BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State militants launched an attack overnight on a major military air base in eastern Syria in what looked to be a push to eliminate the last significant government outpost in the extremist-dominated region, activists said Thursday.
Less than three months after he came to power, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has been forced to call another election. The move came after his left-of-centre minority government failed to get their budget passed through the Riksdag after the
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) reacted to a grand jury’s decision to not indict a New York City Police Officer in the death of Eric Garner by saying he was “horrified” by the video and blasting politicians for passing “bad laws”
A series of messages sent by French jihadi fighters who have travelled to Syria reveal they are not as tough as they thought they might be, the An Nahar website reports, and some are bored because they are being treated
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Supporters of the Islamic State extremist organization have released a video claiming responsibility for the shooting and wounding of a Danish citizen in the Saudi capital Riyadh last month. The Al-Battar Media Foundation’s video,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Kenya’s government in crisis after al-Shabaab kills 36 Christians Wife and son of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi captured in Lebanon Kenya’s government in crisis after al-Shabaab kills 36 Christians Soldiers of Kenyan Defense Forces look
The Islamic State jihadist group’s advance across Iraq and Syria is finally being stopped, a US-led coalition said after a meeting in Brussels led by US Secretary of State John Kerry Wednesday. The statement said Iraqi and Kurdish forces, backed
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday hosts the first high-level meeting of the 60-member coalition trying to crush the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and in Syria. Kerry, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and foreign ministers from
The World Food Programme (WFP), a United Nations agency, suspended a food program to Syria due to lack of funds–right before the start of winter. The program provided food for 1.7 million Syrians. “A suspension of WFP food assistance will
Sinai-based jihadi terror group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM), which now calls itself the Islamic State in Sinai, or Sinai Province (of the Islamic State), claimed late Sunday that it was responsible for killing 58-year-old Texas native William Henderson, who was
Sen. Ted Cruz, the son of an evangelical minister, used his knowledge of Jewish history and the Jewish calendar to wow Jews attending the annual Zionist Organization of America dinner in New York in late November. Referring to the miracle
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com World Food Program terminates aid to 1.7 million Syrian refugees Syrian refugees increasingly threaten regional stability World Food Program terminates aid to 1.7 million Syrian refugees Syrian refugee camp Some 1.7 million Syrian refugees,
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese authorities detained a wife and suspected son of the leader of the Islamic State group several days ago, and she is being questioned, two senior Lebanese officials said Tuesday. A military official said the woman and
Al Qaeda jihadists, possibly using plans organized by a Khorasan group bomb-maker, are planning what the Sunday Express called a Christmas “spectacular” in a report released by the British newspaper this week. Citing anonymous sources including a “well-placed security insider,” the report suggests that
Russian President Vladimir Putin paid reverence to Turkey for maintaining a strong fiscal relationship with Russia in the presence of Ukraine-related economic sanctions against the Kremlin ratcheted up several times by the United States and the European Union. In a
British forces have quietly constructed a series of strongholds all along the Lebanese border to halt the advance of ISIS further into the Levant. The terrorist had hoped to be able to boast of reaching the Mediterranean but hastily constructed
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” after host Chuck Todd played one of U.S. Senator-elect Tom Cotton’s campaign ad about immigration that touched on terrorism the host said, “That plays to fear, some would say that is fear-mongering.” Cotton shot
Although there is a coalition of 11 countries joined together to carry out airstrikes against ISIS, the US is carrying out those strikes by itself “85 percent” of the time. Details from a Pentagon report indicate the US has carried
BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group launched an attack Saturday on the Syrian border town of Kobani from Turkey, a Kurdish official and activists said, although Turkey denied that the fighters had used its territory for the raid. The
On Friday’s “On the Record” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer explained why President Barack Obama’s unwillingness to use the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has been to the detriment of the U.S. military efforts
The Islamic State terror group (IS/ISIS/ISIL) has taken to attacking the tribal structures in both Iraq and Syria, hoping to stave off any attempts to challenge its authority in the regions controlled by the jihadist outfit. The successfully-implemented tactics have
On November 27, the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) indicated 28 Danes have collected unemployment benefits while fighting with ISIS in Syria. According to AFP, PET said 15 of the welfare recipients have “been ordered to pay the money
Ex-Python John Cleese has admitted on Bill Maher’s show something which his fellow comedians generally won’t: that the reason they don’t make jokes about Islam is that they’re frightened of being killed. “The problem is if you make jokes about
On November 28, Austrian police arrested 13 jihadist recruiters and seized “terrorist propaganda” during numerous raids on “homes, prayer rooms, and mosques” in Vienna, Graz, and Linz. According to The Local, “a Vienna-based Serbian preacher” was the main suspect and was arrested
(Reuters) – Russia said on Wednesday it would support President Bashar al-Assad to combat “terrorism” in the Middle East, indicating there was no new room for compromise on one of the key contentious issues in the Syrian conflict. Russian President Vladimir Putin
