KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai used his farewell speech on Tuesday to take one last swipe at the United States, capping a long-testy relationship with the accusation that America hasn’t wanted peace in Afghanistan. The only
Thousands of Palestinians mourned the deaths Tuesday of two Palestinian men suspected of kidnapping and killing three Israeli students in June, the Jerusalem Post reports. A massive funeral procession honoring Marwan Kawasme and Amar Abuysha moved through the streets of Hebron, featuring mourners
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Massive Hong Kong student demonstrations challenge Beijing Turkey braces for expected flood of hundreds of thousands more refugees Yazidis, Mosul Christians hold Obama responsible for ISIS Horse manure and climate change Massive Hong Kong
An ISIS fighter captured by Iraqi Kurds has told local media that British jihadists are often considered “useless” by ISIS top brass and are good for nothing else but suicide squads, but regardless enjoy all the “perks” of ISIS life,
The Islamic State has reportedly massacred dozens of Kurdish members of their group because the men refused to extend their participation in jihad to the ethnic cleansing of Kurds in Syria. The jihadists are moving towards the north to capture
Top Islamic State leaders may have been released as part of a deal executed over the weekend that saw forty-nine Turks freed from the hands of jihadis, according to reports documenting the exchange. The Turkish nationals were freed this weekend
This weekend some 130,000 Syrian refugees flooded across the border into Turkey, according to the Turkish Vice-Premier Numan Kurtulmus. The refugees, mostly Kurds, are fleeing Sunni extremist fighters from the ISIS who launched an offensive against Kurdish communities in northern
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
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
(Reuters) – Turkish intelligence agents brought 46 hostages seized by Islamic State militants in northern Iraq back to Turkeyon Saturday after more than three months in captivity, in what President Tayyip Erdogan described as a covert rescue operation. Security sources told
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
The self-proclaimed Islamic State has freed 49 Turkish hostages from the country’s besieged consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The freed men were greeted with crowds waving Turkish flags when they arrived back in the city of Ankara
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,
A Vatican press release confirmed a meeting between Pope Francis and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan Friday morning, during which they paid “special attention” to the plight of “Christian communities and other religious minorities in the area, and to the humanitarian
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
KOBANE, Syria, Sept. 18 (UPI) — Islamic State forces captured 16 Kurdish villages in northern Syria, in the Kobani region near the border of Turkey, Thursday. There was no assessment of casualties, but a leader of the battle-tested Kurdish People’s
President Barack Obama’s announcement of his offer to arm and help Syrian rebels fight against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) may have triggered a surge in recruitment for the terrorist group. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an NGO specializing in
Partly out of fear, partly out of frustration, Lebanese assistance to Syrian refugees is waning. Bordering on Syria, Lebanon fears incursions from jihadist groups like the Islamic State and the al-Nusra Front of the al-Qaeda network. The Syrian conflict could
(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.
The Israeli National Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau has warned of the heightened probability of terror attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets as the High Holy Days approach, with special concern for Western Europe. In a report released on Monday, Israeli
SAN FRANCISCO, California — Breitbart News paid a visit to Twitter Headquarters on Wednesday to gauge reactions from the social media company’s employees about recent threats directed towards them from the Islamic State (ISIS). Islamic State extremists have been using Twitter’s social
On September 12, the Vatican announced that the Pope would be visiting Turkey in late November. “This morning, the Holy See received the official letter inviting Pope Francis to visit Turkey from Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s President,” said Father Francisco
Although he declined to comment on any specific commitments made by nations participating in the administration’s “broad coalition” to fight the Islamic State, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest did say today that it is “coming together very nicely.” At
Hamas Chairman Khaled Mashaal is reportedly considering leaving Qatar after news broke that several Muslim Brotherhood officials have been politely asked to depart the country. A Tunisian newspaper reported that Mashaal is contemplating a move to Tunisia, Turkey, or Malaysia.
