
Islamic State supporters on Twitter are using the platform to attack Twitter itself, threatening the life of co-founder Jack Dorsey and the safety of those in the site’s headquarters in the United States.
by John Hayward4 Mar 2015, 9:35 AM PST0

The headless corpse of Mansour Saad Awad, an Egyptian Christian, has been found by Libyan security forces on the outskirts of the town of Mechili, in eastern Libya. The victim of the barbaric murder worked in a poultry farm in the area. No one has yet stepped forward to take credit for the slaying, but the m.o. matches the preferred execution style of the Islamic State (ISIS).
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.4 Mar 2015, 6:42 AM PST0

Dr. Sebastian Gorka, Breitbart News’ National Security Editor and Chair of Military Theory at Marine Corps University, sat down with radio host Lars Larson at the 2015 CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) to discuss a range of foreign policy and
by Jordan Schachtel4 Mar 2015, 6:39 AM PST0

Libya has become a support base and safe haven for Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL) jihadists, U.S. officials confirmed to Fox News.
by Edwin Mora3 Mar 2015, 9:26 PM PST0

File this report from the Daily Star of Lebanon under the category of “Yay … I Guess,” or perhaps “Two and a Half Cheers.” It’s good news that Islamic State (ISIS) forces have been pushed out of over 20 Syrian villages. The bad news is that Bashar al-Assad’s regime did most of the pushing, with an assist from Kurdish militia units.
by John Hayward3 Mar 2015, 12:03 PM PST0

In a meeting with North African bishops in the Vatican Monday, Pope Francis praised the “courage, loyalty, and perseverance” of Catholics in Libya in the face of the “explosion of violence” in the region.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.3 Mar 2015, 6:32 AM PST0

Why did ISIS release 19 Assyrian Christian hostages?; Iran aids Iraq’s army in attack to recapture Tikrit from ISIS
by John J. Xenakis3 Mar 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

Italy may be preparing for military action in Libya following reports that ISIS may use the coastal North African country to stage attacks.
by Edwin Mora2 Mar 2015, 7:27 PM PST0

The long and lonely search for a white hat posse of “moderate” Syrian rebels that could be armed by the United States and turned into a weapon against both the Assad regime and its most effective military adversaries—namely, ISIS and al-Qaeda—suffered another grievous setback over the weekend, as the first Syrian rebel force, armed with American weapons, threw in the towel and pronounced itself kaput.
by John Hayward2 Mar 2015, 6:23 PM PST0

The degree of coordination between Nigerian terror gang Boko Haram and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been a topic of much speculation among counterterrorism analysts. It has long been a matter of record that Boko Haram idolized ISIS and sought to emulate their ideology and tactics, creating a “caliphate” of their own in Africa.
by John Hayward2 Mar 2015, 5:38 PM PST0

Fox News Channel host Greg Gutfeld praised Jordan’s King Abdullah for his ISIS rhetoric and contrasted it with the US’ “ocean privilege” on Monday’s broadcast of “The Five.” Gutfeld reacted to a clip of Abdullah dubbing the fight against ISIS
by Ian Hanchett2 Mar 2015, 2:47 PM PST0

Sunday at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) gave offered a passionate response to what he views the larger scope of the ISIS threat to be. Graham said, “I see radical Islam running wild in the
by Pam Key2 Mar 2015, 2:20 PM PST0

The Assyrian International News Agency reports a dash of good news from the bubbling cauldron of horror that is the Islamic State.
by John Hayward2 Mar 2015, 12:02 PM PST0

Monday at the Council on Foreign Relations, National Intelligence Director James Clapper was asked about the Obama administration’s refusal to call ISIS Islamic. Clapper said he understands President Barack Obama is speaking to the 1.7 billion Muslims around the world,
by Pam Key2 Mar 2015, 11:51 AM PST0

MSNBC host Thomas Roberts argued that an SNL sketch involving ISIS was “just like” Charlie Hebdo on Monday’s “MSNBC Live.” Roberts commented “that’s from Taran Killam, who’s super funny, and I think a lot of people were surprised that maybe this feels
by Ian Hanchett2 Mar 2015, 11:51 AM PST0

The U.S. is now considering launching airstrikes against Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL) targets inside Mosul for months prior to sending in Iraqi ground troops to recapture the city.
by Edwin Mora2 Mar 2015, 10:48 AM PST0

People in the Islamic State’s (ISIS/ISIL) way in the Middle East are desperate to fight against the terrorist group as the jihadists expand their caliphate. Syria’s Assyrian Christian population has increasingly expressed frustration over the lack of international funding and arms for their militias, while ISIS continues to kill and abduct hundreds.
by Mary Chastain2 Mar 2015, 10:08 AM PST0

In a rare interview, the head of the Vatican police force, or “Gendarmerie,” Commander Domenico Giani, said this weekend that the Islamic State (ISIS) threats against Pope Francis are “real” and not just media propaganda. “This is what emerges from the talks I have had with Italian and foreign colleagues,” he said.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.2 Mar 2015, 9:23 AM PST0

CNN reports that federal indictments on charges including “conspiracy to kill, and sending money and weapons to terrorists” have been handed down against a ring of six Bosnian immigrants arrested in St. Louis and Illinois in early February. More specifically, they stand accused of sending money and equipment to both ISIS and al-Qaeda.
by John Hayward2 Mar 2015, 8:21 AM PST0

“We are in a battle, and more than half of this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media,” Ayman al-Zawahiri, then al-Qaeda’s second-in-command, purportedly wrote in a 2005 letter to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian who led al-Qaeda in Iraq at the time.
by Breitbart News2 Mar 2015, 5:52 AM PST0

A British man who went to fight with the Kurds against Islamic State has claimed the terror group fed a desperate mother a meal of meat and rice before revealing she had eaten her own son. Yasir Abdulla, 36, from
by Andre Walker2 Mar 2015, 4:04 AM PST0

Italy’s coastguard announced Friday that it would allow its 11,000 members to carry weapons, following threats from Islamic militants in Libya, and recent confrontation with traffickers.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.1 Mar 2015, 11:26 AM PST0

Kurdish authorities arrested six clerics in Erbil– an Iraqi city that has become a key safe haven for Christians and Yazidis fleeing the wrath of ISIS– on suspicion of loyalties to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
by Mary Chastain1 Mar 2015, 11:02 AM PST0

Fifty Shades of Grey star Dakota Johnson hosted this week’s Saturday Night Live, and while the show did poke fun at some of the film’s raunchy subject matter, another skit featuring the actress is instead sparking all the controversy. The
by Kipp Jones1 Mar 2015, 9:48 AM PST0

Middle Eastern Christians who have suffered persecution at the hands of ISIS in recent months have decided not to turn the other cheek. Instead, they have formed a militia regiment and are currently engaged in fighting the Islamists across a
by Donna Rachel Edmunds1 Mar 2015, 8:26 AM PST0