Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad made a rare public appearance on Saturday, attending prayers on the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday at a mosque in Damascus, state media said. State media and Assad’s official Twitter feed posted photos of the embattled president
Protestors will take to the streets of London Saturday to demonstrate against Britain’s involvement in air strikes on Islamic State (IS) group targets in Iraq. The Stop the War Coalition is organising the march through the city which will go
Alan Henning, a British aid worker who had been abducted by the Islamic State, has reportedly been beheaded by the militant jihadist group, according to the Associated Press. The video, reportedly released Friday, shows the jihadi beheader bringing forward American
ISIS now controls 325 of 354 villages near the Turkish border in northern Syria. They captured their 325 village during the last two days and their advance on the Syrian city of Kobani continues. Iraqi News reports that “the US-led
A new video depicting what appears to be an injured ISIS jihadist has been released this evening, daring British Prime Minister David Cameron to send British troops onto the ground in Iraq and Syria. The video, which bears the hallmarks
(Reuters) – Al-Qaeda linked Islamist militants in the Philippines said on Thursday they will kill one of two German captives on Oct. 17 unless their demands are met. Rebels from the Abu Sayyaf group captured the two Germans sailing on
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has destroyed towns, villages, temples, and tombs in Syria and Iraq. They have also torn families apart and left many children orphans in the wake of their destruction. The Yazidi minorities suffered the most in northern
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Beach sands become an unlikely business opportunity Turkey’s parliament approves military operations in Syria and Iraq Five new Ebola patients become infected every hour in Sierra Leone Beach sands become an unlikely business opportunity
This article originally appeared at Bloomberg: Islamic State extremists have herded hundreds of women to be given to its fighters in Syria as a reward or sold as sex slaves and have summarily executed women in professions, according to the
A man who was arrested in Bangladesh for being a suspected volunteer for the self-proclaimed Islamic State was rock singer and guitarist with a recording contract. Asif Adnan was a singer with rock band Jahiliyyah, named after the period of
Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has taken to social media today to wish British Muslims a “loving and peaceful Eid”, as Islamic State targets continue to be bombarded by British and American military planes. Clegg, the leader of the
Islamic State militants are carrying out mass executions, abducting girls to use as sex slaves and have conscripted child soldiers to fight for them, the UN has said in a new report. The Daily Mail says that the report accuses
Seoul, October 03 (QNA) – South Korea asked its people staying in southern Turkey near the border with Syria to leave the area, an official said Friday, the latest in a series of warnings amid a worsening security situation. The
From the Daily Beast: The President’s White House staff was controlling, insular, and often ignored the advice of its senior national security officials, former Defense Secretary and CIA Director Leon Panetta charges in his yet-to-be-released memoir. The result, Panetta says:
The Islamic State (ISIS) terror group has eyed Lebanon since the jihadists captured Syrian areas and towns along the border. Lebanese Christians are forming self-defense units for an inevitable invasion as the terrorists attempt to spread their caliphate. “We are
Islamic Sate jihadists are close to seizing a strategic Syrian Kurdish town that lies on the country’s border with Turkey. On October 1, the International Business Times (IBT) reported that the Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS and ISIL)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s parliament approved a motion Thursday that gives the government new powers to launch military incursions into Syria and Iraq and to allow foreign forces to use its territory for possible operations against the Islamic State
A British schoolgirl who ran away to Turkey may have been groomed to be a jihadi bride through a Twitter-based jihadi dating service, according to counter terrorism officers involved in her case. The ‘Jihad Matchmaker’ account urges people to make
US Secretary of State John Kerry is reportedly seeking to hold new direct intensive talks between Israel and the Palestinians under the auspices of regional Arab nations. The Times of Israel, citing Israel’s Channel 10, reports that Kerry is calling
This story originally appeared in The Daily Mail. Islamic State fighters beheaded seven men and three women in a Kurdish area of northern Syria, a monitoring group reports. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said five Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, among
UK jihadists are richer, better educated and have fewer criminal convictions than those from other European countries, according to new research. The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) says that many British jihadists have stayed in school until
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Turkey will vote Thursday on military action in Syria Turkey’s Suleiman Shah Tomb in Syria endangered by ISIS Hong Kong protesters raise their demands Turkey will vote Thursday on military action in Syria Turkey’s
British jihadists in Syria have threatened a “new 7/7” attack in the UK in revenge for air strikes against Islamic State fighters. Speaking over social media, the fighters threatened ordinary British people with mass bombings similar to the attacks in
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s parliament on Thursday was considering a motion that would give the government new powers to launch military incursions in Syria and Iraq and allow foreign forces to use its territory for possible operations against the Islamic
