Iran is a cornerstone of stability in the Middle East in the face of the “terrorists” rocking the region, President Hassan Rouhani said Monday before leaving for the United Nations. “The peoples of the region are defending themselves, and will
Former Australian leader John Howard has said he was embarrassed that the US intelligence on weapons of mass destruction he used to send troops to Iraq in 2003 proved to be unfounded. But he denied that the conflict which toppled
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Turkey admits 66,000 refugee Kurds from Syria as Mideast realignment continues India launches ‘Project Mausam’ to counter China’s ‘Maritime Silk Road’ Russia sends massive new convoy across border into Ukraine Turkey admits 66,000 refugee
LONDON (AP) — The wife of a British aid worker held hostage by the Islamic State group has issued a statement pleading for the militants to release him and respond to her messages “before it is too late.” The Islamic
On this weekend’s broadcast of ABC’s “This Week,” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power laid out the United States’ tentative strategy in attacking ISIS with air strikes. Power explained what the ultimate objective was but said she did
The Islamic State captured Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, in July, and within the month, reports surged that the jihadist terror group had either occupied or destroyed every Christian institution in the city. Not just the Christian legacy is threatened by
US spy planes are flying over South London in a bid to track down ‘Jihadi John’ via his associates still in the area. The planes are being flown by British pilots, are carrying FBI agents, and are equipped with state
The government of Turkey is reporting that between 45,000-60,000 Syrian refugees have crossed the border in the past 24 hours to escape the Islamic State. The majority are from the Kurdish town of Kobane and surrounding villages, which is considered
Hisham Melhem, the Washington bureau chief of Al-Arabiya, writes in POLITICO: Arab civilization has collapsed. It won’t recover in my lifetime. With his decision to use force against the violent extremists of the Islamic State, President Obama is doing more than
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi told The Associated Press on Saturday he is prepared to give whatever support is needed in the fight against the Islamic State group but called for a “comprehensive strategy” to tackle the roots
Authorities in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula have discovered a decapitated body believed to be a victim of Islamist radical group Ansar Bait al-Maqdis. The terrorists claimed four decapitations in August. This body was found in North Sinai near the capital of Al-Arish. Officials
United States Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has long been adamantly in favor of arming the so-called “moderate” rebels in Syria, going as far as equating “Allahu Akbar,” which is an Islamic war cry, with “Thank God” and relying upon discredited
President Barack Obama touted the size United States-led coalition against ISIS and America’s air campaign against the group while promising “I won’t commit our troops to fighting another ground war in Iraq, or in Syria” during his weekly address on
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s military campaign against Islamic State group extremists has already crept beyond the narrow parameters he first outlined three months ago. But military experts both inside and outside of the administration argue that even more
Jihadist fighters in Syria are calling on ISIS to release British hostage Alan Henning, saying that killing him would be “haram” (forbidden in Islamic law). The Times reports that extremists are openly dissenting over the group’s threat to kill Henning,
Belgian authorities have prevented several attacks by jihadist fighters returning home from Syria and by sympathisers with the Islamic State extremist group, a report said Saturday. The daily L’Echo cited unnamed sources as saying the planned attacks could have been
BEIRUT (AP) — Activists say hundreds of Kurdish fighters are crossing into Syria from Turkey to defend a Kurdish area under attack by Islamic State militants. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and local Kurdish official Nawaf Khalil said
At least 18 jihadists from the Islamic State group were killed in overnight clashes with Kurdish fighters in northern Syria near a strategic border, a monitoring group said Saturday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the 18 militants,
The father of one of the British militants suspected of being ‘Jihadi John’ has admitted in court that he plotted with Osama bin Laden to blow up American embassies in 1998. The Daily Mail reports that Adel Abdul Bary wept
While the Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL, continues to conquer and hold territory–expanding its influence–an al-Qaeda cell formed from Osama bin Laden’s operatives and bomb experts have emerged in Syria. The cell goes by the name “Khorasan,”
Friday during the White House press briefing, National Security Advisor Susan Rice abruptly left in the middle of a question after confusing reporters with her announcement President Barack Obama was going ahead with air strikes in Syria. When reporters began
A nurse in Turkey told authorities she is tired of treating members from the Islamic State. The nurse, only known as E.G., works in a hospital in Mersin, which is on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and across the
U.S. Border Patrol agents have apprehended at least 474 aliens from terrorism-linked countries attempting to sneak into the country illegally this year alone, according to a leaked document obtained by Breitbart Texas. According to the document from the U.S. Customs and
On Thursday In a session with the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Secretary of State John Kerry was asked by Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) whether America was at war in Iraq and Syria. Kerry responded: “If you’re more comfortable calling
Syria, which had claimed to have destroyed all of its chemical weapons production facilities, has revealed a previously undeclared research and development facility and a ricin-producing laboratory. Reuters reports that, according to diplomatic sources, Syria detailed three new facilities to
