
On MSNBC’s “Taking The Hill” on Sunday, host Patrick Murphy, a former Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania, interviewed House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and discussed the U.S. effort against ISIS. According to the California Democrat, the fight is an “enormous challenge,” but she
by Jeff Poor25 May 2015, 7:32 AM PST0

On CNN’s State of the Union Sunday morning, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter expressed frustration about the poor performance of Iraqi military forces at Ramadi.
by John Hayward25 May 2015, 6:57 AM PST0

With the official Iraqi army defeated, Iraqi militias have gathered arms and advanced to Ramadi to counter the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), who recently captured the key town. The militias also hope to stop the terrorist group from entering Baghdad, which is only 70 miles to the west.
by Mary Chastain25 May 2015, 6:53 AM PST0

More than 90 people — including at least 11 children — have been executed by ISIS fighters in the central Syrian city of Palmyra in the last seven days, the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told CNN on Sunday.
by Breitbart News25 May 2015, 6:46 AM PST0

This past weekend, Congressman Ryan Zinke (R-MT) joined Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow for a special Memorial Day edition of Breitbart News Radio. Zinke shared with the listening audience his insights into the fall of the city of Ramadi, Iraq, to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and the release of information about documents from the Navy SEAL Team Six Osama bin Laden raid.
by Michelle Moons25 May 2015, 6:06 AM PST0

There is no commitment to America’s fighting men and women that President Barack Obama has not broken. When he ran for office in 2008, he promised to leave a residual force in Iraq to secure that country against external meddling and internal collapse. When he took office, President George W. Bush handed over a relatively stable and secure Iraq, thanks to the “surge” Obama opposed, and thanks to the sacrifices made by thousands of Americans, killed and wounded in battle.
by Joel B. Pollak25 May 2015, 5:00 AM PST0

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday to address the Kurdish forces that are willing to fight ISIS, saying that the U.S. needs to arm the Kurds to assist in fighting the terrorist group
by Trent Baker24 May 2015, 9:53 PM PST0

Contents: US administration’s strategy in Iraq continues to fail; Obama administration’s rhetoric changes dramatically on Sunday; Some reports suggest intentional loss of Ramadi by Iraq’s government
by John J. Xenakis24 May 2015, 7:56 PM PST0

DAILY MAIL: Eyewitnesses have reported the streets are strewn with bodies – the latest victims of the Islamic State’s unrelenting savagery — on the same day photographs of captured Syrian soldiers have emerged.
by Breitbart News24 May 2015, 7:53 PM PST0

HUFFPO: ISIS’ recent victory in seizing the key Iraqi city of Ramadi — a defeat that even the State Department called a major setback in the U.S.-led fight against the group — is forcing top Obama administration officials to wrestle with an uncomfortable reality: its main regional ally may not be up for the fight.
by Breitbart News24 May 2015, 7:25 PM PST0

This weekend on “Fox News Sunday,” former Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said the Obama administration is losing to ISIS because “they are blinded by their own ideology.” When asked about President Barack Obama’s claim last week that
by Pam Key24 May 2015, 1:54 PM PST0

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” in commenting on the city of Ramadi falling to ISIS last week, Defense Secretary Ash Carter suggested he had a lack of confidence in the Iraqi army’s ability to take on ISIS. Carter said,
by Pam Key24 May 2015, 9:35 AM PST0

Sunday’s broadcast of ABC’s “This Week” highlighted ISIS’s new claim that the Islamic terror group is growing financially so quickly it could buy its first nuclear weapon within a year. ABC News’ Alex Marquardt reported, “This morning, ISIS is on
by Pam Key24 May 2015, 7:24 AM PST0

Five former pupils of a north London school dubbed the “socialists’ Eton” have died fighting as jihadis in Iraq and Syria. Holland Park School, founded in 1958 gained a reputation as the left-wing Eton thanks to luminaries of the socialist movement,
by Donna Rachel Edmunds24 May 2015, 7:05 AM PST0

The UK must confront IS in Syria and Iraq by putting fighting troops on the ground. To do anything else will enable radical Islam to continue marching on through North Africa and potentially into southern Europe and the Balkans – the historic
by Simon Kent24 May 2015, 2:01 AM PST0

Another scene from the ongoing collapse of President Obama’s Iraq policy comes to us from the crucial Iraqi oil refinery of Beiji, where Iranian artillery and heavy weapons are backing Iraqi forces against ISIS, while the Obama Administration watches helplessly and hopes the media doesn’t notice.
by John Hayward23 May 2015, 6:15 PM PST0

MSNBC host Chris Matthews declared, “it doesn’t look like our policy, our program of going after ISIS is working” on Friday’s “Hardball.” Matthews said, “right now, it doesn’t look like our policy, our program of going after ISIS is working
by Ian Hanchett23 May 2015, 5:45 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has published an article in the latest issue of its magazine, Dabiq, by jihadi bride Umm Summayyah, estimating that First Lady Michelle Obama is only worth $40 on the terrorist group’s slave market. Summayyah also defends the rape of thousands of Yazidi females.
by Mary Chastain23 May 2015, 5:31 PM PST0

CAIRO (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in Saudi Arabia, warning that more “black days” loom ahead in a direct challenge to the rulers of the Sunni kingdom.
by Breitbart News23 May 2015, 4:23 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) captured Palmyra, a historic city in Syria that serves as a home to a treasure trove of ancient artifacts. Dread filled historians as pictures surfaced of an ISIS flag on a 100-year-old castle.
by Mary Chastain23 May 2015, 12:34 PM PST0

U.S. News & World Report Chairman Mort Zuckerman argued, “we are going to be pushed out of large parts of that — the world” in a discussion on ISIS on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” After fellow panelist Tom Rogan said that
by Ian Hanchett23 May 2015, 11:57 AM PST0

Charting President Obama’s relationship with the media that passively-aggressively adores him is tricky. More than once, he’s seemingly angered or dismayed them enough to trigger a paradigm shift, only to have the paradigm slip right back to the usual worship of a titan striding across history.
by John Hayward23 May 2015, 11:44 AM PST0

The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested two California men for aspiring to join ISIS.
by Robert Wilde23 May 2015, 8:26 AM PST0

ISIS jihadis are complaining in online forums that the best suicide missions in Iraq and Syria are being handed to those with the right “connections” through their Saudi Arabian friends and families. The Express reports that preacher Kamil Abu Sultan
by Breitbart London23 May 2015, 8:15 AM PST0

The United States and its allies have staged 22 air strikes on Islamic State targets since Friday, including four near Ramadi, the city taken by the militants this week, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
by Breitbart News23 May 2015, 7:57 AM PST0