Belgium Convicts Seven Muslim Women for Supporting ISIS
A Belgian court convicted seven Muslim women for supporting ISIS and enticing other young females to join the terrorist group.
Tag: Syria
Evil Is the Islamic State’s Business, and Business Is Good
The New York Times offers a dismaying look at the Islamic State’s financial situation by Sarah Almukhtar: She looks at data from the RAND Corporation and judges that the modern-day Mordor “has revenue and assets that are more than enough to cover its current expenses despite expectations that airstrikes and falling oil prices would hurt the group’s finances.”
2012 Military Intel Documents Predicted Rise of ISIS
A 2012 Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) report, obtained by conservative watchdog Judicial Watch (JW), predicted the rise of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), warning that the continued deterioration of security conditions in the region would benefit the jihadist group.
Jihad On Two Fronts: ISIS Attacks Syria’s Palmyra
The Islamic State was supposedly in a defensive crouch after its defeat in the Iraqi city of Tikrit, but in fact it’s lashed out aggressively on both Iraqi and Syrian fronts, with disastrous consequences in the fallen city of Ramadi.
ISIS Allegedly Beheaded Australian Teen Who Attempted to Leave
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) allegedly beheaded a Melbourne teenager when he attempted to return home from Syria.
World View: Outrage grows over sting video of Lebanon MP planning terrorism
Contents: Outrage grows over sting video of Lebanon MP planning terrorism; Stock market bubble accelerates explosion as economy falters
U.S. Special Forces Kill Top ISIS Commander Abu Sayyaf in Raid On Syria
U.S. special operations forces based in Iraq conducted a cross-border raid into eastern Syria and killed senior ISIS leader Abu Sayyaf, said to be responsible for major Islamic State financial operations, including the sale of oil and gas assets.
Engel: Assessment of Middle East Not ‘Very Rosy’
NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel said “I don’t think we have a really very rosy picture of the Middle East right now” on Friday’s broadcast of “The Rundown with Jose Diaz-Balart” on MSNBC. Engel stated, “Well, I think
ISIS Sets Eyes on Syrian UNESCO Site Palmyra
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is on the doorstep of Palmyra, another UNESCO World Heritage Site in Syria. Officials warn if ISIS is not stopped, they will destroy another important historic city as they expand the caliphate.
Iraqi Immigrant Arrested in Texas After Pledging Allegiance to ISIS
A naturalized American citizen from Iraq named Bilal Abood was arrested by FBI agents in Texas on Thursday, on charges of lying to law enforcement about his formal pledge of allegiance to ISIS and its “caliph,” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
World View: Obama Repudiates the Carter Doctrine at Bizarre GCC Meeting
Iran attempts to seize Singapore-flagged ship in Persian Gulf; Obama concludes bizarre meeting with GCC at Camp David; The Truman Doctrine and the Carter Doctrine
Turkey: ISIS Recruits from ’90 Different Countries’ Have Crossed Our Borders
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu claimed that ISIS recruits from “90 different countries” have passed through his country en route to Syria, a security crisis he described as “not a sustainable situation” and “a significant threat to us.”
American ISIS Recruit Gets 20 Years in Prison
ABC News reports that American ISIS recruit Donald Ray Morgan, 44, of North Carolina has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on terrorism and weapons charges.
Salvaging Detroit — By Giving It to Syrian Refugees?
So thoroughly have decades of Democrat rule annihilated the city of Detroit that most big-picture suggestions for saving the city involve literally giving it away. Michigan’s Republican governor, Rick Snyder, long ago proposed repopulating the city with immigrants. Now Stanford University poli-sci professor David D. Laitin and former New York City Housing Development Corporation president Marc Jahr offer a more specific suggestion, in a New York Times editorial: give Detroit to refugees from the Syrian civil war.
Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Washington Post: ‘The Media Is Always Lying’
The Washington Post’s mobile website was briefly hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army on Thursday. Visitors were greeted with pop-up messages containing anti-U.S. and anti-Saudi propaganda, such as “US govt is training the terrorists to kill more Syrians” and “Saudi Arabia and its allies are killing hundreds of Yemens people everyday!”
Report: Hundreds of UK Nationals Have Returned Home from Jihad In Syria
Over 700 potential terrorists have left the United Kingdom in order to carry out jihad in the Middle East, according to London’s Metropolitan Police Service, also known as Scotland Yard. Alarmingly, about half of the jihadis have now returned to the UK, reports have stated.
Turkey’s Erdogan: Europe Has ‘Duty’ to Take in More Syria, Iraq Refugees
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaking in Albania on Wednesday, called for Europe to accept more refugees, particularly those fleeing from the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. Erdogan called this a “duty” Europe should be held accountable for.
World View: US Escalates Tensions with Plans for Patrols, Aircraft in South China Sea
Nusra Front vows to eradicate ISIS in Qalamoun on Syria/Lebanon border; US escalates tensions with plans for patrols, aircraft in South China Sea; Vatican to recognize State of Palestine while canonizing Palestinian nuns
ISIS Persecution Creates Market for Human Traffickers Smuggling Yazidis Out of Iraq
The persecution by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) of Iraq’s minority Yazidi population has pushed thousands to find any means to escape the grips of the barbaric terrorist group, coughing up hefty sums of money to secure their freedom.
51-Year-Old Actor Michael Enright Joins Kurdish Militia to Fight ISIS
Michael Enright is one of the several hundred Westerners who have traveled to Iraq and Syria to join Kurdish combat units and fight the Islamic State. He’s an unusual volunteer in several respects: he’s 51 years old, the first time he handled a gun was at a shooting range right before he left for Syria, and he is almost certainly the only YPG fighter who has appeared in movies with Tom Cruise and Johnny Depp.
ISIS Uses Stolen Passports to Bring Jihad Recruits to Syria and Iraq
The Assyrian International News Agency relays a report from Dubai television news concerning a raid on an ISIS safe house in Syria, in which rebel forces opposed to the Islamic State discovered a large stash of stolen Western passports. These travel documents have allegedly been used by ISIS to bring Western jihadi recruits to Iraq and Syria.
Islamic State Ransacks 200-Year-Old Ottoman Mosque
On Tuesday, the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) destroyed the 200-year-old Maryam Khatoon Mosque in Mosul, Iraq, which the Ottoman Empire erected in 1821.
World View: Iran Forces Afghans to Fight in Syrian Regime’s Collapsing Army
Iran forces Afghans to fight in Syrian regime’s collapsing army; Debate over the number of European jihadists in Syria; Greece makes debt payment as even leftists lose sympathy
Hezbollah, Assad Regime Drive Out Al Qaeda-Led Forces From Strategic Hill Along Syria-Lebanon Border
Iran ally Hezbollah and Syrian regime troops joined forces to launch a successful offensive against al-Qaeda-led Syrian rebels in mountainous Qalamoun region along the Syria-Lebanon border, reports International Business Times (IBT).
Report: ISIS Forcing Captive Yazidi Children to Train as Child Jihadis
Sheikh Shamo, a Kurdish Yazidi member of Iraqi Parliament, reported this week to Kurdish outlet Rudaw that the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) has forced many abducted Yazidi children to be soldiers for the terrorist group.
