SURUC, Turkey (AP) — A suicide bomber from the Islamic State extremist group detonated his explosives-laden vehicle in Kobani on Monday, as fierce fighting with Kurdish militiamen resumed in the northern Syrian town near the Turkish border. The sound of
(AFP) Turkey agreed to let Washington use its air bases for the campaign against Islamic State jihadists as Kurdish fighters kept up their battle Monday to defend the flashpoint town of Kobane. Under a deal announced by US officials, Turkey
MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Kurdish fighters have been able to halt the advance of the Islamic State extremist group in the Syrian border town of Kobani, where the U.S.-led coalition has been carrying out airstrikes for more than two weeks,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Disappearance of North Korea’s Kim Jong-un looks more and more serious Israel’s government concerned about legal threats after Gaza war Concerns grow that terrorists might use Ebola as biological weapon Disappearance of North Korea’s
The Times of India claims eyewitnesses reported at least one anti-India protestor waving the ISIS flag from atop the gate of one of Kashmir’s largest mosque’s during an anti-India demonstration Friday following Muslim prayers in Srinagar, capital of the majority
President Barack Obama’s policy on Iraq is a complete failure. As terrorists from the so-called Islamic State lay siege to Kobani, defeat once-solid Kurdish forces and threaten western Baghdad, the folly of Obama’s campaign, limited to air strikes for purely
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed the British Army has deployed a “small specialist team” to help train the Kurdish Peshmerga trying to hold back ISIS. The team is the latest initiative in the desperate effort to stop Kobane on
“2014 voters are hawkish,” according to J. Ann Selzer, after conducting an Iowa poll for The Des Moines Register and Bloomberg Politics. That can’t help but be more good news for a Republican Party as we move toward the November elections.
This analysis by Riyadh Mohammed was originally published in The Fiscal Times. We reprint in part here. As ISIS continues to advance on the Syrian town of Kobani and close in on Turkey’s border, experts in Islamic radical movements think
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com The daily needs of a single Ebola patient U.N. envoy makes highly emotional appeal to Turkey to save Kobani Renewed violence in Central African Republic despite peacekeepers The daily needs of a single Ebola
(Reuters) – Thousands of people most likely will be massacred if Kobani falls to Islamic State fighters, a U.N. envoy said on Friday, as militants fought deeper into the besieged Syrian Kurdish town in full view of Turkish tanks that
A UN envoy warned thousands could be massacred in the Syrian border town of Kobane if Islamic State jihadists capture it from Kurdish fighters. Outgunned Kurdish militia were struggling to prevent the jihadists closing off the last escape route for
Swiss officials have announced that the country is banning the Islamic State and related entities from their lands. The ban went into effect on Wednesday, when the Swiss cabinet voted to forbid Islamic State membership for at least six months.
On Friday’s broadcast of Laura Ingraham’s radio show, Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) criticized House Speaker John Boehner for his reluctance to take the debate over the U.S. military actions against ISIS in Syria and Iraq to the floor of the
US air strikes have been important to hold back ISIS, according to Iraqi Patriarch Louis Sako, but “we need a long-term strategy to destroy the sick ideology that drives the action of the violent.” ISIS is “a danger to the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Turkey and America play a game of ‘chicken’ over ISIS and Kobani Russia makes farcical demand for Security Council resolution on Kobani Iran blames Pakistan for terrorist attacks The continuing realignment of the Mideast
Turkish, British, and Kurdish forces in Iraq and Syria, all key United States allies in the military campaign against the Islamic State (also known as ISIS and ISIL), have indicated that airstrikes alone will not defeat the jihadist group.
(AFP) A priest kidnapped by Al-Qaeda-linked rebels in northwestern Syria was released Thursday, the Franciscan Order said, days after his abduction alongside 20 other Christians.
(AFP) Jihadists captured the headquarters of Kurdish fighters defending the battleground Syrian town of Kobane Friday as a UN envoy warned of a looming “massacre” by the Islamic State group. Outgunned Kurdish militia were struggling to prevent the jihadists closing
BAGHDAD (AP) — To get a home or an office built in the central Iraqi province of Salahuddin, contractors have usually had to pay hefty bribes to corrupt officials in Baghdad to clear away the red tape. It was just
MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — The U.S.-led coalition intensified its aerial bombardment of Islamic State positions Thursday in the Syrian border town of Kobani as the extremist group fought street battles with Kurdish forces and reportedly rushed in reinforcements. The battle
Supporters of the jihadist terror group the Islamic State (ISIS) have begun to circulate photos of a ten-year-old boy known only as Abu Ubaidah, reportedly killed alongside his father while fighting on behalf of the terrorist organization. According to the
An entire French family has packed up and left for Syria, where they are likely to take part in the fighting on the side of the Sunni Islamist opposition forces. A legal source told AFP Wednesday that the family in
As forces loyal to the Islamic State reach the Turkish border, the British defence secretary has called for the parliamentary mandate for military action to be extended from Iraq to Syria, and for Turkish forces to cross the border and
