Daily Beast: Town Shames ISIS Chief ‘Cersei Lannister-Style’—and Then Executes Him
It was an execution designed to humiliate the local ISIS leader. And it seemed to be ripped right out of the screenplay for ‘Game of Thrones.’
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World View: Possible Rapprochement in the Works Between Hamas and Saudi Arabia
Contents: Car bombs target Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza; Possible rapprochement in the works between Hamas and Saudi Arabia; Greece’s banks to reopen at start of another stormy week
Cameron Blames ‘Conspiracy Theories’ As He Announces 5-Year Plan to Tackle Radical Islam
Today the Prime Minister will outline a five-year plan to tackle extremism, blaming what he will call Muslim “conspiracy theories” and “failures of intergration.” At a Birmingham School, before a largely Muslim audience, he will promise to confront radical Islam’s “intolerant
Hillary Clinton Posts Ramadan Well Wishes One Day after Chattanooga Shooting
On Friday, Presidential candidate and Democratic frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton posted well wishes on Twitter to the Muslims celebrating Ramadan–just one day after five military members were killed in the Chattanooga, Tennessee shooting at a military recruiting center and a U.S. Navy facility.
Amid New Wave of Attacks, Egypt Strengthens U.S. Ties
In a recent conversation, a senior Egyptian security official stated that Egypt needs the technological tools to monitor the borders, especially the western borders, “that is where large numbers of recruits and terrorists come. We have to monitor people and arms smuggling. Tunisia is the largest recruiter of the Mujahedeen,” he said. Tunisians make up the largest group of foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria, estimated at about 3,000.
431 Islamic State Suspects Arrested – Attacks Prevented
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior has announced the arrest of 431 suspected terrorists linked to Islamic State, preventing suicide attacks on mosques, security forces and a diplomatic mission. The announcement came after Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for Thursday’s car bomb attack at a security
World View: The Arab World is Disintegrating into War
Contents: Behind the scenes in the Iran nuclear deal; The Arab world is disintegrating into war; Saudi Arabia conducts major anti-terrorism sweep against ISIS; Massive bomb attack in Iraq market kills over 130
Cameron Making His Case for Air-Strikes in Syria Despite Parliamentary Defeat
Prime Minister David Cameron wants Britain to do more to help the United States destroy Islamic State in Syria, he said in an interview broadcast on Sunday. Britain conducts regular strikes against IS militants in Iraq but has so far
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Car Bomb Attack in Saudi Capital
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack at a security point in Riyadh near Saudi Arabia’s highest security prison, according to several news reports.
Syrian Accused of Hacking 3,500 Websites to Praise Charlie Hebdo Killers Detained in Bulgaria
A 21-year-old Syrian hacker who allegedly belongs to the jihadi “Middle East Cyber Army” has been detained by authorities in Bulgaria, where he has lived with his family for most of his life. The most notorious achievement of which he has been accused involved hacking 3,500 websites around the world to post messages praising the slaughter at the Charlie Hebdo magazine offices in Paris.
ISIS Celebrates Eid with Video of Child Beheading Syrian Soldier
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) forced a “Cub of a Caliphate,” the nickname for their child soldiers, to behead an abducted Syrian soldier. They released the video as Ramadan comes to an end.
ISIS Affiliate Claims It Launched Rocket Attack on Egyptian Navy Ship
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) affiliate in Egypt’s Sinai claimed it destroyed an Egyptian navy vessel off the peninsula’s Mediterranean coast with rockets, various news outlets report.
SECRET SORTIES: UK Aircraft in Action Over Syria Despite Parliamentary Vote AGAINST Intervention
British pilots have been taking part in coalition bombing raids against the Islamic State in Syria, a freedom of information request has revealed. Flight by British pilot officers across war-zone Syria in apparent defiance of a 2013 commons vote to not
ISIS Attacks Australian Reality Show Participants Visiting Refugees in Syria
The participants on Australian reality show Go Back Where You Came From experienced a hail of real gunfire from Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) militants while attempting to visit a refugee camp in Syria. Portions of that attack have been released as a trailer for the show’s premiere at the end of July.
US Forces Return Artifacts Stolen by ISIS
On Wednesday, the United States returned to Iraq stolen antiquities captured in a raid on ISIS.
World View: ISIS-Linked Terrorists Sink Egyptian Navy Ship Amid Suez Canal Expansion
Contents: ISIS-linked terrorists sink Egyptian navy ship; Attack on Egypt’s navy boat comes amid plans for Suez Canal expansion; Both Greece and Germany in political disarray after IMF bailout statement
Official: ISIS Will Use Women to Attack Christian Sites Across Europe
The president of the Centre for Strategy, Military and Security Studies in Syria told the Daily Mail the all-female Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) group, Al-Khansaa Brigade, is expected to attempt attacks on Christian sites in Europe.
Former Italian PM Backs Farage: Russia is Useful Against ISIS, Stop Attacking Her
Former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has reiterated UKIP leader Nigel Farage’s comments from earlier this week, when he claimed that Russia was useful in the fight against ISIS, and that the West should look to the country as an
Jewish Holocaust Survivor Saving Christians from ISIS to ‘Repay Debt’
Lord Weidenfeld, an influential British publisher who was helped by Christians to escape Nazi-occupied Austria during his youth, has set up a fund to help save Syrian and Iraqi Christian refugees from the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group.
ISIS Video: 12-Year-Old Boy Tosses Bodies into Bloody Tigris River
The Daily Mail continues to release bits of a 22-minute video that shows the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) massacre at the Speicher military base in Tikrit. This time the clip shows a 12-year-old boy killing people and throwing bodies into the Tigris River.
Report: ISIS Blows Up Baby to Teach Bomb-Making Techniques
According to a report from an Iraqi security official, ISIS found a new low to sink to when it used an orphaned baby to demonstrate improvised explosive devices to a gaggle of recruits.
Obama Punts Victory Against ISIS To The Next President
“I think my key goal when I turn over the keys to the president — the next president, is that we are on track to defeat ISIL,” he said, expressing optimism that they would be “much more contained.” He admitted that the civil war in Syria was an “open sore” in the Middle East, but that it would require all local factions to solve the problem – including Iran.
Report: Shiite Militia Attack Prompts ISIS to Declare a State of Emergency in Fallujah
The Shiite militia movement in Iraq known as Hashd al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Units, has launched an attack to retake Fallujah from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), prompting the jihadist group to declare a state of emergency inside the city, Rudaw reports quoting an Iraqi military source.
The Driving Force Behind Syrian Kurdish Soldiers Fighting ISIS: Their Moms
As the Syrian Kurdish army, the YPG and YPJ, continues its fight against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), a battalion of fighters’ mothers man the kitchens and galleys ensuring their armies do not go hungry.
Iraq’s Christians Seek Autonomous Community in a Free Kurdistan
Iraq’s Assyrian Christian population is seeking to reclaim territory they have lost to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) since they overtook the region last summer and to create an autonomous region for themselves–in a free Kurdistan.
