
One Year After Charlie Hebdo, More Censorship Than Ever In Europe
German police are still mumbling about having insufficient resources to follow up on leads, but they’ve got infinite resources to crack down on “hate speech.”

German police are still mumbling about having insufficient resources to follow up on leads, but they’ve got infinite resources to crack down on “hate speech.”

Independent citizen journalist Ruqia Hassan was brutally executed by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) on charges of “espionage” in the jihadist group’s de facto capital Raqqa, Syria, reportedly marking what has been described as the first capital punishment of a woman for reporting within the terrorist organization’s territory, according to fellow citizen journalists.

Contents: ISIS assault in Libya giving militants control of oil fields; US, Britain, France preparing new Libya military offensive early in 2016

A watchdog group called the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons reports finding more evidence of chemical weapons deployment, including sarin gas, or a substance very similar to it.

Beijing will welcome the head of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), an umbrella group of Syrian opposition groups, this week to discuss political solutions to the ongoing civil war in Syria.

It’s refreshing when statements issued by the President of the United States correspond to reality – as in President Obama’s 2015 Christmas statement, when he acknowledged that Christians and other religious minorities are persecuted because of their faith.

American and other Western volunteers fighting the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria recently told the Kurdish outlet Rudaw they were gearing up for a new offensive against the jihadists in the new year. One American volunteer recalled how thousands demanded photos with him on a routine visit to a mall in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.

Contents: Sectarian Sunni-Shia split deepens over Iran – Saudi split; President Obama may have to choose between Saudi Arabia and Iran; Hezbollah-Israel violence growing on Lebanon border; Residents of Tel Aviv Israel in panic after Friday’s gunfire attack; European and Wall St stocks fall sharply, following China

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) ratcheted up his attack on fellow contender Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) Monday by comparing his foreign policy worldview to that of President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The Europe migrant crisis is visiting yet another horror upon the hundreds of thousands duped by people smugglers to make the perilous journey to Europe — the rape of countless immigrant women by their own travelling companions. Enjoying a literal

An updated assessment of Russian national security, signed by President Vladimir Putin on New Year’s Eve, names the United States as a threat, along with NATO. The report does not, however, list Syria as a threat, even though Russia is currently bombing rebel forces in that country.

TEL AVIV – A careful review of Friday’s shooting incident on popular Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv raises significant questions about organizational terrorist involvement in the devastating assault.

The lawyer for a Somali immigrant living in Minnesota who was arrested for ties to terrorism has filed a motion to have his client released on bond.
Mikey Kay, a foreign affairs reporter and analyst for MSNBC stated that the Obama administration has been “looking at a more sort of Machiavellian approach, avoiding at all costs putting boots on the ground in mass numbers” when it comes

On Tuesday, Russia’s Economy Minister, Alexei Ulyukayev, sought to downplay the impact of much-publicized sanctions against Turkey over the downing of a Russian fighter jet on November 24.

Samra Kesinovic was used as a sex slave by the Islamic State before being killed while trying to flee, it has been revealed.

Two gunmen opened fire on a group of twenty tourists at Russia’s Naryn-Kala fortress in Dagestan on Tuesday night, killing one and wounding 11 more.
State Department Spokesperson Rear Admiral John Kirby argued that ISIS is “much more contained in Iraq and Syria” “we’re bringing peace and stability to Syria” even though “it’s still a very violent, very dangerous, very troubled place” on Wednesday’s broadcast

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has established “war spoils” departments that dictate how the jihadist group is to handle matters such as slaves and pillaged natural resources, showing signs of a government apparatus that allows it to manage the large swaths of territory it controls in Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere, according to seized documents reviewed by Reuters.

Replicas of an arch, which is reportedly among the last remaining parts of the 2,000 year-old Temple of Bel in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra that was razed by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), will stand in London’s Trafalgar Square and New York’s Times Square.

Chinese state media are promoting a more prominent role for the communist country in resolving the civil war in Syria, with a column in the People’s Daily suggesting China could “build on the basic consensus reached by the international community that the Syrian crisis should be solved politically.”

The latest depredations of the Islamic State include the bombing of Assyrian Christian homes, and a monastery occupied by Assyrian nuns, plus the vandalism of a Christian cemetery in Kirkuk.

While the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terrorist group has developed a reputation for successfully recruiting using social media, this week, a call from “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi—demanding more Muslims join the jihadist group—was met with a chorus of mockery and jeers.

Members of the female Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) brigade mutilated and butchered a mom who breastfed her child in Raqqa, Syria, according to reports.

Civilian casualties of bombing Syria represent at least as great a crime as the Paris attacks, a senior hard left German politician has claimed. The leader of the Left Party in Germany’s Bundestag (Parliament) was comparing the anti-Islamic State coalition bombing Syria