(Reuters) – Islamic State fighters have seized 16 Kurdish villages in northern Syria in a major advance towards the city of Ayn al-Arab at the border with Turkey, a Kurdish military official and a group that tracks the civil war said on Thursday.
House Republicans continue to be split along mostly conservative and establishment lines, as they voted and passed the Mckeon amendment, a tougher, more restrictive bill that would arm and train the rag-tag and unknown Free Syrian Army rebels. Republican leadership
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House voted to provide the Obama administration the authority to arm and train Syrian rebels to fight against ISIS Wednesday, despite the widespread concern that the strategy might not work. The authorization passed 273-156. The legislation
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary, when questioned during a House panel hearing today, was unable to say with certainty whether a suspected or a known terrorist has illegally entered the U.S. through the Southwest border. During a House
The jihadist terror group the Islamic State has adopted a wide variety of violent tactics to subdue and ultimately destroy minority populations in Syria and Iraq– from crucifixions to beheadings to the mass burning of symbols of Western “decadence.” But
The Islamic State (ISIS) is using social media to lure Western girls to their self-declared “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq for the purpose of procreating with jihadists. Many of the women recruited are from Britain, Australia, and the United States.
During his address to the nation last week President Obama said that ISIS “is not Islamic.” Yesterday NY Times’ columnist Thomas Friedman undercut the President’s claim, albeit without ever pointing out that Obama got it wrong. Friedman’s piece is titled
Wednesday at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL, President Barack Obama attempted to clear up the confusion over whether U.S. troops will be engaged in combat mission in the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. The president said,
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Regardless of what the generals advise and how bad the situation gets the U.S. should not send in combat troops, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told reporters Wednesday. “The worse it gets the less reason I
Though the Israeli Security Council has issued a “severe terror alert” for Jews and Israelis traveling abroad, no such threat exists for Israel itself, according to Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon. Ya’alon’s comments came during a briefing Tuesday with journalists
In Geneva yesterday, eight bishops and patriarchs of the Churches of the Middle East denounced the “crimes against humanity” committed by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The religious leaders also stressed the “responsibility of the international community
The al-Nusra Front, the Syrian rebel group linked to al-Qaeda, has seized UN weapons, uniforms, and vehicles from peacekeepers in the Golan and set up a zone from which to wage attacks, according to the Syrian United Nations ambassador. AFP
Friends of Alan Hennings, the British hostage threatened next with execution by ISIS jihadists, say they offered the terrorist organisation money in return for his release, but were turned down. A fellow volunteer has told the Daily Mail that ISIS
Western countries must stop “playing war games” in Ukraine and “poking the Russian bear with a stick” and instead work with Vladimir Putin to defeat the self-proclaimed Islamic State, Nigel Farage has said. Speaking to the European Parliament, the UKIP
(Reuters) – Turkey’s military is drawing up plans for a possible “buffer zone” on the country’s southern border, where it faces a threat from Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, Turkish media quoted President Tayyip Erdogan as saying on Monday. The government
(AFP) Syrian air strikes on a besieged rebel town in the heart of the country have killed nearly 50 people over the past two days, a monitoring group said on Wednesday. On Monday, air strikes killed 23 people in the
ERBIL, Iraq– During a visit to the front lines with the Kurdish military forces, Breitbart News witnessed firsthand the lack of modern weapons and equipment the Kurdish forces are using to defeat the Islamic State. For example, at a furthest
The Austrian government plans to tighten up laws on sedition and the display of provocative imagery in order to tackle Isis jihadists and their supporters within Austria, The Local has reported. Under the range of new measures, dual citizens who
France’s parliament approved a new anti-terror bill aimed at preventing potential jihadists from travelling to Iraq, Syria or elsewhere by confiscating their passports. The travel ban on French nationals could be imposed “where there are serious reasons to believe that
As Senate leaders announced a proposal to lump together authorization and funding for military operations to combat Islamic State terrorists in Syria, members of both parties signaled deep disappointment. Exiting Senate lunches, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) was deeply skeptical of
The deputy chief of Shia Islamist group Hezbollah said that his terror outfit is desperately needed in Syria to stave off the advances of the Sunni Islamic State. Nabil Qaouk said Monday at a military ceremony in Aita Shaab that
Increasingly impatient with the rapid growth of jihadist terrorist group Boko Haram, some local political officials are denouncing Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan for not doing enough to contain the threat. Speaking to a local television station in Benin, Nigeria, Governor Rabiu
With a vote on President Obama’s request for authority to arm and train Syrian rebels all but hinging on Democratic votes to pass, the liberal Democracy for America is urging Congress to vote “no” on the authorization. The Howard Dean-founded
Tuesday testifying at a hearing on the ISIS strategy before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey said that if circumstances on the ground warranted it he would recommend U.S. combat boots on the ground
In a written statement to the New York Times, the Department of Homeland Security denied that there was “credible evidence” to believe Islamic State terrorists could use the porous southern border to cross into the United States and wage terror
