In response to Troops In Iraq Not Eligible For Military Medals in Fight Against ISIS: The troops may not be eligible for medals in this not-war, but Syrian civilians are eligible to receive errant bombs, as President Obama has exempted
On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Barack Obama at the White House, where Netanyahu lectured Obama on the need to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. Actually, Netanyahu went further, urging Obama to stop Iran from
A New York professor has discovered the real reason for the rise and rise of Islamic State in Syria and Iraq: not Islamist fundamentalism, death-cult nihilism or regional power struggles but climate change. Charles B Strozier, Professor of History at
The US State department has listed him as one of ten most wanted “foreign terrorist fighters” for his acts which allegedly include execution-style killings, but friends and family of Frenchman Salim Benghalem have expressed surprise at the accusation, telling press
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is known to destroy tombs and sacred temples held dear to Christians and Muslims in Iraq and Syria because the buildings, they claim, are idolatrous. Their next victim might be the Suleyman Shah tomb in Aleppo,
(AFP) Kurdish fighters backed by US-led coalition air strikes were locked in a fierce battle Wednesday to prevent a key Syrian border town from falling into the hands of jihadists. The heavy clashes in Ain al-Arab on the border with
(AFP) British fighter jets fired on Islamic State militants west of Baghdad overnight, the Ministry of Defence said Wednesday, in their second strikes in as many days in Iraq. Two Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornados based in Cyprus fired four
The Kurdish security forces, backed by U.S. airstrikes, regained control of territory in Iraq from Islamic State jihadists, including several villages and a strategic town on the border with Syria. Various media reports revealed that on September 30 with the
(AFP) Australian military jets are to join in the US-led air war against the Islamic State group in Iraq, conducting refuelling and support missions, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Wednesday. Australia deployed some 600 troops and several aircraft to the
(Reuters) – Turkey signaled it may send troops into Syria or Iraq and let allies use Turkish bases to fight Islamic State, as coalition jets launched air strikes on Wednesday on insurgents besieging a town on its southern border with Syria. The government sent a proposal
For several weeks this summer, President Barack Obama and his State Department insisted that Israel a) reach a cease-fire with Hamas, after the Palestinian terror group started a war; b) restrict its aerial bombing of Hamas targets, so as to
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom — David Cameron’s speech to the Conservative Party conference today struck a nostalgic tone – and it makes perfect sense why he adopted such a routine: this conference may well be his last. So the speech extended
Australian military jets are to join in the US-led air war against the Islamic State group in Iraq, conducting refuelling and support missions, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Wednesday. Australia deployed some 600 troops and several aircraft to the United
On February 16th, 2012, then-Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) asked Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper if there was any evidence al Qaeda extremist were fighting in Syria to try and take advantage of a power vacuum caused in the
The United States has spent up to an estimated $1 billion on military operations against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (also known as ISIS and ISIL), a new analysis found. According to a September 2014 report by the
The Syrian city of Kobani is facing capture by the terrorist group the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, and residents fear the terrorists will massacre Kurdish inhabitants when it happens. This news comes on the heels of President Obama’s
A 15 year old girl from Bristol is missing from her family home, and is believed to have travelled to Istanbul in Turkey with another teenage girl. It is thought that the pair plan to travel on to Syria to
Some of Canada’s nationwide Islamic organizations have come together to release a ‘counter terror’ handbook that urges intelligence and law enforcement officials to stop using the terms “Islamist terrorism,” “Islamic extremism,” and “jihad,” when officers of the law. The 37-page
During Monday’s National Security Action Summit, NumbersUSA’s Rosemary Jenks, one of the nation’s foremost immigration experts, said America must better screen legal immigrants to avoid another terrorist attack. Jenks pointed out that just this year alone, there have been “474
ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — A radical Muslim organization in Belgium was a terror group that brainwashed youngsters and sent them to fight in Syria, prosecutors said Monday as a trial started for dozens of its alleged leaders and members. Only
(AFP) Bangladesh police said Monday they have arrested a British citizen suspected of entering the country to recruit militants for jihadist groups overseas such as the Islamic State organisation. Officers said Samiun Rahman, a 24-year-old Londoner of Bangladeshi origin, was
During a recent interview with the Russian news organization Rossiya Segodnya, Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab stated that Egypt could take the lead in the fight against terrorism. “Today’s terrorism is an artificially created product which has no borders and
With unprecedented candor, the Vatican has censured the United Nations, accusing it of “apathy” and “indifference” in the face of the violent conflicts besieging the world today. Rather than hiding behind diplomatic generalities, the Vatican did not mince words in
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Hong Kong police back off as demonstrations continue Kobani crisis causes Turkey to reverse policy on Syria Hong Kong police back off as demonstrations continue Riot police use pepper spray in Hong Kong on
The USMC is preparing to deploy 2,100 Marines to Kuwait under the auspices of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF). The deployment was planned before the current “conflict in Iraq and Syria with the Islamic State” began. According to Defense
