The father of a British jihadi fighter has said his son ‘should be executed’ if it is him who appears in the latest brutal video from the Islamic State militants. Ahmed Muthana, father of 20 year old Nasser who left
Another idiot American sympathetic to ISIS, or Islamic extremism, has been accused of pushing ISIS’ agenda and conspiring to offer “to help an undercover agent get a friend into Syria to join the extremist group.” Heather Elizabeth Coffman made her
The French government has announced that the number of French citizens leaving the nation to wage jihad in Syria and Iraq is up 82% in 2014, almost doubling since the beginning of the year. Officials are blaming the rise of
The highest-ranking U.S. military officer told lawmakers that a force of 80,000 “competent” Iraqi troops is necessary to retake Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, and other territory lost to Islamic State jihadists. Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian army has regained control of Chibok, the northeastern town where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Islamic extremists more than six months ago, said army officials. The army wrested back control of Chibok
Two Australian jihadis are reported to have been told they were too fat to join the ranks of ISIS terrorists. The 22-stone brothers are said to have gone to Syria whilst claiming to their parents they were heading for a
Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) militants executed five members of a family in Iraq who refused to marry off their daughter to one of the jihadists in the terrorist group, reports Al Arabiya News. Citing a November 16 statement from Iraq’s Human Rights
Jihadi John, the London-born ISIS terrorist who has brutally beheaded four American and British hostages over the last few months, is understood to have been injured by a coalition airstrike. The strike took place last week, and was the same
Nina Shea’s year-end review in World Affairs analyzes the rising Islamist threat to Christians in the Middle East as the Islamic State terrorist group conquers land and gains influence. In a brief, nationally televised announcement on August 7th regarding the
An NHS doctor has skipped bail for charges of assault and fled to Pakistan, where he has become a senior Taliban leader. He was able to leave the country despite being ordered to surrender his passport as part of his
In less than three weeks, the most important election of the year will take place in Switzerland, and you haven’t heard of it. While the U.S. focuses on the recent Republican victory, the financial markets are facing an earth-shaking event
The Islamic State group is locked in a war of attrition in the Syrian border town of Kobane, where Kurdish fighters backed by US-led air strikes are mounting fierce resistance. Two months after IS launched a major offensive to try
ISTANBUL (AP) — Militant leaders from the Islamic State group and al-Qaida gathered at a farm house in northern Syria last week and agreed on a plan to stop fighting each other and work together against their opponents, a high-level
CAYKARA, Turkey (AP) — Their collars pulled up against the evening cold, a group of men and women peer through binoculars, scanning the fields along a barbed wire fence. A few kilometers (miles) away across the Turkish border, black smoke
Christians all throughout the Middle East have been fleeing the rise of radical Islamist guerrillas since the start of the Syrian Civil War, quickening their pace after the Islamic State emptied Mosul, Iraq, of its Christian population. Several thousand Syriac
A non-Christian is set to address the Church of England’s General Synod for the very first time on the 18 November, but the man chosen is none other than Fuad Nahdi, a British Muslim with ties to the radical Muslim
British jihadists who travel to fight for Islamic State and other terror groups will be banned from returning to the UK for at least two years, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced. The Prime Minister announced the new policy as
The Red Cross is facing mounting criticism after sacking a long-standing volunteer who protested against gay marriage. Coalition for Marriage (C4M), which led the campaign against redefining marriage in the United Kingdom, says that it has received nearly 50,000 messages
(AFP) The Egyptian military said one of its navy vessels came under “terrorist” attack in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, leaving five servicemen injured and eight others missing at sea. Four boats used by the assailants were destroyed and 32 of
(Reuters) – Syria’s neighbors Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Iraqare cutting back sharply on the number of Syrians they allow onto their soil as they can no longer cope with the influx of refugees, two prominent humanitarian agencies said on Thursday. The number
In an effort to aid hundreds of thousands of Christians being martyred for their faith in Iraq and Syria, producer Mark Burnett and actress Roma Downey have launched a relief fund for the cause: Cradle of Christianity. The pair has
Turkey is to issue work permits for some of the 1.5 million Syrian war refugees it is hosting, its labour minister said on Thursday, dismissing fears it would harm local workers. “We will grant a certain number of our Syrian
(Washington, D.C.) — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told a House panel that the U.S. military is considering having American ground forces accompany their counterparts in Iraq on complex operations. “There are some places along the path
Washington, D.C. — The highest-ranking U.S. military official suggested to a House panel on Thursday that the United States prematurely withdrew its military from Iraq at the end of 2011, leaving behind a country that was a “work in progress.”
Kurdish forces choked off a road used by Islamic State jihadists to resupply their forces in the Syrian border town of Kobani, marking the first gain against the militants there in weeks. Reuters reports that with the help of the
