One hundred thirty United States marines and special operations units will travel to the autonomous Kurdistan region in the north of Iraq, according to Pentagon officials. US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said of the deployment of marines to the
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan reacted with an unorthodox tone to the first case of Ebola in his country, calling the victim a “madman” for carrying the Ebola virus into his country. On Tuesday, Nigerian officials confirmed the 10th case of
Breitbart News had the opportunity to sit down with Michael Rubin, a Foreign Policy scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), to discuss the ongoing turmoil dealing with the Islamic State terror group, Iran’s encroachment, Iraq’s political situation, and the
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
A Bosnian national named Emrah Fojnica, nicknamed “Khattab” was killed over the weekend in an attempted suicide bombing in Iraq, according to the Macedonian English Language News Agency. Fojnica had been waging jihad in both Syria and Iraq, where he
Reached for comment during his fifteen-day vacation in Martha’s Vineyard, President Barack Obama said that he sees Iraq’s nomination of Haider al-Abadi as its next Prime Minister as a “promising step forward.” Obama in Martha’s Vineyard (Credit: White House) Incumbent
Chinese officials have deemed it appropriate to punish drivers who are misusing their headlights by forcing them to stare at high beams for five minutes straight. The offenders must sit on a small plastic stool in direct alignment with the
The United Nations’s scathing critique of North Korea’s alleged crimes against humanity has been rejected by Pyongyang. Instead, the dictatorial communist regime has decided it will launch its own investigation into the human rights status within its country. A North
Officials from both Indonesia, the state with the world’s largest Muslim population, and Malaysia have warned that the radical Islamic State (IS) terror group is now targeting their respective countries. Indonesia and Malaysia, known for their more secular governing policies
Ken Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch (HRW) and another member of his senior staff, Sarah Leah Whitson, have been disallowed from entering into Egypt. The two were detained at Egypt’s Cairo International airport for 12 hours before
American airstrikes were carried out Saturday and Sunday through drones and fighter jets in order to provide air support for Kurdish ground troops in the area of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region. The Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers have been
Muslim Brotherhood terror group Hamas has said that it would expand its rocket range to again attack Tel Aviv should Israel refuse to comply with its demand to remove the Gaza blockade. Israel moved forward with the blockade in 2007,
Uganda is investigating the possibility that one of its citizens has the Ebola virus that has been sweeping through West Africa. A Uganda health ministry spokesperson said, “There is a suspected case, samples have been taken from the suspect, and
Among the two American patients being treated for Ebola virus at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Kent Brantly said Friday that he has been “growing stronger every day.” Brantly said that he thanked “God for his mercy as
In just one week in July, eight separate synagogues were attacked in France. According to French organization Crif, one of them, located outside of Paris, was firebombed by a 400-person riot. Crif also documented that a kosher supermarket and kosher
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health has announced that individuals from Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia, where the Ebola virus is most prevalent, are not allowed to obtain visas in order to go on the Hajj or Umrah (Islamic Pilgrimage to
Hamas has demanded that Israel lift its blockade of Gaza by 8:00 a.m. Friday. If Israel fails to oblige, Hamas threatens that it will continue its attacks. Israel instituted the blockade of Gaza in 2007 to try to stop foreign entities from fueling Hamas and
The chief nurse for Emory Healthcare at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Susan M. Grant, penned an op-ed in the Washington Post Wednesday defending the decision to bring Ebola patients to America. Grant wrote that Americans need not worry about
Kandahar, a city in southeast Afghanistan with a population of roughly 500,000, is set to be without electricity once US troops complete their withdrawal from the country. According to a report by Reuters, when the United States leaves Kandahar in
A top doctor in Liberia has said that a large swath of Ebola cases are going largely unreported. The doctor, who works as a senior physician in a leading medical clinic in Liberia, told CBS News that there are likely
Jordanian TV host Husam Al-Abdalat was on Jordan Future TV this week, declaring that those who do not take up arms to defend Hamas aren’t “real men.” The video, translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute, showcases a TV
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said he’s convinced that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under the influence of a demonic being. The leader of the Central American state told Globovision, “Prime Minister Netanyahu appears to be possessed by the devil.
