MADRID (AP) — With golden confetti raining on their heads and “Party in the U.S.A” ringing in their ears, it must have been hard for the U.S. basketball players to hear anything. Doesn’t matter. They had stopped listening long ago.
In his weekly address, Saturday, President Obama once again tried to separate himself from the “previous administration” by telling the American people he would avoid making “the mistakes of the past” and crowing that he is “leading the right way” so
For all the ridicule heaped upon George W. Bush’s so-called “Coalition of the Willing” by President Obama, Vice President Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry, among others, the US-led 2003 operation to liberate Iraq and overthrow the regime of
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Israel to investigate its own possible war crimes in Gaza war Palestinians divided over taking Israel to International Criminal Court Little visible support for American coalition to fight ISIS Israel to investigate its own
Speaking to CNN on Thursday, Secretary of State John Kerry refused to describe the current undertaking against the Islamic State jihadist terror group as a “war,” instead opting to call it “a very significant counterterrorism operation” and emphasizing the involvement
(AFP) US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Ankara Friday for talks aimed at building a coalition against Islamic State jihadists, a visit that comes after Turkey refused to allow the use of its air bases for launching attacks
German and Turkish officials have announced that they will not send fighter jets to Iraq and Syria as part of a coalition effort to conduct air strikes against the Islamic State terror group.Turkey has in addition also refused its airspace
Mirza Dinnayi, senior Yazidi leader and a former adviser on minority affairs to the president of Iraq, told the audience at a conference this week he fears the radical jihadist group the Islamic State could strike anywhere, due to the
As the ISIS threat continues to sweep across Iraq and Syria, Newsweek reports that one of the major cities of neighbouring Turkey has become a “recruiting ground” for the extremist group: When Deniz Sahin’s ex-husband phoned out of the blue
In spite of its promise to NATO to help fight the Islamic State, Turkey will not take part in combat operations against militants and will refuse to allow any US-led coalition to attack jihadists in neighboring Iraq and Syria from
Turkey will not support President Barack Obama’s call for a military response to ISIS, according to an official source quoted by Agence France-Presse on Thursday. It will not allow the U.S. to use air bases in Turkey for missions against
As regards St. Patrick’s Day, let’s be clear on a few things. First, St. Patrick is the Catholic patron saint of Ireland. He is not a saint shared by other Christian communities (like the Apostles, for example). If non-Catholic Irish or others
The Islamic State has established a market in the Middle East for oil stolen from conquered fields in Syria and Iraq, depending heavily on oil sales to pay for ammunition and basic goods for its mujahideen. Reports claim that it
Saudi Arabia is hosting a counter-terrorism meeting on September 11. Representatives from Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, the U.S., and the Gulf Corporation Council (GCC) will attend. Asharq al-Awsat reports that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Saudi Arabia and
Israel has provided intelligence, including satellite imagery, in support of the U.S.-led aerial campaign against Islamic State in Iraq, according to a Reuters report. According to the diplomat cited in the Monday report, the information has often been shared by
A man has been arrested in Oslo, Norway for kidnapping his wife and five children and taking them to Syria against their will. He had told his family that they were going on holiday to Turkey, but upon arrival in
Following Al Qaeda’s September 11, 2001 attack against the United States, Qatar’s state-owned Al Jazeera was introduced to the U.S. public as the channel that received the tape where Osama Bin Laden claimed responsibility for the worst terrorist attack on
Christianity is no longer a religion, former Turkish official Erdogan Bayraktar said at a recent conference sponsored by Turkey’s ruling (AKP) party. Bayraktar, Turkey’s Environment and Urbanism Minister until December 2013, said at the conference: The biggest three countries in the
Spain is considering a ban on burqas as part of a new security package. Speaking in a press conference, interior minister Jorje Fernández Diaz said that now would be a good time to obtain “a level of consensus” on the
David Cameron’s anti-terror plans have come under attack following claims he made the announcement on Monday simply to distract from the news of Conservative MP Douglas Carswell joining UKIP. Labour MP Ian Austin, who is a member of the House
As analysts and politicians pore over the implications of the new anti-terror measures announced by David Cameron on Monday, a columnist in London’s Times newspaper has called them “bungled” and said they simply look like “an attempt merely to grab
A 22-year-old man suspected of acting as a recruiter for jihadist groups in Syria has been arrested at an airport in the south of France, the interior ministry said Sunday. The man, who is said to be of Chechen origin,
A 20-year-old California man is in Santa Ana Jail in Orange after federal authorities alleged he was planning to fly to Turkey and join the Islamic State (IS), according to the Orange County Register. Adam Dandach, AKA Fadi Fadi Dandach,
The United Nations said the number of Syrian refugees registered in neighboring countries since 2011 will pass the three-million mark as of Friday, according to Reuters. That figure is one million refugees higher than last year. In addition, another 6.5
