Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press,” Andrea Mitchell criticized President Barack Obama’s attempt to avoid having to follow ISIS into Syria where they began and would no doubt retreat to if the United States is successful in degrading their capabilities
Arab states agreed Sunday to take the “necessary measures” and were prepared to cooperate internationally to confront Islamic State militants, Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi said. At the start of a foreign ministers’ meeting in Cairo, Arabi had called for
This article originally appeared in The Hill: President Obama said he plans to address the nation on the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Wednesday, vowing to “hunt down” the terrorists. Obama said in
Lebanese Christians are taking precautions as the Islamic State (ISIS) continues to terrorize Iraq and Syria. Men grabbed weapons and set out for the hills to prepare for an eventual attack by the terrorist group. “We all know that if
The Netherlands has experienced as surge in anti-Semitic incidents and pro-jihadists demonstrations in the past decade, and is currently struggling to contain the rising popularity of the terrorist group the Islamic State in its Muslim communities. Last week, the Dutch
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will begin laying out a strategy this week to defeat Islamic State militants in the Middle East, meeting with congressional leaders Tuesday and giving a speech Wednesday, the eve of the 13th anniversary of
CAIRO (AP) — The secretary-general of the Arab League has appealed to Arab countries to find the political will to confront Islamic State insurgents and other militant groups, describing them as an existential threat. Nabil Elaraby said Sunday the unprecedented
I guess Obama’s “pen and phone” don’t work when it comes to blindingly obvious no-brainer decisions that would protect Americans from terrorists. This should be one of the biggest “well, duh!” initiatives in history – you’re on a no-fly, no-entry
Depending on who you talk to, anywhere from twelve to hundreds of American citizens have joined ISIS to fight in the Jihad against the West. The State Department maintains that there are only “maybe a dozen” Americans in ISIS. Secretary
How do you know when a politician is lying? His lips are moving. This is why people aspiring to be politicians go to law school. Not only does it teach them to lie real good, it also allows the rest
The Islamic State (ISIS) Sharia Law in their self-declared “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq include laws that treat women as second-class citizens. Yet, somehow this terrorist group manages to recruit women from around the world to participate in their jihad.
The Jabhat al-Nusra jihadist group, a branch of al-Qaeda in Syria, set its eyes on Mhardeh, which is one of the last Christian cities in the war-torn country. Locals claim ten-year-old Shaza Bitar was killed in one attack on September
Islamic State militants, buoyed by military success yet squeezed online by Western cyber-security initiatives are now openly recruiting in European mosques, according to claims published by The Guardian. In the recent past, the ‘radicalisation’ process that foreshadowed young men and
A photo allegedly released as part of the propaganda campaign waged by the Islamic State (IS), also known as ISIS, shows an infant surrounded by guns and grenades “lying on an ISIS flag.” According to Mail Online, the photo, posted
Ten Israeli Arabs have united with the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, to fight in Iraq and Syria, according to reports based on Israeli Shin Bet security services sources, The Times of Israel reports. Israeli Arabs’ interest in jihadi
Claiming there is no clearer “renunciation of (U.S.) citizenship than choosing to join ISIS,” U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas plans to file the Expatriate Terrorist Act (E.T.A.) of 2014 when the Senate returns to work on Monday, September 8th. Currently, it’s
Friday after the conclusion of the NATO Summit in Wales, President Barack Obama said there will be no U.S. troops on the ground in Syria. The president said, “With respect to the situation on the ground in Syria we will
This article originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal: Tucked away in a recent New York Times story on military operations against ISIS by Iraqi special forces and the Kurdish Peshmerga was a brief description of what these troops discovered when they
The jihadist group the Islamic State has made mass abductions and murders a staple of their terrorist tactics in both Iraq and Syria. Last week, reports began to surface on social media of a massacre at Tabqa Airbase in northern
Three people were yesterday being questioned in Copenhagen for selling stickers which openly declare support for the Islamic State. The arrests come just days after a Danish mosque declared support for the Caliphate, saying: “Muslims should have their own state
This article originally appeared at BBC. In 2010, Cambridge professor Nicholas Boyle said “a great event” in the year 2014 would be pivotal in determining whether the 21st Century would bring peace and prosperity or war and poverty. With the
QAA, Lebanon (AP) — Every day around sunset, dozens of residents of this small Lebanese Christian village on the border carry their automatic rifles and deploy on surrounding hills, taking up positions and laying ambushes in case Muslim extremists from
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Saudi Arabia cracks down on terrorists linked to ISIS ISIS and the resurgence of Saudi Wahhabism Saudi Arabia cracks down on terrorists linked to ISIS ISIS terrorists marching, carrying the ISIS black flag (AP)
(Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of Washington’s closest allies in the Middle East, has called for a “unified effort” to root out radical militancy in regional hotspots including Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia and Afghanistan. In a statement issued on the
Forty-four-year-old British humanitarian worker David Haines is in the hands of the Islamic State jihadis, awaiting his execution along with an Italian aid worker. Both were likely captured while they were volunteering their time helping with the humanitarian crisis in
