The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Sunday announced the capture of two American citizens fighting for the Islamic State. The SDF named the two men and provided photographs. The Pentagon would not immediately confirm the report, describing it as “open source” unverified information.
Libyan authorities have announced the discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of 34 Ethiopian Christians killed in 2015 by jihadists of the Islamic State.
The court-martial of Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward Gallagher began on Friday at Naval Base San Diego. According to numerous media reports and word from his family, Gallagher will plead not guilty to numerous war crimes charges, including indiscriminate fire into civilian crowds and using a knife to kill a captured teenage Islamic State fighter.
The Wall Street Journal ran a troubling report on Wednesday describing how high-powered anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) are now in the hands of terrorist groups thanks to years of outside programs for arming various factions in Syria, including the Obama administration’s effort to arm “white hat” Syrian rebels.
Hackers have reportedly begun using inactive Twitter accounts to spread propaganda on behalf of the Islamic State, thanks to a bug on the platform that has existed for a decade.
Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL)-linked Boko Haram jihadis, driving in a convoy of more than ten terrorist vehicles, launched a major attack in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno State near the end of last year, overrunning military bases and forcing some of the troops to flee into neighboring Chad.
Thousands of terrorists from the Islamic State’s (ISIS/ISIL) international affiliates continued to wreak havoc in various corners of the world in 2018 even as the jihadi group’s so-called caliphate in Iraq and Syria collapsed, primarily at the hands of the U.S.-led coalition and local fighters.
Suspected jihadis remotely detonated a bomb on Monday near the entrance of a mall in the southern Philippines, killing at least two and wounding nearly 30 others as they did last minute shopping ahead of the New Year’s Eve celebrations in an attack that officials say bears the hallmarks of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Madhi told reporters on Sunday that U.S. withdrawal from Syria will create “a lot of complications,” so it might be necessary for Iraq to take a stronger hand against Syrian terrorist groups to protect its own security interests.
A slim majority of surveyed U.S. voters support President Trump’s decision to withdraw American troops from Syria and limit the country’s military presence in Afghanistan.
Douglas Ollivant, former Iraq director at the National Security Council under President’s George W. Bush and Barack Obama, said on Friday that the Islamic State (ISIS) is defeated and President Donald Trump has a “solid strategy” and is on the “right path” to confront the remaining terror threat.
Mohammad Aqib Imran, 22, was found guilty at the Old Bailey on Thursday of terrorism offences after making plans to join Islamic State.
Lawmakers in Turkey on Tuesday approved a measure to extend the nation’s deployment of forces in Afghanistan for another two years as part of the U.S.-NATO mission against jihadi groups there.
“If we see something happening with ISIS that we don’t like, we can hit them so fast and so hard they really won’t know what the hell happened,” he said to White House reporters who traveled with him.”We’ve knocked them silly.”
Turkey plans to coordinate with the American government and Russia its efforts to push the U.S.-allied Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), considered terrorists by Ankara, out of territory in northern Syria that lies along the Turkish border, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu declared Tuesday.
Turkey has begun massing tanks and troop carriers on its southern border with Syria as it prepares to move into the country once American soldiers have left.
The Islamic State on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a gun attack on the Libyan Foreign Ministry in Tripoli that killed three people, including a high-ranking ministry official. Up to 21 others were wounded in the attack.
U.S. service members deployed in the Middle East and Afghanistan were offered a moment’s respite from war to celebrate the Christmas holiday.
The Iraqi government announced Monday that an amendment was approved to officially designate Christmas Day a national holiday.
The United States is not facing any specific or credible threats as Americans kickstart the Christmas holiday this year, the FBI and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Breitbart News on Monday, urging revelers to remain vigilante.
President Donald Trump reacted Monday to critics who had rallied around former U.S. envoy Brett McGurk, noting that he was the Obama administration official responsible for sending pallets of cash to Iran for U.S. hostages.
Former National Security Advisor Susan Rice published an op-ed Sunday in the New York Times in which she declares that President Donald Trump “does more to undermine American national security than any foreign adversary.”
Turkey vowed to take over the fight against Islamic State in Syria days before U.S. President Donald Trump announced his decision to pull out troops, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reportedly revealed Friday.
Former Deputy Assistant to President Donald Trump Sebastian Gorka responded to the president’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, speaking to Breitbart News’ Alana Mastrangelo on Thursday at Turning Point USA’s 2018 Student Action Summit in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Swedish public broadcaster SVT has been criticised for not challenging a guest on one of its programmes who compared pro-life Christians who have attacked or killed abortion doctors to Islamic State fighters and Nazi Germany.
President Donald Trump said he gave Gen. Jim Mattis a “second chance” after he was fired by former President Barack Obama. “When President Obama ingloriously fired Jim Mattis, I gave him a second chance. Some thought I shouldn’t, I thought
INTERPOL secretary-general Jürgen Stock has sounded the alarm on a potential new wave of radical Islamic terrorism, saying that Islamists about to be released from prison could pose a new terror threat to Europe.
My support for President Trump’s decisions to bring American forces out of Syria now and soon Afghanistan is informed not only by my experiences since 9/11, but also four decades of military and civilian experience planning and executing national security policy.
Moroccan authorities on Thursday reportedly arrested four suspected jihadis for hacking two Scandinavian backpackers to death and beheading one of them in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains. The suspects allegedly made a video pledging allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) before the murders.
U.S.-allied Syrian Kurds have expressed deep reservations about Washington’s sudden decision to withdraw American troops from Syria, saying such a move amounts to a “betrayal” that leaves them vulnerable to attacks by Turkey and warning that it would lead to a resurgence of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
Far-left Hollywood director Rob Reiner declared Thursday that President Donald Trump is “aiding and abetting the enemy” in the fight against the Islamic State. “Donald Trump is committing Treason against The United States of America,” Rob Reiner said. “He is
While some of the criticism is on target, especially as regards U.S. allies in the region, some of the criticism from foreign policy hawks has been hysterical — and risks being taken less seriously in the future.
Russia President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday voiced his agreement with President Donald Trump on pulling troops out of Syria due to ISIS’s defeat. Putin said, through a translator, “As far as ISIS is concerned, I agree more or less with
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) stated that President Trump is pulling troops out of Syria “because his politics need something rash right now, that’s why he’s doing this.” McCaskill said, “It’s not so
While speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-TN) denounced President Trump’s announced withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria by saying the decision replicates President Obama’s withdrawal from Iraq, “but in many ways, it’s even
A U.S. military withdrawal from Syria would fulfill a significant goal of Iran, Russia, and their ally Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, as well as benefit Turkey, which has repeatedly urged the United States to stop lending support to Syrian Kurdish militiamen fighting the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Daily Briefing,” Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) criticized President Trump’s announcement that the U.S. will pull its troops out of Syria as a “devastating blow” to United States foreign policy and the fight
News of an American pullout from Syria on Wednesday raised many questions about whether the Islamic State has been truly defeated.
Wednesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told reporters President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria is an “Obama-like move.” Graham said, “In my view, ISIS is not defeated in Syria and Iraq. If you are tired of fighting
Wednesday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) told reporters President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria was a “colossal” mistake. Reacting to reports Trump has ordered a withdrawal of all 2,000 United States troops from Syria, Rubio said, “The