U.S. intelligence officials have confirmed that another Edward Snowden-like leaker has disclosed top secret U.S. national security documents, leaking them to journalist Glenn Greenwald and his “The Intercept” website. The Intercept is the media outlet of choice for former CIA
An official from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps said that its homemade Fajr-5 warheads are in the hands of Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, according to the Associated Press. It has long been known that Hamas has Fajr-5s in its
As of Tuesday, Israel has now withdrawn all of its troops from Gaza into “defensive positions” situated on the border of the Strip. Israel announced at 8:00 a.m. local time that it was adhering to a self-declared 72-hour ceasefire, pulling
Washington, D.C. — Photos obtained by Breitbart News showcase the struggle far-left activists are facing in persuading the public to support their anti-Israel rallies. A rally hosted by Code Pink on Wednesday in front of the Israeli embassy appeared to be
Israel and Hamas have reportedly agreed to a US and UN brokered 72-hour ceasefire that is set to begin Friday at 8:00 a.m. local time. Israel has now agreed to over eight humanitarian ceasefires. All of the truces that Hamas
There is no Iron Dome in Gaza, where hundreds of Hamas rockets are falling short in the Strip, killing scores of innocent civilians. During the day Wednesday, 140 rockets were fired from Gaza, indiscriminately destined for Israel. According to Israel
Bolivian President Evo Morales has declared Israel a “terrorist state” as four other Latin American countries have pulled their delegations to Israel. As of Wednesday, Israelis now must obtain a visa before jetting to Bolivia. Beforehand, Israelis were able to
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon spoke Wednesday at a summit in Costa Rica where he placed blame on Israel for an attack at a UN school in Gaza. Not once mentioning Hamas in his speech, Ban said: This morning,
Three Israeli soldiers were killed Wednesday when explosives detonated within a booby-trapped UN building in Khan Younis, Gaza. An elite IDF tunnel unit was in the process of uncovering an opening to a Hamas tunnel located at an UNRWA (United
Turkey has agreed to cancel a second “freedom flotilla” which was set to break the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza. In exchange for Ankara’s cancellation, Jerusalem allowed for the Turks to send planes of humanitarian aid to Gaza. Earlier this
The Israel Democracy Institute and Tel Aviv University released their collaborative peace index poll Tuesday, which covers how Israelis view the current Israel-Hamas conflict. Israeli public opinion shows that over 90% of Israel’s Jews support Operation Protective Edge, while only
On Tuesday, Israeli media reported the text of an alleged phone conversation on July 27th between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The text was said to have come from a “senior US official”.Obama National Security Advisor
The United Nations Relief & Works Agency For Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced Tuesday that another rocket stockpile has been found at one of its schools in Gaza. This instance marks the third time since the beginning of Operation Protective Edge
Hamas officials said that a Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) proposal for a 72-hour ceasefire has been rejected by the militant jihadist group. According to a Hamas spokesman, “We will not agree to calm until Israel commits to quiet. If we
At a time when the United States and coalition forces are wrapping up their thirteen-year military campaign in Afghanistan, Taliban fighters are seizing the opportunity to expand their influence and grab territory comparable to levels unseen since before 9/11, when
Over one thousand French Jews have left France for Israel during a ten-day time span in mid-July, leaving their livelihoods behind for the hopes of a safer tomorrow. Multiple pro-Palestinian riots have occurred in the past weeks to protest Israel’s
The Israel Defense Forces believe long-range rockets originally fired indiscriminately toward Israel resulted in the misdirected rocket salvo that hit Gaza’s Shifa hospital and Al-Shati refugee camp. Palestinian officials reported that at least ten were killed and dozens wounded in
On Sunday, a number of Hamas-friendly websites were hacked by a Pro-Israel cyber team. Users who viewed the various web sites expecting to see radical jihadi Islamist content were caught off guard and instead shown a split-screen display of videos
