Two British schoolgirls who ran away to join jihadis in Syria were model students who scored top marks in their school leaving exams. The Mail reports that Zahra and Salma Halane, both aged 16, were among the best students at
(Reuters) – One night last week, Islamic State militants in an SUV with tinted windows pulled up at the home of a former Iraqi army officer, one of the men they see as an obstacle to their goal of establishing
The jihadist terror group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), now rebranded as the Islamic State, have been described as some of the savviest recruiters in the global network of jihadists. A New York Times report seems to confirm this,
Congress should say no to Obama’s proposal to spend $500 million to train and equip yet another Islamist rebel group. Hillary Clinton tells us she never could have foreseen what is currently taking place in Iraq. Her years as Secretary
China is becoming one of the strongest looming presences in the war for control of Iraq. The nation–the largest oil client the Iraqi government has–sent a special envoy this week to speak to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and promised continued
Reports coming out of eastern Syria Monday revealed that several factions within the Syrian opposition force known as the Free Syrian Army (FSA) have pledged services to the Islamic State, the group formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq
Today, President Obama appears in the pages of Ha’aretz— on the very day that Israel’s left-wing newspaper is hosting a “peace” conference at which Obama’s anointed (anti-)Israel Lobby is also present: J Street’s Peter Beinart, Avi Shavit, Gideon Levy, et
Two days after conquering Mosul, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS)–now simply the Islamic State (IS)–ordered people to send their unmarried women to perform their “jihad by sex” obligation. According to the Assyrian International News Agency, the decree
The terrorist jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), now rebranded as the Islamic State, has previously paraded stolen American-made vehicles and used weapons from Saddam Hussein’s old arsenal to fight the Iraqi military. Reports surface now that
In a rare public appearance at Mosul, Iraq’s Great Mosque, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the group formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), now called the Islamic State, revealed an expensive wristwatch known as a symbol of
A British extremist has taken to twitter to say an Islamic State would capture Downing Street and hold executions in Trafalgar Square. Abu Dugam al-Britani, has issued a series of chilling warnings of a “holy war” in Britain, according to
On Saturday, news was leaked to Iraqi media that Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri Maliki, has decided to appoint his son as the ultimate authority in charge of the army. According to the leaks, Maliki has also forced out several top
Today, as Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, USMC, languishes in a Mexican prison for a fourth month–he was arrested on minor charges on March 31–many Americans are frustrated by the Obama administration’s obvious lack of concern. Yet it doesn’t have to be like
The jihadist Islamic State group has expelled more than 30,000 people from their homes in the eastern Syrian town of Shuheil, a monitoring group said on Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said IS had “forced out” some 30,000
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) slammed President Barack Obama’s foreign policy for the rise of ISIS in Iraq. “This is not like a hurricane or earthquake” he said. “This didn’t have to happen. This is
In what served as a confirmation of troop presence in Iraq, Iranian state media reported the death of an Iranian military pilot defending the city of Samarra, Iraq from jihadists associated with the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS,
A video purported to show Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi delivering a July 4 sermon in Mosul, and ordering Muslims to “obey” his calls for “jihad,” is being described as “indisputably” fake by an Iraqi government spokesman. As
The Big and Lethal Lies are coming at us faster and harder than ever before. ISIS has just crucified eight Muslim men for not being “extreme” enough in their Islamic practice. They kept their bodies on display in a
After reports their leader was killed in an attack ISIS has released a video filmed in a mosque in the city of Mosul allegedly showing the first public appearance of it’s leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi giving a Ramadan sermon
BBC Newsnight interviewed an Iraqi advisor on ISIS, Hisham al-Hashimi about an extensive network of safe houses throughout Baghdad waiting with detailed plans for their leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to declare the “zero hour” which will launch a highly coordinated
Three weeks ago, President Obama promised that the United States “will not be sending U.S. troops back into combat” in Iraq. But Foreign Policy magazine (FP) just reported that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey acknowledged that
Islamist terrorist groups may try to “out-jihad” each other with spectacular attacks on the West, according to an article by Quilliam think-tank member Charlie Cooper. Writing for the Left Foot Forward website, Cooper – who works for the counter-extremism think
A British-born jihadi who claims to be fighting in Syria has branded his former country “pure evil” and said he will only return to the UK when the “black flag of Islam” is hanging outside Buckingham Palace. According to the
Nine Syrian rebel and jihadist groups fighting against President Bashar al-Assad have issued a collective statement against the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), with some leaders affiliated with al-Qaeda calling the declaration of an Islamic Caliphate
Perhaps more than any other jihadist terror group in the world, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS–or, as they now refer to themselves, the Islamic State), boasts a great variety of nationalities in its ranks and a significant
