While much of the global attention on the jihadist terror group Islamic State has focused on its genocidal attacks in Iraq, the group’s Syria wing has begun to advance through towns in Aleppo province, Syria, trapping more moderate anti-Assad rebels
An extensive report by The Washington Post details how the Turkish government is attempting to fight off Islamic State jihadists on their border–and struggling to undo medical, military, and moral support that jihadists counted on for months in border towns near
A British student has been found guilty of attempting to supply ISIS terrorists with £15,600 ($26,400) after her husband moved to Syria last year. Amal El-Wahabi was convicted in Britain’s Old Bailey court today following a four week trial. Her
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition activists say extremists from the Islamic State group have seized key towns and villages near the border with Turkey after deadly clashes with other rebels in the area. They say fighters of the group captured
On Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. local time, the US continued its aerial campaign against Islamic State positions, striking a mortar setup in the area of Mt. Sinjar where over twenty-thousand Yazidis remain under siege by the jihadi terror group. The
As Russian retaliation for Western sanctions bites across the European Union, Greece’s Foreign Ministry has expressed indignation at non-EU member Turkey boosting food exports at the continent’s expense, according to EurActiv. The initial sanctions were hastily applied by Western countries,
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish missionary priest being treated for Ebola died Tuesday in a Madrid hospital amid a worldwide debate over who should get experimental Ebola treatments. After a meeting with medical experts, the World Health Organization declared it
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s ruling party begins deliberations on the shape of the next government on Monday after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan secured his place in history by winning the nation’s first direct presidential election. Erdogan’s victory in Sunday’s vote
Controversial Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayap Erdogan appears to have crossed the 50% threshold in Sunday’s national election, which, if confirmed, would enable him to avoid a runoff in his quest to become his country’s first directly elected president. An
Tonight (Saturday, Aug. 9), cable channel BBC World News premieres the three-part series The Ottomans: Europe’s Muslim Emperors, which aired last fall in the U.K. (If you don’t have BBC World News on your cable system, the series is available
Following official declarations of support via humanitarian aid for the minority populations of Iraq currently fighting an onslaught from the jihadist terror group Islamic State, Kurdish publication Rudaw claims that the government of Turkey has vowed to do all in
Some celebrities, including Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, have come down harshly on Israel for fighting back against a rain of rockets launched by Hamas in recent weeks. The cast and crew of Dig, a new series from USA Network,
A little while ago, I took a giant step forward and joined UKIP: the ‘people’s army’. Was I right? There are now around forty thousand of us members. But my own journey was a little different. For a small part of
MEVASERET, Israel — Israel announced late Sunday it would enter into a seven-hour humanitarian ceasefire at 10:00 a.m. Monday morning, in which the IDF would hold its fire in most of the Gaza Strip to allow humanitarian aid to enter
David Blatt trailblazed an NBA head coaching job straight from an overseas league, lucked into one of the best players in NBA history joining his roster, and appears primed to compliment LeBron James in the frontcourt with the likely acquisition
“NHS to fund sperm bank for lesbians,” reports the Mail On Sunday. Or, as someone put it on Twitter: The people must be allowed to have their cake and eat it or they’ll sulk….. There are lots of things that
Turkey, a hot spot for radical Islamists, admitted there are over 1,000 Turkish radicals in the Islamic State (IS), formerly known as ISIS or ISIL. It is another black eye for the NATO country after an IS fighter claimed that the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Africans launch aid program as alarm increases over Ebola Gaza ceasefire collapses with ‘game changer’ abduction Mainstream analysts suddenly realize that this time it’s different Tunisia closes border to foreigners fleeing Libya Africans launch
ABC News reports that after Turkey’s Vice Prime Minster Bülent Arinç asserted Monday that one reason his country is suffering a moral decline is women laughing in public, he was mocked by Turkish women posting laughing selfies on social media.
The Israel Tax Authority inspected a package from Turkey to Gaza and found ball bearings–material that could be used in bombs or other explosives–inside a chocolate mixer. The Jerusalem Post reports: For fear that the ball bearings could be used
One Mile From the Gaza Border, ISRAEL– Shai Hermesh lives on a Kubutz in Israel a mile away from the Gaza border. He has lived on the Kubutz for over 50 years, the Kubutz was founded in 1956. Sitting in
(AFP) A fierce battle between Syrian Kurds and Islamic State jihadists has killed nearly 50 fighters from both sides as the Kurds seized several IS positions, a monitoring group said Thursday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported fighting
The leader of the eurosceptic right-wing Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) has said that immigrants who do not want to integrate should be expelled. Heinz-Christian Strache also repeated his call for separate school classes for foreign children to learn the German
The left wing across Europe is in uproar after Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban declared he wanted to build an “illiberal” state based on the Hungarian nation “while of course respecting the values of Christianity, freedom and human rights.” The
Turkey Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his AK Party have a well developed reputation for anti-Semitism and anti-Israel policies generally. But now ties to the Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS, are emerging. The Jerusalem Post reported one Islamic
