TEL AVIV– Israeli Navy special operations troops went into Gaza for the first time during Operation Protective Edge, raiding a facility responsible for storing Hamas’s more sophisticated long-range rockets. The operation was In response to a heavy rocket barrage that
TEL AVIV — Israel has deployed its 8th Iron Dome anti-missile battery into the field, and it became fully operational Friday afternoon. The Iron Dome has intercepted rockets at a success rate of 90% thus far in downing incoming rocket
Tel Aviv, Israel — Hamas continued its documented record of using civilians and “protected” areas as cover for launching missile strikes into Israel. On Saturday, an Israeli airstrike hit a Gaza mosque along with a disabled persons center suspected of
Tel Aviv, Israel — It was more of the same Friday for the residents of Tel Aviv, as two massive blasts caused by Iron Dome battery missiles intercepted Hamas’s long-range rockets, shaking the skies Friday night. The intercept marks the
Tel Aviv, Israel– Israelis living in the north of the country were awoken early this morning to the sound of three rockets from Lebanon crashing into their sovereign territory. Israel responded by firing artillery shells upon targets in Lebanon, according
TEL AVIV, Israel–On Thursday, Hamas jihadis fired 192 rockets from Gaza into Israel, according to the Israel Defense Forces. 44 were successfully intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome short-range missile defense system, while 141 of the rockets struck Israeli territory. According
On Wednesday, Glenn Greenwald released the names of five Muslim-Americans on whom, he alleged, the FBI and the NSA have unfairly spied. However, what is clear after further investigation is that the five named individuals in the Greenwald expose’ have
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki declared Wednesday that he suspected Iraq’s northern autonomous Kurdish region of hosting militants from the Islamic State, the group formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). “Honestly, we cannot be silent
Another Syrian rebel group has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, the terror group formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). The 1,000-member Dawud Brigade, based in the town of Sarmin, located in Syria’s Idlib province,
The Iron Dome missile defense system, co-developed by the United States’ Raytheon and Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, has achieved an impressive 90 percent success rate in shooting down rockets launched by Hamas from the Gaza Strip. The advanced short-range
Although Hamas has been directing rockets at Tel Aviv throughout the day, doctors at an Israeli non-profit located in the city of Tel Aviv, Save a Child’s Heart, have been working around the clock to treat Gaza youth, regardless of
Rockets from Gaza continue to be fired into Israel, targeting the millions of civilians residing in the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem metropolitan areas. On two separate occasions Tuesday evening, rocket attacks were launched from the Gaza strip into Tel Aviv.
Reports coming out of eastern Syria Monday revealed that several factions within the Syrian opposition force known as the Free Syrian Army (FSA) have pledged services to the Islamic State, the group formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq
On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed his military commanders to be fully prepared for a ground operation into the Gaza, the strip of territory controlled by Muslim Brotherhood affiliated terrorist group Hamas. A senior Israeli official said of
At 1:22 a.m. local time Tuesday, Israel officially declared that a military operation – Operation Protective Edge – was underway to respond to the rocket attacks carried out by Hamas, a terrorist group that controls the Gaza Strip. According to a senior
The head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), a Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated group, called upon fellow Islamists and Arabs to declare holy war against Israel “for the sake of Palestine.” According to a translation provided by the Center for
Syrian opposition leader Zahran Alloush, the head of Jaysh al-Islam (Army of Islam), gave a speech to fellow Sunni salafist jihadists in which he announced his group’s staunch opposition to the Islamic State terror organization that is currently taking over
In a rare public appearance at Mosul, Iraq’s Great Mosque, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the group formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), now called the Islamic State, revealed an expensive wristwatch known as a symbol of
A statement from the North Korean government in Pyongyang said that the North and South should reunify through a federalization process so that different ideologies can co-exist under one unified Korea. “The north and the south should specify the reunification
On Saturday, news was leaked to Iraqi media that Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri Maliki, has decided to appoint his son as the ultimate authority in charge of the army. According to the leaks, Maliki has also forced out several top
