Aymenn Al-Tamimi, a Shillman-Ginsburg Fellow at the Middle East Forum at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya in Israel, reports that Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has established a bureaucracy to grant birth certificates and medical care to its residents.
Saudi Arabia declares that it’s met its military objectives in Yemen; Patriotism and nationalism surge in Saudi Arabia, but not in Iran
While the ongoing migrant crisis in the Mediterranean Sea has captured the world’s attention after more than 800 people drowned in a capsized ship headed to Italy last week, a parallel situation has begun to unravel in the Aegean, with more than 100 mostly Syrian refugees drowning in the last 48 hours as they attempted to reach Greece.
(Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Monday it might talk with Iran about promoting regional stability, noting it had been open to including Iran in past efforts to achieve a Syrian peace deal if Tehran had altered its policy.
In a press conference Monday, U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger addressed the recent arrests of six alleged terrorists attempting to join ISIS.
Thousands of immigrants flee xenophobic attacks in South Africa; South African xenophobic violence echoes 1820s Mfecane Zulu massacre
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are reportedly looking to expand their family by adopting a child from war-torn Syria.
Russia’s Chechnya becomes biggest contributor of jihadists to ISIS; Chechen youth from Georgia’s Pansiki Gorge joining ISIS in droves
The New York Times writes that Syria’s civil war is “creating the worst global refugee crisis in decades,” and since the nations adjacent to Syria are already struggling to deal with some four million refugees, the United Nations wants the United States and other Western nations to take in 130,000 Syrians over the next two years.
Western jihadists in the Islamic State (ISIS), seemingly nostalgic for the comfort of the infidel lifestyle, have begun posting photos to social media of Western treats such as Burger King and Pringles, smuggled in from Turkey with future jihadists.
Thousands of immigrants flee xenophobic attacks in South Africa; South African xenophobic violence echoes 1820s Mfecane Zulu massacre
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) charged into eleven of the 35 Christian communities along the Khabur River in Syria in February targeting Tel Tamer, which at the time was protected by Christian fighters and locals determined to defeat the terrorist group. This week, the Islamic State took another shot at conquering it.
Saudis to Hezbollah: Yemen is none of your business; United Nations is ‘deeply shocked’ at Europe’s failure to save migrants
“At the European level, we estimate that 5,000-6,000 individuals have left for Syria,” European Union Justice Commissioner Vera Jouriva told Le Figaro in a Monday interview, as transcribed by AFP. She went on to say this was a very conservative estimate, because keeping tabs on foreign fighters in the Syrian theater is extremely difficult.
Gaza prepares for all-out war with Israel; Iran and Qatar give Hamas money and weapons to fight Israel; Israel prepares for war with Hamas in Gaza; Greece denies reports that it’s preparing for a default
At least 45 female jihadists appeared in a training video at Saint Simeon Stylites, which is the world’s oldest Byzantine church, near Aleppo, Syria. The women are demanding equality with men on the battlefield.
Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) terrorists are now demanding $100,000 per head to free each of the 250-300 Assyrian hostages they presently have in custody, according to an officer within the Assyrian leadership.
Hamas is allowing Sinai-based jihadists who were wounded in battles against the Egyptian military to get treated at Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital, according to a recent report by Israel’s Channel 2 News.
(AFP) Sweden will send up to 120 troops to northern Iraq to train Iraqi and Kurdish fighters as part of the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, foreign minister Margot Wallstroem said Thursday.
Syria’s Yarmouk refugee camp descends into the ‘deepest circle of Hell’; Palestinians flip-flop on Syrian action in Yarmouk refugee camp; Europe demands list of reforms from Greece after numerous delays; Iran’s demands on sanctions threaten to unravel nuclear deal
Almost 40 percent of British Muslims think MI5 and the police are at least partly to blame for radicalising teenagers who flee the country to join Islamic State, a survey has revealed. The poll by Survation for Sky News also
Over 1,430 French nationals have traveled to join jihadist groups in territory held by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and Syria, representing 47 percent of the European militants there, a report by the French Parliament revealed.
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) captured a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, Syria, but some managed to escape. These survivors told media sources the horrific incidents that took place at the hands of the savages.
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) says it has seized more territory inside the Syrian capital Damascus, bringing the jihadist group closer to dictator Bashar al-Assad’s seat of power.
Imam Abdul Hadi Arwani, described by the UK Daily Mail as “a Syrian preacher at a fundamentalist mosque,” was gunned down on the streets of London on Tuesday, possibly because he was an outspoken critic of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad.
