The Pentagon confirmed Friday morning that the United States has conducted an airstrike on Islamic State (formerly ISIS/ISIL) artillery in Iraq. Rear Adm. John Kirby announced news of the strike on Twitter just moments ago: US military aircraft conduct strike
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday expressed his deep concern about the situation in Iraq and welcomed US President Barack Obama’s decision to authorise air strikes against extremists. But a spokesman for Cameron’s Downing Street office said Britain, which
The BBC has had a tough time over the past few years, and rightly so. Britain’s public broadcaster has been embroiled in paedophilia scandals, monetary crises, bias, negligence and deep internal strife. But no greater example of the organisation’s complete
Israel may be attacking positions held by the terrorist Islamic State, or ISIS, militia. That is one possible conclusion after Kurdish sources reported Thursday that airstrikes had begun in northern Iraq, together with airlifts to help stranded civilians, while the
In response to U.N. Rescues Some of Iraq’s Yazidis Who Have Been Stranded In the Mountains After Fleeing ISIS: More help may be on the way for the tens of thousands of ethnic minorities struggling to survive on Mount Sinjar
Thursday at the White House daily briefing, CBS’s Major Garrett, Fox News Channel’s Ed Henry and ABC’s Jonathan Karl took White House press secretary Josh Earnest to task for his answer that in the face of tens of thousands of
The terrorist group Islamic State, formerly ISIS, has nearly completed a march out of the city of Mosul to the Kurdish capital Erbil, where Kurdish forces, reports say, are working with the Iraqi military to protect their capital. A McClatchy
The terrorist group Islamic State has taken over Qaraqosh, the largest remaining Christian enclave in Iraq. With the conquest of Qaraqosh and a further onslaught north into Assyrian territory, reports have surfaced that up to 200,000 Assyrian Christians have fled
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com ISIS targets 40,000 Yazidis for extermination on a mountaintop Russia appears poised to invade Ukraine, threatening war Panic over Ebola grows as Nigeria declares state of emergency ISIS targets 40,000 Yazidis for extermination on
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
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
Middle East Forum President Daniel Pipes called the recruitment of Western women by jihadists like ISIS a “significant problem” that he believes will continue to grow. On Thursday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Pipes said that appeals to women to raise their children
(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
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
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.
“I believe that everyone has his own fight in life,” Esther Voet has said. “This is my fight.” She describes running CIDI as her “calling.” From the start of the latest conflict in Israel-Gaza (known as “Operation Protective Edge”), the Netherlands’
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 Islamic State (IS), formerly known as ISIS, has launched an initiative to conquer land in Lebanon, even though the terrorist group does not have a strong presence there. The Lebanese army continues to fight after IS captured its first
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
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Israel and Hamas agree to a 3-day Gaza humanitarian ceasefire Syria war spills into Lebanon, as ISIS attacks town of Arsal China reasserts its sovereignty over the South China Sea Israel and Hamas agree
