
San Bernardino jihadi Syed Rizwan Farook’s father, who is also named Syed Farook, gave an interesting interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa, in which a few interesting bits of family history popped out.
by John Hayward6 Dec 2015, 6:41 PM PST0

Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton accused Rev. Jerry Falwell Jr. of giving “aid and comfort” to the ISIS jihadis by suggesting that Muslims are linked to Islamic jihadi terrorism.
by Patrick Howley6 Dec 2015, 6:22 PM PST0

In a televised speech from the Oval Office, President Obama tried to reassure Americans that he was properly handling terrorism and national security in the wake of the attacks in Paris and California.
by Charlie Spiering6 Dec 2015, 6:10 PM PST0

Five GOP presidential candidates provided specific ideas on how to prevent terrorist attacks, following the San Bernardino jihad shooting, while Democrats continue to push for gun control.
by Alex Swoyer6 Dec 2015, 3:57 PM PST0

A report from the European Parliament has stated that the Islamic State has biological, chemicals, radiological and even nuclear experts in their pay, as well as having the ability to smuggle such weapons into Europe. The new briefing entitled “ISIL/Da’esh
by Raheem Kassam6 Dec 2015, 1:18 PM PST0

Despite being the subject of a strict counter-terrorism order, a senior Islamic State fundraiser has been able to escape the UK to join with jihadists in Syria, further bringing into doubt the ability of UK authorities to control Britain’s borders. Syrian-born
by Sarkis Zeronian6 Dec 2015, 8:32 AM PST0

When asked on camera whether it is good to kill French people for Allah, Muslim migrants seeking asylum in Italy answered affirmatively, remarking that it is “good” to kill French people, and warning of a looming December 8 Islamist attack on Rome.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.6 Dec 2015, 8:10 AM PST0

The Left has gone stark raving mad since the San Bernardino shootings.
by John Hayward6 Dec 2015, 7:42 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – A window into the extremist mindset of San Bernardino jihadist Syed Rizwan Farook was provided by his father Syed Farook, who described his son as “obsessed with Israel.”
by Aaron Klein6 Dec 2015, 7:07 AM PST0

The BBC has come under fire from Members of Parliament for refusing to describe Islamic State fighters as terrorists, instead encouraging its news reporters to use the less judgmental term ‘militants’. MPs from both the Labour and Conservative parties have
by Sarkis Zeronian6 Dec 2015, 6:43 AM PST0

President Obama will deliver a rare televised address to the nation from the Oval Office on Sunday, in response to the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and in San Bernardino, California.
by Charlie Spiering5 Dec 2015, 5:01 PM PST0

Italian counterterrorism forces are taking no chances of an incident for the opening of the holy door of Saint Peter’s Basilica on December 8 and have prohibited the transport of fuel and natural gas in the city, as well as ammunition, weapons, and toxic gases.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.5 Dec 2015, 3:34 PM PST0

The government of Turkey announced Friday that it has deployed 150 soldiers and 20 tanks to Mosul, Iraq, to participate with the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
by Mary Chastain5 Dec 2015, 1:34 PM PST0

Heavy weapons from the United States destined for Iraq’s Kurdish peshmerga forces fighting the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) have arrived in Kuwait and are expected to be delivered in a month, a senior peshmerga official told Rudaw.
by Edwin Mora5 Dec 2015, 10:26 AM PST0

While nominally working against a common enemy—the Islamic State (ISIS)—the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a U.S.-designated terrorist group, has occupied a number of Christian Assyrian villages in Iraq. The Marxist group has also invaded a home owned by a commander of the anti-ISIS Christian militia Dwekh Nawsha.
by Frances Martel4 Dec 2015, 5:20 PM PST0

A coalition of Cuban dissidents representing a number of anti-communist groups on the island have released a video denouncing the Islamist massacre in San Bernardino, California, featuring a moment of silence and a chant denouncing international terrorism.
by Frances Martel4 Dec 2015, 2:17 PM PST0

A news agency supportive of the Islamic State claimed on Friday that the San Bernardino terror attack was carried out by ISIS operatives.
by John Hayward4 Dec 2015, 12:38 PM PST0

Yazidi women continue to spill the horrific details of what females endure at the hands of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Syria and Iraq.
by Mary Chastain4 Dec 2015, 10:43 AM PST0

The latest atrocity from the Islamic State is a video showing children – boys who look about ten years old, referred to by ISIS as the “Cubs of the Caliphate” – executing prisoners in Syria. Five of the murders are carried out with pistols, but the sixth is a knife beheading.
by John Hayward4 Dec 2015, 10:06 AM PST0

The Nigerian military has arrested Usman Modu Tella, an 11-year-old boy, on suspicions that he had been trained to perform a suicide bombing in the service of Islamic State-affiliated terror group Boko Haram.
by Frances Martel4 Dec 2015, 9:22 AM PST0

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced during a speech to American Muslims on Thursday night that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will be investigating the arrest of “Clock Boy.”
by Lana Shadwick4 Dec 2015, 9:19 AM PST0

The International Rescue Committee (IRC), a federal refugee resettlement contractor, says six Syrian refugees will arrive in Dallas as early as today, defying Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to pull out of federal Syrian refugee resettlement programs because of security screening concerns.
by Merrill Hope4 Dec 2015, 9:11 AM PST0

Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, who killed 14 people and injured dozens more on Wednesday, have connections to radical Islamic groups, officials say.
by Jordan Schachtel4 Dec 2015, 8:10 AM PST0

A senior Hungarian government official has said a Paris terror suspect — one of the “main organisers” of last month’s atrocities in which 130 were killed — “recruited a team” in Hungary among migrants passing through. Although not naming the
by Sarkis Zeronian4 Dec 2015, 7:58 AM PST0

German lawmakers on Friday overwhelming approved a broad non-combat mission to aid the coalition fight against the so-called Islamic State, including reconnaissance jets and a frigate, following a call from France for support following last month’s attacks in Paris. The
by AP4 Dec 2015, 7:07 AM PST0