Not long ago,
House Speaker John Boehner’s 1,603-page, $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill gives $500 million worth of weapons and other aid to the “vetted” Syrian rebels fighting against Bashar Al-Assad. On page 426 of the massive bill, Boehner’s House Appropriations Committee chairman
The Armenian Students Association (ASA) at UCLA is seeking to draft a resolution which would require the University of California Board of Regents to divest from the Republic of Turkey. The resolution, which will be presented to the Undergraduates Student Association
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Canada and Britain close their Cairo Egypt embassies over security concerns State of Palestine joins the International Criminal Court Canada and Britain close their Cairo Egypt embassies over security concerns British Embassy in Cairo
Two British twins who fled to Syria to become ‘jihadi brides’ have both become widows. Salma and Zahra Halane left their home in Chorlton, Greater Manchester, in June to fly to Turkey in the middle of the night as their
The Al-Nusrah Front, the main al-Qeada affiliate in Syria, has released photos that it claims shows a United Nations armored vehicle being used to carry out a suicide car bomb attack against the Bashar Assad regime, reports The Long War Journal.
In another move that will surely generate controversy and conversation within Iraq’s sectarian political environment, over the weekend, former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki blamed the Kurdish leadership for “masterminding” the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terror group’s takeover of the city
Kurdish news outlet Rudaw is reporting that high-ranking Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) commander Abu Abdullah Kosovoi was killed by a roadside bomb on Sunday inside of Mosul, Iraq. The Mosul Brigades, a group of ordinary citizens fighting against the Islamic State, are allegedly
David Cameron will travel to Turkey tomorrow to hold talks with the Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over growing concerns that the country is being used as a staging post for British jihadists to travel to
Numerous reports have surfaced that, in addition to selling oil and Yazidi sex slaves on the black market, the Islamic State terrorist group has begun selling the organs of young, dead jihadis and assorted captives to generate more income for
On Tuesday, Lebanese authorities detained what they believed were the wife and son of Islamic State “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Officials now state that DNA tests have confirmed Lebanon has, in custody, al-Baghdadi’s daughter and ex-wife. Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk
The head of the U.S. Africa Command said the Islamic State has established training camps in eastern Libya. Gen. David Rodriguez, while briefing Pentagon reporters on December 3, added that the United States continues to search for the “network” behind
Just the other day, Hillary Clinton told a half-empty auditorium in Georgetown that her vision of “smart power” included empathizing with America’s enemies and respecting them. Presumably that includes the murderers of Ambassador Chris Stevens and his defenders, whose
BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State group fighters stormed parts of a sprawling army air base Saturday in eastern Syria after days of clashes that killed dozens on both sides, activists said. The sprawling base, outside the city of Deir el-Zour,
The Islamic State (IS/ISIS/ISIL) has instituted a female police force whose mission is to ensure a shariah-compliant society and manage brothels stocked with Yazidi women who were forced into sex slavery. The group is said to be called the Al-Khansa
Iranian fighter jets have begun bombing the Islamic State in Iraq and France said it will increase aerial bombardments against the jihadists as the U.S.-led coalition met for the first time since the group began conquering large territory in Iraq
A pair of British former soldiers fighting against jihadis in Syria have spoken out about their experience, saying of their decision to confront terrorism: “I’m a firm believer that if you want to do something you have to do it
Islamic State group jihadists are closing in on the government-held Deir Ezzor air base in eastern Syria, nearly surrounding its beleaguered garrison, a monitoring group said on Friday. IS fighters seized the village of Al-Jaffrah, adjacent to the base, leaving
Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, who was reelected this year in an election the United States government deemed a “sham,” asserted the legitimacy of his government and insisted that the Obama administration is supporting the Islamic State in a wide-ranging interview with
You wouldn’t know it from its website, but the University of Mosul, previously one of Iraq’s most formidable academic institutions, is facing an existential threat. The jihadist terror group the Islamic State has reopened it as an Islamist institution, and
Islamic State terrorists are now claiming on social media that they have a “dirty bomb” in their possession. ISIS-affiliated users initially professed the information on Twitter, and added they had stolen 40 kg of Uranium from Mosul University after the
Reports of Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) brothels run by British women flooded the media in September. Unfortunately, the situation only worsened in the past two months. Young girls in Britain tell people how desperate they are to run to the terrorist
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Nigeria mobilizing thousands of vigilantes to fight Boko Haram Iran strongly denies it’s targeting ISIS with airstrikes, despite video Nigeria mobilizing thousands of vigilantes to fight Boko Haram Vigilante fighter in Nigeria (AP) The
