
Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel gave an interview to Foreign Policy, billed as his first public interview since he was forced out of office in February. He said the White House sought to personally “destroy” him during his final days.
by John Hayward19 Dec 2015, 10:31 AM PST0

President Obama gave the top 10 reasons Americans should be optimistic during 2016, a list that included the Paris climate agreement, the omnibus, and “Standing strong against terrorism” during Saturday’s Weekly Address. Transcript as Follows: “Hi, everybody. It’s the most
by Ian Hanchett19 Dec 2015, 8:59 AM PST0

Contents: Taiwan may reverse South China Sea policy and oppose China; Burundi calls planned African Union peacekeeping force ‘an attack’
by John J. Xenakis19 Dec 2015, 8:19 AM PST0

Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala told reporters this week that the government has prevented more than 36,000 people from crossing into Syria to join the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
by Mary Chastain19 Dec 2015, 6:52 AM PST0

Friday on PBS’s “NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks reacted to President Barack Obama’s end-of-the-year press conference in which the president continued to say progress was being made in the fight against ISIS. Brooks said that claim was in
by Jeff Poor19 Dec 2015, 6:38 AM PST0

A Muslim pizzeria owner in upstate New York admitted to law enforcement he attempted to recruit fighters for the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
by Edwin Mora18 Dec 2015, 7:56 PM PST0

Yazidi activists released a video that shows the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) tearing apart families and abducting the girls and women to be their sex slaves.
by Mary Chastain18 Dec 2015, 10:27 AM PST0

Reports have surfaced, as has denial with equal fortitude, that the head of the Iranian Regime’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, General Qassem Soleimani, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow last week.
by Adelle Nazarian18 Dec 2015, 9:35 AM PST0

The largest piece of terra nullius in the world is one step closer to having an internationally-recognized government again. The two governments of Libya have signed a UN-brokered agreement to begin building a state in Tripoli, though members of both factions have loudly protested any such deal.
by Frances Martel18 Dec 2015, 8:57 AM PST0

The Chinese government is launching an international campaign to keep Islamic State and other terrorist propaganda off the internet following a new push by the jihadi group to recruit Chinese nationals to fight in Syria and Iraq.
by Frances Martel18 Dec 2015, 7:18 AM PST0

For the first time in months Islamic State militants mounted a major attack in northern Iraq late Wednesday, but its forces were soundly repelled by Kurdish Peshmerga forces aided by U.S. and coalition air strikes.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.18 Dec 2015, 5:09 AM PST0

President Obama’s address to the nation after the massacre in San Bernardino California was not particularly revelatory or comforting. Now more than ever, Americans want to hear that we are safe and protected. It remains unclear if anything has or will be done to make us feel safe again.
by Nadia Al Sultani17 Dec 2015, 7:30 PM PST0

TEL AVIV – Two articles published in major newspapers this week highlight the ongoing biased media coverage of the wave of Palestinian terror against Israelis, a media watchdog is charging.
by Deborah Danan17 Dec 2015, 5:42 PM PST0

Much discussion of encrypted online communications after the Paris terror attack has transpired, though no evidence existed that the ISIS operatives, who killed 130 people, employed such techniques–until now.
by John Hayward17 Dec 2015, 1:56 PM PST0

Former DIA Director Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn (Ret.) argued that President Obama needs to admit his ISIS strategy isn’t working, and that the president “didn’t want to hear…this sort of drumbeat that this Islamic radicalism is on the rise” in
by Ian Hanchett17 Dec 2015, 10:10 AM PST0

Wednesday in Washington, D.C. at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said terrorists from groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) could attempt to “exploit” the Untied States refugee system.
by Pam Key17 Dec 2015, 8:11 AM PST0

In a press conference Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin praised GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump as a “bright personality” and “talented” person.
by Mary Chastain17 Dec 2015, 7:55 AM PST0

The number of Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) supporters in Afghanistan who have expressed a desire to attack the United States is growing, warned Gen. John Campbell, the top commander of American and NATO forces in the country.
by Edwin Mora16 Dec 2015, 8:59 PM PST0

Secretary of State John Kerry formally accepted Russian demands during talks in Moscow this week to keep Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in power.
by John Hayward16 Dec 2015, 4:17 PM PST0

An essay in this week’s issue of The Economist suggests that for the first time since its birth, the Islamic State may be running aground on financial shoals, prompting some “to ask whether IS will survive.”
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.16 Dec 2015, 1:40 PM PST0

The Islamic State already controls eighty percent of the oil in Syria, but it’s looking for more… and it is sizing up the oil fields of Libya and Egypt for conquest.
by John Hayward16 Dec 2015, 1:16 PM PST0

WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republicans and Democrats, in a rare show of bipartisanship, came together to pass legislation that requires the Obama administration to produce a strategy to combat terrorists’ use of social media.
by Edwin Mora16 Dec 2015, 1:10 PM PST0

JAFFA, Israel – Mujtahid Bin Hareth Bin Hammaam, the prominent Saudi blogger and critic of the ruling elite, claimed on Twitter that Saudi Arabia’s announcement of an “Islamic military alliance” may not be what it seems. Hammaam is well-known in
by Ali Waked16 Dec 2015, 1:07 PM PST0

EILAT, Israel – Saudi Arabia’s newly announced “Islamic military alliance” purportedly meant to fight terrorism continues to unravel, with Pakistani officials saying on Wednesday the country was not consulted before their nation was announced as a member of the 34-country bloc.
by Aaron Klein16 Dec 2015, 12:47 PM PST0

A group of 50 Syriac Christian females have decided to pick up arms and fight against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
by Mary Chastain16 Dec 2015, 12:33 PM PST0