
As Western intelligence agencies consider the possibility that ISIS destroyed a Russian airliner over Egypt, killing 224 civilians, the Islamic State seems eager to take credit for the deed.
by John Hayward4 Nov 2015, 7:51 PM PST0

The church of Saint George in Baghdad, which was closed down in 2007 after being firebombed by Islamic militants, was finally reopened Monday, but local clergy worry that there are no longer any Assyrian Christians left to worship there.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.4 Nov 2015, 6:54 PM PST0

Not long after British officials voiced suspicions that a bomb destroyed a Russian passenger jet over the Sinai Peninsula, killing 224 people, an American official said U.S. intelligence also has “a definite feeling it was an explosive device planted in luggage or somewhere on the plane.”
by John Hayward4 Nov 2015, 12:57 PM PST0

10 Downing Street issued a statement suggesting a bomb might have caused the destruction of a Russian plane that crashed over the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.
by Mary Chastain4 Nov 2015, 11:59 AM PST0

MADRID, Spain — The Spanish Interior Ministry says police have arrested two people of Moroccan origin on suspicion of recruiting militants and spreading propaganda for the Islamic State (IS) armed terrorist group. A ministry statement said the two, one of
by Reuters4 Nov 2015, 1:26 AM PST0

ISTANBUL, Turkey – Nine alleged members of Islamic State believed to have been preparing a suicide bomb attack on a political party’s offices in Istanbul have been remanded in custody by a court in southeast Turkey, the local governor’s office said.
by Reuters4 Nov 2015, 1:18 AM PST0

The editor-in-chief of the Communist Party’s largest publication in western Xinjiang province, China, was dismissed from his job and will be prosecuted for “serious discipline breaches” that include questioning China’s policy to combat Islamist Uyghur terrorism in the region.
by Frances Martel3 Nov 2015, 7:15 PM PST0

According to U.S. officials, satellite imagery shows a heat flash immediately before a Russian plane crashed into Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. This evidence could disprove the theory the plane was shot down by a missile.
by Mary Chastain3 Nov 2015, 10:56 AM PST0

Publishers, writers, and bloggers in Bangladesh have had enough of their colleagues being executed simply for expressing secular beliefs and critiquing Islam.
by Jordan Schachtel2 Nov 2015, 8:37 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization published a new video Sunday in its latest anti-Jewish propaganda series of clips, threatening to go to war against Israel and Jews as a whole.
by Jordan Schachtel2 Nov 2015, 2:02 PM PST0

The Vicar of Baghdad has gone the extra mile to deal with Islamist terrorism in Iraq. He even invited ISIS terrorists to dinner, despite their putting a $157 million bounty on his head.
by John Hayward2 Nov 2015, 11:16 AM PST0

A soldier dressed as a suicide bomber for Halloween caused emergency explosive teams to be dispatched when he/she tried to enter the Fort Bragg military base. The soldier has only been identified as “a soldier.”
by Lana Shadwick1 Nov 2015, 7:39 AM PST0

The Islamic State has begun shutting down gynecology clinics in its conquered Syrian capital of Raqqa, according to a report at Foreign Desk News.
by John Hayward1 Nov 2015, 6:40 AM PST0

The administration of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has announced a three-month extension to a state of emergency it imposed on parts of the northern Sinai Peninsula as the country’s military launches counterterrorism operations against jihadists in the region.
by Edwin Mora31 Oct 2015, 2:58 PM PST0

Syrian-born San Diego resident and naturalized U.S. citizen Mohamad Saeed Kodaimati pleaded guilty this week to lying to federal officials about knowing members of ISIS. He admitted to being involved with another terror group, and lying about engaging in combat or firing a weapon in Syria during a March terrorism-related interview at the U.S. Embassy in Turkey.
by Michelle Moons31 Oct 2015, 1:10 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terror group says it is responsible for downing a Russian passenger jet that crashed Saturday in the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.
by Jordan Schachtel31 Oct 2015, 11:44 AM PST0

The Islamic State released video of their beheading of four captured Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers at the site of the October 22 raid by American and Kurdish forces.
by John Hayward30 Oct 2015, 7:36 PM PST0

Airstrikes launched from unidentified warplanes targeted the southern and western region of the Mediterranean port city of Sirte in Libya, which has become the de facto base for the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) wing in the North African country, a witness told Reuters.
by Edwin Mora30 Oct 2015, 2:16 PM PST0

The head of the Syrian rebel group the Raqqa Revolutionaries Front has announced in a video uploaded to YouTube that his group will “soon” announce a military offensive on Raqqa, the “capital” of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) terrorist group.
by Frances Martel30 Oct 2015, 10:33 AM PST0

The White House officially “announced” on Friday that small teams of U.S. special forces would be deployed in Syria, totaling up to 50 commandos on the ground.
by John Hayward30 Oct 2015, 8:36 AM PST0

A German rapper who joined the Islamic State group and publicly threatened President Barack Obama was killed in a US air strike in Syria, a defense official said. Denis Cuspert, also known by his artist name Deso Dogg, used to
by AFP30 Oct 2015, 5:31 AM PST0

The Nigerian military said they conducted an extremely successful operation against the ISIS-aligned terrorists of Boko Haram. They reportedly took out two of the terrorist camps in the Sambisa Forest, killing some thirty militants and rescuing 338 hostages, most of them women and children.
by John Hayward29 Oct 2015, 9:44 PM PST0

One of the factors spurring Russia to action in Syria was the success of ISIS recruitment in certain parts of Russia. A notable example of this is the province of Dagestan, which has a large and impoverished Muslim population, a history of unrest, some hot spots of radical Salafist Islam, and lingering resentment against heavy-handed police tactics.
by John Hayward29 Oct 2015, 9:22 PM PST0

Russian cargo planes have delivered Iranian weapons into Syria 20 times over the past 10 days, Fox News learned from western intelligence sources.
by Edwin Mora29 Oct 2015, 6:32 PM PST0

A Muslim preacher who is believed to be both and ISIS sympathiser as well as an ardent proponent of Islamist firebrand Anjem Choudary has called on British Muslims to reject the annual Poppy Appeal for service veterans and their families or
by Sarkis Zeronian29 Oct 2015, 11:22 AM PST0