On September 23, ex-Soviet nation Azerbaijan announced the arrest of 26 citizens accused of joining Islamic militants in Syria, including ISIS. The arrests were announced just “hours” after the US, Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, carried out
Khorasan is al-Qaeda, and al-Qaeda is Khorasan. To date, nothing has been established to suggest a distinguishing difference in ideology between the two separately named entities. Instead, experts suggest that Khorasan should be viewed as an elite unit, largely consisting of
After months in which the Turkish government has received substantial criticism for not participating fully in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terrorist group, President Tayyip Erdogan has vowed that his nation will contribute either “military or logistics” to the
“People of faith have a grave responsibility to condemn those who seek to detach faith from reason and instrumentalize faith as a justification for violence,” said Cardinal Pietro Parolin Wednesday in an address to the UN Security Council. The Cardinal
The British government has agreed a motion authorising British air strikes against ISIS in Iraq. The motion, which will be debated and voted on in the House of Commons tomorrow, makes clear that any air strikes will be aimed solely
British Muslims whose families have lived in the country for several generations are more susceptible to radicalisation than recent immigrants, according to new research. A study by the University of London also found that radicalised British Muslims tend to be
Iran on Thursday rejected accusations from British Prime Minister David Cameron that it supports “terrorism”, pointing out instead that it is leading the fight against groups like the Islamic State. Addressing the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday,
BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants with the Islamic State group publicly killed a rights lawyer in the Iraqi city of Mosul after finding her guilty of apostasy in a self-styled Islamic court, the U.N. mission in Iraq said Thursday. Samira Salih
Exchanges of gunfire occurred on Wednesday between Jordanian border troops and Islamist entities, according to a security source who spoke to Turkish press outlet Anadolu Agency. While the specific instance has yet to receive comment from the Jordanian government, officials
As President Barack Obama launches air strikes in Syria, anti-war activists are frustrated that he is getting a pass from groups traditionally opposed to military intervention. According to the Washington Post, only 22 anti-war activists protested near the White House
(AFP) Sierra Leone began a quarantine of more than one million people Thursday in the largest lockdown in west Africa’s deadly Ebola outbreak, as world leaders met to discuss the crisis at the United Nations. The northern districts of Port
Al-Qaeda may stage attacks in Europe and Israel to show that they are still relevant following the rise of ISIS, the European Union’s counter-terrorism coordinator has told a European Parliament committee. It is believed that some militants have travelled from
The Pentagon shocked the world this week with the news of U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria on Islamic State targets. Many wondered precisely what kind of airstrikes and what such a kinetic action would look like on the ground. To elucidate
British aid worker Alan Henning is still alive in captivity with the Islamic State, his wife asserted Wednesday, noting that the terrorist group sent her and UK authorities audio of her husband pleading for his life. Henning was threatened with
President Francois Hollande was to convene an emergency meeting of his defence council Thursday with renewed determination to fight Islamic State extremists after the “cowardly” beheading of a French hostage in Algeria. As France grieved the loss of 55-year-old Herve
A British citizen has been reported as killed by an American-led coalition air strike in Syria, after he abandoned his school studies to join an Al-Qaeda group in the war torn country. The news emerged as one of his fellow
Islamist militants in the Philippines are understood to be threatening to behead one of two German hostages being held, unless Germany agrees to pay a large ransom and withdraw all support for the US-led attacks on ISIS in Iraq and
Sierra Leone began a quarantine of more than one million people Thursday in the largest lockdown in west Africa’s deadly Ebola outbreak, as world leaders met to discuss the crisis at the United Nations. The northern districts of Port Loko
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Iran could be “part of the solution” in defeating jihadists in Syria after he held landmark talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Addressing the UN General Assembly, Cameron said Britain had “severe disagreements” with
BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-led airstrikes targeted Syrian oil installations held by the militant Islamic State group overnight and early Thursday, killing nearly 20 people as the militants released dozens of detainees in their de facto capital, fearing further raids, activists
Fox News chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge reported that the Khorasan terrorist group in Syria is really core Al Qaeda on Wednesday’s broadcast of “The Sean Hannity Show.” She added that the group’s existence coupled with the administration’s knowledge of
Former Vice President Dick Cheney said that President Obama “has consistently demonstrated…a refusal to accept good military advice” on Wednesday’s broadcast of “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. “The longer it [the US’ military action against ISIS] takes the costlier
On Wednesday’s “The Kelly File,” host Megyn Kelly played a clip that compared the tenor of President Barack Obama’s address to the United Nations earlier in the day to then-President George W. Bush, who addressed the same body from the
On September 23 the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported that US led airstrikes killed “at least 400 militants” on the night of the 22nd. The casualty count comes from numbers compiled by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). According
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, in an interview with Yahoo News, hinted at American ground troops “ultimately” going into Syria. President Obama has repeatedly said that he will not send U.S. ground troops into Iraq or Syria. Holder also indicated