The former UK Labor Party Prime Minister Tony Blair has agreed to advise the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, on matters concerning economic reform. Blair’s new task is supported by a program financed by the United Arab Emirates which
Kurdish representatives seemed unwilling to move back to the “pre-June 9” Iraqi governing structure that entails taking orders from Baghdad. A Kurdish representative said after a meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington Wednesday, “we are not ready
On Thursday, the Sunni Kingdom of Saudi Arabia deployed 30,000 soldiers to its Iraq border. Iraqi troops had reportedly abandoned the area, leaving the Saudi side of the border vulnerable to infiltration. Baghdad has denied the reports of the abandonment,
Uyghur Muslims located in the northwest of China have been ordered to cease their observance of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month that necessitates taking part in fasting during the day. According to the Associated Press, statements about the ban have
The Pope has officially approved of exorcism as a recognized Catholic practice. The Vatican has approved of 250 priests under the banner of the International Association of Exorcists, who claim that they have the powers to save people from demonic
Breitbart News spoke with Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN), candidate for president of the United States in 2012, about the Israel-Palestinian conflict, the Islamic State jihadist terror group, the Muslim Brotherhood, Putin’s Russia, America’s border security issues, and what her plans
The group formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has taken issue with fellow Sunnis who do not pledge allegiance to their Islamic State (IS). According to reports, the IS has told other Sunni jihadist groups
An 80-year-old Professor of chemistry in New York recently brought the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Israel a Nazi magazine featuring her photograph on the front cover, revealing how she had become the poster child for the ‘perfect Aryan’ baby.
A 34-year-old man in southwest Sweden has been fined for possessing radioactive material. He had the radioactive elements americium, radium, and beryllium in his apartment in the Ängelholm municipality. Richard Handl said he had attempted to create a nuclear reactor
Hacktivist group Anonymous is said to be planning a series of cyber attacks against countries it accuses of arming and abetting the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) militant jihadist group. According to Forbes, the Anonymous campaign will be
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), sent a message to his fellow Sunni supporters to commemorate the Muslim holiday of Ramadan. Baghdadi wrote: Soon, by Allah’s permission, a day will come when
Sunni Jihadists friendly to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) attacked a Shiite shrine in Samarra, Iraq, late Monday, killing six people, according to a television report from an Iraqi news channel. The report said that four mortars
Two Chaldean nuns from Daughters of Mary Order, Sister Miskintah and Sister Utoor Joseph, as well as Assyrians Hala Salim, Sarah Khoshaba, and Aram Sabah are feared to be missing, according to Assyrian television channel Ishtar TV. The two Sisters
State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki responded to the murder of three innocent Israeli teens with what some may interpret as complete tone deafness. She urged “continued security cooperation” between Israelis and Palestinians despite “the tragedy and the enormous pain on
The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) militant jihadist group has announced that a man by the name Abdel Salam al-Ordoni is now the group’s Emir, or “prince,” in Lebanon. Lebanon is a country seen by many as ISIS’s
The newly created Islamic Caliphate that spans Syria and Iraq, which is ruled under the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), has continued its provocation of the United States and President Barack Obama. In ISIS’s most recent high definition
On Saturday, The New York Times featured a piece by jailed Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood member Khaled Al-Qazzaz titled “Why Is the World Silent? Khaled al-Qazzaz: Disappeared by Egypt’s Military.” The imprisoned Qazzaz, whose op-ed was “smuggled” out of prison and
A United States military official said Friday that armed American drones have been flying over Iraq over the past day to assist in the US’s continuing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance efforts. Until Thursday, the United States had only been flying
A Saudi national and his partner are suspected of carrying out a suicide bombing in a Hezbollah-dominated area in Beirut’s southern suburbs, according to Lebanon’s Daily Star. Both the bomber and his partner in crime were members of the Islamic
Jihadis from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) conducted mass killings in Tikrit, Iraq, executing at least 160 Iraqi men after seizing the city on June 11, 2014. Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) current estimates state that between 160
