TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Thousands of Iranians chanted “Down with America” at a major anti-U.S. rally on Tuesday marking the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, just days ahead of a key meeting between the
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Thousands of Iranians chanted “Down with America” at a major anti-U.S. rally on Tuesday marking the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, just days ahead of a key meeting between the
Package holidays have their perils for all: long transfers on cramped coaches with other people’s screaming kids, ‘cattle class’ charter flights and the holiday rep who needs to hit their sales targets for pricey trips. But for Sally Jones and
Last weekend, Fresno State officially began construction of a new monument dedicated to the Armenian Genocide. The monument, the first marking the Armenian genocide on any college campus, is expected to be completed by April 24, 2015, the 100th anniversary of
The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group has released at least 93 Syrian Kurds from the flashpoint town of Kobane who were kidnapped in February, a monitor said Tuesday. They were among more than 160 Kurds abducted as they travelled east
BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State militants tortured and abused Kurdish children captured earlier this year near the northern Syrian town of Kobani, an international rights group said Tuesday. Human Rights Watch based its conclusions on interviews with several children who
PORTSMOUTH, England (AP) — Royal Navy sailors used to swagger out of this great seaport at the zenith of the British Empire, manning the warships and trading vessels that made this nation rich and powerful. Today a handful of young
Government forces opposing the radical Islamic militias in Syria have reported a sudden flood of advanced weaponry including long-range missiles being used as ISIS and others push towards the Mediterranean coast. An investigation, published by the Independent newspaper, reveals the
BEIRUT (AP) — Al-Qaida militants massed on Monday near a Syrian border town, edging closer to a vital crossing under control of Western-backed rebels, activists said, underscoring the weakness of the fighters who America hopes could be a moderate force
Open-minded to the possibility that some British citizens who have gone abroad to fight for international jihad may have since had sudden epiphanies and may want to return to the UK with “good intentions”, the former foreign secretary has said
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused international and local media outlets of waging a “psychological war” against Turkey. “Each day, some international newspapers come up and conduct a perception operation,” said Erdogan during a Nov. 3 speech at Istanbul’s Bezmialem
DAMASCUS, Syria, Nov. 3 (UPI) — A group monitoring terrorist activity in the Middle East says Islamic State militants have seized control of a natural gas field in Homs province in Syria. The Long War Journal reported Sunday that it
DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar has joined the American-led coalition to fight Islamic State, yet the emirate is a haven for anti-Western groups and foreign diplomats have reported seeing cars with Islamic State logos in an affluent bay district. Such ambiguity
BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State group extremists lined up and shot dead at least 50 Iraqi men, women and children from the same tribe on Sunday, officials said, in the latest targeting of the group by militants. The killings, all
This article originally appeared in the Daily Mail The mother of two British teenagers who are believed to have travelled to Syria to marry ISIS fighters after becoming radicalised online was taken by the group as she tried to rescue
British charities could be inadvertently helping fund ISIS, the head of the Charity Commission has warned. William Shawcross says there is a risk that groups distributing money and supplies donated by the British public could be exploited by extremists to
Editor’s Note: This horrific story showing an ISIS member encouraging a toddler to kick the severed head of a Syrian solider whom Muslims crucified appeared in today’s edition of the Daily Mail. A sickening photo has emerged social media showing
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Burkina Faso, critical U.S. ally, in government meltdown U.N. report says that jihadists are flooding into Syria Burkina Faso, critical U.S. ally, in government meltdown After several days of violent anti-government protests, includingburning down
Gen. Wesley Clark placed part of the blame for the Syrian Civil War on blamed climate change in a discussion on Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time.” After host Bill Maher quoted a report from the Department of Defense saying
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London has updated it’s travel advice for all British citizens worldwide, as government intervention against the Islamic State has created a state of “heightened threat” from “individuals motivated by the conflict in Iraq
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — The leader of Nigeria’s Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has denied agreeing to any cease-fire with the government and said more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls all have converted to Islam and been married off. In a
Four days of brutal fighting in and around Tripoli, Lebanon’s second largest city, between reinforced elements of the Sunni terror army ISIS and the Hezbollah-controlled Lebanese army has reignited fears that Lebanon could be descending once again into civil war.
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Islamic State group is conducting a purge, killing dozens of former policemen and soldiers living in areas of Iraq under its control, in a campaign apparently aimed at preventing any uprising against its extremist rule. Former
This article by Col. Bing West originally appeared at the Hoover Institution: Forty-three percent of voters ranked the economy as the top issue in the 2014 midterm election, versus 15% who cited foreign policy.1 Yet 62% said they were very concerned
After more than 600 US-led airstrikes against ISIS in the past two months, one thing is evident–the strikes are not slowing down ISIS recruitment. As October gives way to November, 1,000 fighters are coming into Syria to join ISIS each
